Cascais - Museu Biblioteca Conde Castro Guimaraes

 We did at least get into this little casa, a holiday home overlooking the sea. It basically has no contents and only a nominal fee for entering

The best part is the views from its terrace, including the view back to the Museu Biblioteca Conde Castro Guimaraes (see more below)

Santa Marta lighthouse

 Garandinha  Municipal Park

The Biblioteca, with its private bit of shoreline below where the water comes in

The Biblioteca far exceeded expectations, and a good compensation for the Palace being closed. Really interesting hotch potch of styles 

Upstairs there is a very attractive if small picture gallery of Portuguese artists.

This dining room was originally an outdoor terrace, which is why there is a little fountain at the end - an outdoor water feature now indoors

Cascais - Palacio da Cidadela

I would recommend on any visit to Lisbon to take the rain a little along the coast and visit the pretty resort of Cascais. If taking a dip is one's aim, well there are opportunities for that

But my main aim was the Palacio, orginally built a s a fortress but which became a royal palace. Now there is exhibition space around a courtyard

But f course what I wanted to do was go into the palace. And indeed made sure we came her on Wednesday afternoon as it is shut Mondays and Tuesdays. Unfortunately for us, it was also shut this Wednesday. The bloke explained that it was a palace not a museum so not always open. He did say this while standing in front of a sign saying "Museum of the palace..." but no point arguing😒

So for us it was just a walk around the courtyard and then around the fortress walls