Our group arrived in Lisbon, Portugal!
Our home base for the first few days, the Lumen Hotel in Lisbon.
The Lumen Hotel is a modern hotel and every evening there is a projection light show for the guests in the courtyard.
Campo Pequeno, originally built in 1892 for bull fighting. Now it is a host to concerts and events.
The Tower of Belem, an UNESCO site.
Colorful wall tile mural
Sampling some pasteis de nata (custard tart) and pasteis de bacalhau (salted cod fritters)
Explorer ship at the Lisbon Story Centre.
Outside the Lisbon Story Centre.
Appetizers at the fado dinner: olives, cod fritters, cheese, and chorizo.
Fado performance at dinner.
Day 4: visiting the town of Sintra.
Such a beautiful town.
Sintra is the summer residence of Portuguese royalty. Here is the Sintra National Palace.
Touring the Sintra National Palace
The kitchen in side the palace.
Shopping in the streets of Sintra.
Cozido das Furnas, a meal cooked with Furnas's natural volcanic heat.
Visiting the coast of Cascais, Portugal.
Sanctuary of the Lord Saint Christ of Miracles, Ponta Delgado, Azores
Terra Nostra Botanical Garden
Porto Formos Tea Farm
Ribeira Grande, Porto Formosa
Visiting a vineyard
Hydrangeas in bloom at the Ribeira Dos Caldeiroes.
Capital city of Funchal
Our hotel stay at the Pestana Park Hotel and Casino.
Madeira Botanical Gardens. A terraced landscape of more than 2,000 exotic plants.
Mercado Dos Lavradores Market in Funchal, Portugal
Enjoying a traditional espetada dinner and feasting on local cuisine cooked over an open fire amidst a backdrop of folk dancers and lively music.
Night view of Funchal, Portugal.
Happy tour members!
Lagoa Do Fogo, a crater lake in the center of the island of São Miguel.
Catch a ride with a toboggan driver.
Câmara de Lobos is a town in the southern coast of the portuguese island of Madeira.
Street decorations using recycled materials in Câmara de Lobos.
Câmara de Lobos recycled street decorations.
Câmara de Lobos recycled street decorations.
Câmara de Lobos recycled street decorations.
Câmara de Lobos recycled street decorations.
Câmara de Lobos recycled street decorations.
Câmara de Lobos bay
Câmara de Lobos bay
Trying grilled limpet (opihi) and bread with garlic and butter.
Sea bream (freshwater fish) and parrot fish.
Ending with a visit to the traditional A-frame houses of Santana, a reminder of the island’s farming past.
Santana on the northern coast of Madeira.
Aerial view of Santana
Headed back to Lisbon from the Funchal Airport.
Canical on the eastern tip of Madeira, equidistant from Santana and Funchal.
Farewell dinner in Lisbon before heading back to Honolulu.