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clean swimming pool and gleaming marble floors. The light-filled rooms have lots of pol-
ished wood and tiny balconies.
Garrett do Estoril
( 214 680 365; Av de Nice 54; snacks €3-5; 8am-7pm Wed-Mon)
A block west of the park, this
handsomely set
pastelaria
(pastry shop) and restaurant impresses with its teas, sand-
wiches, daily specials and pastries.
PORTUGUESE
€
Praia de Tamariz
( 214 681 010; Praia de Tamariz; mains €10-19; 9am-midnight)
Overlooking the beach of the same
name, this traditional restaurant serves decent, if unsurprising, traditional fare. More
memorable are the ocean views from the breezy terrace.
PORTUGUESE
€€
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10am-1pm & 2-6pm)
Near the train station on the west side of
Turismo
(Av Aida near Av Marginal;
the Jardim do Estoril.
Getting There & Away
Bus 412 goes frequently to Cascais (€1.80, five minutes), or it's a pleasant 2km walk or
cycle along the seafront.
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Queluz
Versailles' fanciful cousin-once-removed, the powder-puff
Palácio de Queluz
( 214 343 860;
adult/child €5/free; 9.30am-5pm Wed-Mon)
was once a hunting lodge, converted in the late 1700s
to a royal summer residence. It's surrounded by queen-of-hearts formal gardens, with oak-
lined avenues, fountains (including the
Fonte de Neptuno
, ascribed to Italian master
Bernini) and an
azulejo
-lined canal where the royals went boating.
The palace was designed by Portuguese architect Mateus Vicente de Oliveira and
French artist Jean-Baptiste Robillon for Prince Dom Pedro in the 1750s. Pedro's niece and
wife, Queen Maria I, lived here for most of her reign, going increasingly mad. Her schem-
ing Spanish daughter-in-law, Carlota Joaquina, was quite a match for eccentric British vis-
itor William Beckford. On one occasion she insisted that Beckford run a race with her
