The "Portuguese Versailles" Becomes a Bride's Fantasy Honeymoon Suite

The Royal Guard of the Court in the Palace of Queluz of former centuries is, for this century's honeymooners and international travelers, the Dona Maria I Pousada of Portugal. Also known as the "Portuguese Versailles", this romantic historical pousada features an exacting recuperation of its little private 'theater'. It's location is convenient to many of Portugal's beautiful tourist attractions, including the Pena National Palace in Sintra, the Joe Berardo Museum, the very unique Toy Museum, the Mafra Convent, and the National Palace in Queluz. Towns. Villages within an hour's drive include Portugal's Roca Cape, Estoril, Cascais and lovely Lisboa.

The exquisite cuisine of the Cozinha Velha, the Dona Maria's fine restaurant, is unforgettable. Guests are served royal regional specialties of rich fish soup appetizer, codfish turnovers with bean rice or roast leg of lamb with mint sauce entrees, and pears boiled in Colares wine for dessert.

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