AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS D. MARIA IIESCOLA BÁSICA E SECUNDÁRIA DE GAMA BARROS

Protected forest areas!Teacher: Lina PereiraStudents : FÁTIMA SILVA Nº21 and LUANA CRAVO

Our natural and national parks

There is only one national park in Portugal . The National Park of Peneda Gerês.

And we have 13 natural parks all over our country

Some of our natureParks: Douro

Montesinho

Serra da Estrela

The Sintra-Cascais Natural Park

Situated very near our school, where we can have this fantastic view of the Pena Palace, was established as a Natural Park in 1994 by the Portuguese government .

It includes rhe Sinta mountain range but extends all the way to the coast and Cabo da Roca.

Cabo da Roca, the most western point

in Europe

GUINCHO, a well known beach near

Cascais

The Pena Palace standing on a hill above Sintra

Sintra – Cascais: a paradise of nature

The main purpose of this park is to keep safe the fauna and flora of this blessed region.

The Park is divided into 2 distinct areas:

The agricultural zone , with its fruit and wine,and the coastal zone, with its beautiful beaches, cliffs, ponds and dunes.

Trees and plants in our forest

In the Park there are diverse species of oaks, as well as eucalyptus and pine trees and all the exuberant vegetation of Sintra’s mountain range.

Pine trees

Pyrinean oak Olive tree

Oak forest

Sintra gardens

these are some photos of the gardens of sintra that we can visit. They are large gardens where we spend a few hours looking at the full calm beauty of the place

Typical fauna living in the park:

The park’s fauna is very diversified and we can easily come across rare and endangered species,, such as falcons, owls or hawks. There are also maritime birds like seagulls and amphibious species like salamandras and toads

A great variety of mammals, such as genets, moles and hedgehogs .

Beautiful Landscapes

These are some of the many landscapes in Sntra

Sintra is really worth a visit!

Choose it as your next holiday tour and book a reservation in our travel agency!