Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal - part 1

[Paulo Bizarro]

My latest trip was a visit to the Serra da Estrela Natural Park, in the center of Portugal. I spend 4 days there with my wife, doing some trails and visiting historical villages. A wonderful region. Here is part 1 of the trip, in the city of Guarda:

https://blog.paulobizarro.com/?p=3221

Regards.

[francois]

Once again, you did it. A great story along with superb images. That was four good days, well spent.
Bravo and thanks for sharing. It's always a pleasure to read you blog stories.

[David Eckels]

What a beautiful place you enjoy. Well done!

[Paulo Bizarro]

Thank you Francois and David.

[Bob_B]

Lovely photos of a marvelous town and country.

[Rajan Parrikar]

My latest trip was a visit to the Serra da Estrela Natural Park, in the center of Portugal. I spend 4 days there with my wife, doing some trails and visiting historical villages. A wonderful region. Here is part 1 of the trip, in the city of Guarda:

https://blog.paulobizarro.com/?p=3221

Regards.

Paulo,

This is among your best posts, both for the imagery and the textual content. Good that you had overcast skies with nice clouds in many of the photos.

Why did you constrain the tower of the cathedral? A little breathing room would have been nice.

[Leszek Piotrowski]

Thank you Paulo,

The Main Square,... so happy to see almost no signs related to tourism.

Indeed, seems almost as if it was, so many years ago.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Lovely photos of a marvelous town and country.

Thanks Bob.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Paulo,

This is among your best posts, both for the imagery and the textual content. Good that you had overcast skies with nice clouds in many of the photos.

Why did you constrain the tower of the cathedral? A little breathing room would have been nice.

Thanks Rajan. About the tower, that was a limitation of only having a 16mm lens on APSC. My back was against the wall of a house, I could not fit more room around the cathedral. There is only a lot of room in front of the cathedral, in the main square; on the other 3 sides, one needs a wider lens.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Thank you Paulo,

The Main Square,... so happy to see almost no signs related to tourism.

Indeed, seems almost as if it was, so many years ago.

Thanks. As far as tourism goes, normally the interior of the country only sees crowds during the summer months, when the emigrants come back during their vacations.

[Arlen]

Really excellent and interesting, Paulo. I have a couple of friends visiting Portugal right now, and they are sending me pictures of the places they visit. Makes me want to go there myself someday.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Really excellent and interesting, Paulo. I have a couple of friends visiting Portugal right now, and they are sending me pictures of the places they visit. Makes me want to go there myself someday.

Thanks. You should visit.