Next Medieval town over is Guimarães, a 30-minute Uber ride. We ended up staying in a convent with an immaculate room containing three hard beds and pillows and a crucifix. It was the biggest room of our stay. Twice a day you could hear the nuns singing in the chapel.
The latest settlers of the town were 11th century and they built a castle, a convent and a monastery.
Entrance to the palace.
The ceiling looks like an upside down ship?
There is also an ancient castle sitting up the hill from the palace.
No access really, it is a semi-ruin.
We did eat quite a few pastries at one of the shops in town. In face, we have been eating a lot of pastries and spending some time identifying them on the internet. Who knew that Portugal was a pastry haven?
These guys are called Jesuits. Meringue, cake, caramel? Quite good.
And this was an immense blob of marshmallow sandwiched between puff pastry. I tried not to finish it, but alas.
the last bite!
This church featured two exhibits: artifacts from the Military Police (some of whom helped remove the dictator in 2024) and antique tricycles. Why not?
Finally, our pre-dinner drink at the fancy hotel across the street.
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