{"id":3672,"date":"2025-10-23T09:27:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:27:16","slug":"portugal-2025-day-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3672","title":{"rendered":"Portugal 2025 | Day Seven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Since our Sintra\/Pena Palace day was kind of a bust, we decided to visit the Pal\u00e1cio de Queluz. A good friend I&#8217;ve known my entire life highly recommended it <em>(thanks, Mark)<\/em>. It is an 18th Century palace in Queluz, in the Sintra area. It is often described as the Portuguese Versailles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">It was incredible! The architecture, the grounds, the interiors were amazing. I&#8217;ll simply let the pictures speak for themselves. So glad we did this. It made up for missing the Pena Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/palace-ext-fountain-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/palace-ext-fountain.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/palace-ext-fountain-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/palace-ext-fountain-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/palace-ext-fountain-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/palace-ext-fountain-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/palace-ext-fountain-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pal\u00e1cio de Queluz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/palace-ext-02-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/palace-ext-02.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/palace-ext-02-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/palace-ext-02-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-04.jpg?resize=525%2C700\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-04-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-04-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-04-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-04-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-04-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-04-scaled.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-05-scaled.webp\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-05.webp?resize=525%2C700\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-05-scaled.webp?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-05-scaled.webp?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-05-scaled.webp?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-05-scaled.webp?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-05-scaled.webp?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/interior-05-scaled.webp?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">After the Palace, we decided to walk a couple of blocks away to the small town of Queluz. It was about lunch time, so we looked for a good place to eat. Found a burger\/steak house with amazing food and fresh squeezed lemonade. Score!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burger-scaled.webp\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burger.webp?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burger-scaled.webp?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burger-scaled.webp?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burger-scaled.webp?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burger-scaled.webp?resize=1536%2C1152 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burger-scaled.webp?resize=2048%2C1536 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amazing smash burgers at a G\u00e1lia, a burger\/steak house just a few blocks from the Palace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/porch-scaled.webp\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"907\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/porch.webp?resize=525%2C907\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/porch-scaled.webp?resize=593%2C1024 593w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/porch-scaled.webp?resize=174%2C300 174w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/porch-scaled.webp?resize=768%2C1327 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/porch-scaled.webp?resize=889%2C1536 889w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/porch-scaled.webp?resize=1186%2C2048 1186w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/porch-scaled.webp?w=1482 1482w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/porch-scaled.webp?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A front poch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since our Sintra\/Pena Palace day was kind of a bust, we decided to visit the Pal\u00e1cio de Queluz. A good friend I&#8217;ve known my entire life highly recommended it (thanks, Mark). It is an 18th Century palace in Queluz, in the Sintra area. It is often described as the Portuguese Versailles. It was incredible! The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3672\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Portugal 2025 | Day Seven&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[277],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3672"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3674,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions\/3674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}