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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 camelli-
as.
The park is 3.5km west of Sintra-Vila.
Museu do Brinquedo
MUSEUM
(Toy Museum;
www.museu-do-brinquedo.pt
; Rua Visconde de Monserrate; adult/child €4.50/2.50; 10am-6pm Tue-
Sun)
Sintra's toy story is Museu do Brinquedo. João Arbués Moreira's fascinating
20,000-piece collection presents a chronological romp, from 3000-year-old Egyptian
stone counters to a 1999 Barbie Burberry.
Museu de Arte Moderna
MUSEUM
(
www.berardocollection.com
;
Avenida Heliodoro Salgado; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun)
The Museu de
Arte Moderna hosts rotating exhibitions covering the entire modern-art spectrum from
kinetic and pop art to surrealism and expressionism. Sheltering Hockney, Lichtenstein and
Warhol originals, the permanent collection is part of billionaire José Berardo's stash,
which also graces the walls of Lisbon's Museu Colecção Berardo (
Click here
)
.
Museu Anjos Teixeira
MUSEUM
(Alameda Volta do Duche; 10am-6pm Tue-Fri, 2-6pm Sat & Sun)
Set in a former watermill, this
small museum displays works by the father-and-son duo of Anjos Teixeira - two of Por-
tugal's greatest sculptors. Most of the pieces here are the work of Pedro Augusto
(1908-97), the son, who enjoyed greater success than his father, and was connected to the
neorealism of the 1940s.
Some of his best works are on display here, from sensual Rodin-like works of feminine
beauty to grand pastoral sculptures that capture the hardships of life in the countryside.
Access is via steps, leading down from the main road opposite Parque da Liberdade.
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