My Lisbon Story / A minha história de Lisboa: 110325 Day1 Lisboa->Setúbal->Tróia->Sines->Vila Nova de Milfontes->Aljezur->Lagos

I had no plan before going to the south of Portugal.The reason is that originally I planned to Porto. However, the forecast of climate was raining. So I changed my mind to Alentejo and Algarve.
To avoid the toll gates, I drove through the provincial roads. It's a good choice to see the scenery without extra payment.
這一趟葡萄牙南部之旅，行前完全沒有計畫，原因是原本計畫要去Porto，但這周末北方天候不佳，臨時改變行程向南方Alentejo、Algarve，所以在完全沒有訂房跟任何計畫下完成了這趟旅行。

為了閃避高昂的過路費用，今天行程都是以濱海省道為主，不只省錢又可以看美景。

Nissan Mirca is my good partner/這三天的好幫手是Nissan Mirca,就是March啦!

At noon, I had a dinner in Setúbal. Of course, it's a fried cuttlefish. After dinner, I would like go to Tróia directly which is opposite Setúbal. I drove along the riverside without taking the ferry. Just for saving money. I was lucky to see the famous big bird in Portugal. They have nests on the top of electric tower or the house. They are couples which stay together. And the nest is such big that a person can stand on it. Before, Portugal had lost the electricity because of the birds. Therefore, Portugueses built a lot of platforms for their nests. However, they still prefer the electric tower instead of the platforms.

接近中午的時候到了Setúbal，當然要吃Choco Firto，吃飽飯，沒有做任何停留就驅車前往Setúbal對岸的Tróia。本來可以搭渡輪過去的，但是搭船總是要多花一筆錢，所以花了不少時間沿著河岸開過去。但是也因為如此，我們發現了很有意思的東西，葡萄牙的大鳥。到現在還不知道他們叫什麼名字，他們倆倆成對，築一個大鳥巢在電線桿上、在房子屋頂，甚至在道路的看板上，遠遠看不知道他們有多大，近看才知道這鳥巢大概人都可以站在上面。葡萄牙曾經因為這鳥搞壞高壓電塔，導致全國大停電，所以葡萄牙政府為了保護鳥類又兼顧電力傳輸，在大鳥的棲息地，廣蓋一個個的平台給這些鳥類築巢，但是我這次觀察，他們還是比較偏好電線桿，高壓電塔，至於那人工的平台，似乎引不起他們的興趣。

The birds/高壓電塔有他們

They are everywhere./電線桿上也有

這人家的屋頂有五個鳥巢

真的很大隻

When arriving Tróia where is a resort like La Manga in Spain, I just took some pictures and left quickly.
繼續車行到Tróia，這地方是葡萄牙的高級度假區，也是個瀉湖的地形，高級住宅林立，有度假飯店和高級餐廳，很像西班牙的La Manga，對這裡我也沒多少興趣，所以快快離開。

高級度假村當然有遊艇

有設計感的建築物,Casino,有得過建築獎

庭院造景,有點像Tomar

It's Sines. I have to say that it's not a good place to holidays. There are several oil tank on the mountain which you won't ignore. I cannot recognize that it's a good resort.
一路南下到了Sines，說實在這個點真的沒啥意思，雖然是海景，不過遠方山頭的十幾個儲油槽，非常礙眼，所以此地實在不能稱之為度假勝地。

Sines海邊一教堂

山頭有超大儲油槽

After leaving from Sines, we saw the agriculture place in Portugal, Alentejo. I was surprised that the scenery is similar to Tuscany in Italy. The farms were located on the hills which were decorated by the farmhouse. The Portugal contains all kinds of sceneries in the south Europe.

離開Sines，行經Alentejo省的海岸付近，這裡是葡萄牙的農業區，很意外的這裡的風景和義大利的Tuscany有些相似，山坡上的田園，點綴以彩色的農村建築，小小的葡萄牙就有整個南歐的風光景色，後面還會提到和西班牙相似之處。

在車上拍的，真的很像托斯卡尼Tuscany

I was coming to Vila Nova de Mifontes which is recommended by Lonely Planet. I fell in love with the small village. The sunset was so beautiful that I would like to live there.
來到Lonely Planet所介紹的一個小鎮Vila Nova de Milfontes，這濱海小鎮真的很讓人沉醉，在傍晚的夕陽陪襯下，真的令人有想要久居在此地地念頭。這小鎮連Garmin都沒有，不過開車經過付近就可以看到指標。

詭異的雕像,他鼻頭有貼OK繃

海景餐廳,小貴,不過景觀一流

Original plan was to arrive Lagos before the sunset. However, the scenery was charming. At 9:00PM, I saw a castle on the mountains, Castle of Aljezur. I was a professional tourist and went there to take a photo.
一路走走停停，本來預計天黑之前就能夠抵達Lagos，但是風景實在太迷人，都已經晚上九點了，看到Aljezur山頭上的城堡，怎樣都要開車上去看一看，發揮觀光客精神，拍照記錄到此一遊。

這城堡盤據在山頭，看起來和西班牙Cullera的城堡還真有點像