Convento dos Capuchos & Azenhas do Mar - 20 Jan 2008

Azenhas do Mar - my second time in the same place, the old fishermen's sofa was not as "beautiful" as the last time (look at my posting from the 30th of July 2007), the waves were absolutely crazy, and I was trying not to recall the wind that last time almost made us fly over the rocks.








Convento dos Capuchos - or the Capucin Convent is a mystic, humble, quiet, green and fairy-tale like place, next to Sintra. I had to drive a long way on winding roads until we found this wonderful deserted place. Convento dos Capucho (originally known as Convento da Santa Cruz) was built in 1560 by Alvaro de Castro, son of the vice-roy of India, Joao de Castro. The legend says that the nobleman was lost in the mountains (Serra da Sintra) during a chase for a deer and fell asleep under a rock. During his sleep, he dreamt that there should be built a Christian temple....which he did afterwards, of course :-)