Outdoor sights in Lisbon
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Jardim da Estrela
Anyone seeking green respite should head for Jardim da Estrela. This garden is perfect for a stroll, with paths weaving past pine, monkey puzzle and palm trees, rose and cacti beds and the centrepiece – a giant banyan tree. Kids love the duck ponds and animal-themed playground.
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Monserrate Park
Wild and rambling Monserrate Park is a 30-hectare garden created in the 18th century by wealthy English merchant Gerard de Visme, then enlarged by landscape painter William Stockdale (with help from London’s Kew Gardens). Its wooded hillsides bristle with exotic foliage, from Chinese weeping cypress to dragon trees and Himalayan rhododendrons. Seek out the Mexican garden nurturing palms, yuccas and agaves, and the bamboo-fringed Japanese garden abloom with camellias. The park is 3.5km west of Sintra-Vila.
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Parque Municipal da Gandarinha
Shady and beautiful with the feel of wilderness, Parque Municipal da Gandarinha is a great place to explore. It's dotted with birch and pine trees, palms and eucalyptus, rose gardens and flowering shrubs, and there are peacocks, aviaries, duck ponds and a playground scattered among the flora. The grounds also contain the delightful Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães.
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Parque da Pena
A further 200m up the road from Castelo dos Mouros is Parque da Pena, filled with tropical plants, huge redwoods and fern trees, camellias, rhododendrons and lakes (note the castle-shaped duck houses for web-footed royalty!). It’s cheaper to buy a combined ticket if you want to visit Palácio Nacional da Pena too.
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