Tourist resources in Cabo da Roca

On the top of the mountain in Sintra, a satellite city west of Lisbon, stands the Pena Palace, the summer palace of the old Portuguese dynasty. Someone who knew little about Portuguese once translated the name of the palace literally as "Feather Palace". Although this is biased, it brings a mysterious attraction. In fact, it is not a pure white place, but rather like a colorful and romantic princess's castle in a fairy tale. After passing the winding mountain road with towering ancient trees, we arrived at the entrance of the palace. Looking up suddenly, we saw a statue of the giant sea god standing in front of the door. It seemed that Lisbon was filled with the shadow of waves inside and outside. The entire small town of Sintra is a United Nations World Historical and Cultural Heritage. Hidden among the lush trees are many wealthy merchants who made their fortune in America in history, leaving behind exquisite mansions, winding corridors and secret gardens.

From the Pena Palace, you can see the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, and from Cape Roca, the "end of the world" in Europe, you can feel the wind blowing from the Atlantic Ocean very clearly. "Roca" means rock, and a simple stone tablet stands on the corner of the rock. It is engraved with numbers and verses: the longitude and latitude represented by the numbers indicate that this is the westernmost point of the European continent. The artistic conception of "Qu Yuan of Portugal" Cam?es' famous saying "The land ends here and the sea begins here" is also integrated into the vastness and boundless sea and sky.

Looking at the map, Portugal is like a barge anchored at the edge of the European continent, and Cape Roca is its beautiful porthole. Chinese poets like to be earth-shattering, while Portuguese poets like to be sentimental and tender. "Head full of seaweed, seagulls on shoulders" is their affectionate description of Cape Roca.

Cape Roca is indeed different from other places. It is so precipitous that people feel like they could be murdered at any time while standing on the edge of the cliff, and the unobstructed wind is the most suspicious killer; there are also those waves that look calm from a distance, but are full of passion as soon as you get close, breaking like emeralds. , people are reminded of the ethics of "rather than jade in pieces".

Each visitor here can buy a certificate for 5 euros. The certificate not only has the geographical location map of Cabo da Roca and the Portuguese national emblem, but also has the words "Someone has arrived at the westernmost point of the European continent" clearly printed on it.