| Page Views: 2,372 Last Visit to Sintra: July, 2002 | Sintra, Portugal - A little bit of history by TinKan - last update: Mar 29, 2003 |
|  | Sintra is located just 15 km up the mountains from Cascais and 30 km from Lisbon.
Sintra and Pena Palace was the summer residence for the royalty of Portugal so many years ago. The Pena palace is located at the very top of the hill behind the old town of Sintra.
The history of Sintra goes back to the days of the Mours. There is a Morish castle on top of the hill above the town that you can visit and walk along the walls. The view from there is awesome. |
Today the town is more or less a place for the tourist with shops selling local crafts of every sort from around Portugal.
There are so many restaurants that you can never go hungry. | | |
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| Pros: | "Great place for the day" | | Cons: | "Some things are $$$$, No parking on the weekend" | | In A Nutshell: | "Worth a day or two, Good history" |
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Mikebb Mon Jul 21, 2008 00:04 UTC
Hi Keith, another good page, can we get public transport from Cascais to Sintra, bus or train and how long should the trip take? | lmkluque Tue Nov 15, 2005 15:22 UTC
Thanks for the tour! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEITH!! I see you've changed your look but forgot the VT hat. | deecat Sun Jun 12, 2005 17:18 UTC
Keith, Enjoyed reading about Sintra...the shopping, palaces, people, history, and buildings. Very informative, interesting, and visual beauty. Great work. | irisbe Fri Mar 12, 2004 06:51 UTC
We came by train, very conventient I read here `-) Pena is beautiful, pity you can't take pics inside! And we walked up the hill twice `-) LOL very sportive and came down the little hiking path through the woods. A lovely place to visit! |
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