West Region / Região Oeste

at the Museu do Ciclista "Cycling Museum", Caldas da Rainha

mirror at the Museu do Ciclismo lobby, Caldas de Rainha

Cycling Museum, my wife, Maria da Nazaré pays attention to the bike of the late Joaquim Agostinho

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Quinta dos Loridos (press z to see in the lightbox)

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No wonder if an appreciated MICHELIN 2019 restaurant, like this at Caldas da Rainha, has unmistakably immaculate toilets

Today the family went on an adventure to visit the Tornada Marsh Nature Reserve. The humid area is beautiful and rich of animal and vegetal species, but poorly cared for. The surrounding trail, South direction, is interrupted by a ditch. We tryed the North direction but we gave up half way afraid that the same would happen. The observatories are locked. The Interpretation Center is closed by the weekend. So, the nice country we have doesn't deserve those who take care of it.

The Queen D. Leonor, wife of the King D. João II, in 1485, ordered to build this termal hospital, the oldest operating in the world. (in the mosaic above can be seen the Queen's Pool)

Caldas da Rainha Thermal Hospital

(at Museu do Hospital e das Caldas)

What is the function of the hole in the middle? (at Museu do Hospital e das Caldas)

commemorative plaque of the extensive reconstruction campaign under the patronage of D.João V and D. Maria Ana de Áustria, 1747