From our hotel, higher up the hill from the river, we walked to the Jardins de Pal\u00e1cio de Crystal, saving energy by walking across the hillside without going down to the river. The Pal\u00e1cio itself is now the SuperBock arena (the National, a rock band, was playing there that night). The gardens were beautiful, with grand old trees and many terraces overlooking the Douro river. There was a section with exercise stations and we played there a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The weather was still hot, so we took a rideshare to the Foz lighthouse, where the Douro river meets the Atlantic. We walked along the Atlantic shore and enjoyed the breezes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We stopped for lunch on a terrace along the beach at Restaurante Praia da Luz beside the Jardim dos Ingleses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n