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tornadoes and blowing massive soap bubbles, while tots run riot in the adult-free unfin-
ished house.
Gare do Oriente
(Oriente Station)
Designed by acclaimed Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the space-age
Gare do Oriente is an extraordinary vaulted structure, with slender columns fanning out
into a concertina roof to create a kind of geometric, crystalline forest.
NOTABLE BUILDING
Jardim Garcia de Orta
(Garcia de Orta Garden; Rossio dos Olivais)
Bristling with exotic foliage from Portugal's former
colonies, the Jardim Garcia de Orta is named after a 16th-century Portuguese naturalist
and pioneer in tropical medicine. Botanical rarities include Madeira's bird of paradise and
serpentine dragon tree. Stroll the Brazilian garden, shaded by bougainvillea, silk-cotton,
frangipani and Tabasco pepper trees. There's also a music garden where kids can bash out
melodies on giant triangles and gongs.
GARDENS
