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Sintra Travel Guide: 529 reviews and 2,121 photos
A tourist region par excellence, Sintra is one of the most delightful places to be found in Portugal.
It has attracted a lot of kings, artists and poets and now tourists!
The nature is the biggest richness of the district. The green is the main color (because of the sufficient amount of humidity and rain) and the variety of trees and plants everywhere, and especially in the parks of the numerous palaces, diffuse a wonderful smell.
A lot of poets fell in love with Sintra :
The poet Afonso Lopes Vieira : "In all the land of Portugal, the whole expanse of Europe, Sintra stands out as one of the loveliest, rarest places that Nature's prodigious hand has created"
The English poet Robert Southey : "the most bless, spot on the whole inhabitable globe".
The English poet Byron : "the most pleasing in Europe"
"a garden of the earthly paradise".
If you go there, you wil understand it! One palace is nicer than the other, and their garden more romantic than the other!
The main palaces of the region are :
National Palace
Queluz Palace
Seteais Palace
Monserrate Palace
Moorish Castle
Quinta da Regaleira
Pena Palace
I saw the last 4 palaces and visited the last 2 palaces and their corresponding parks... and did that during two days... unforgettable!
The old Sintra is quite small and it is worth to walk in the small streets to discover some little treasures like this fountain...
Green luxuriance and paradise...
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Park and Palace Monserrate
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The designer of the romantic palace was James Knowles Jr. and it was built in 1858 on the initiative of Francis Cook,... more travel advice
Castelo dos Mouros
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Constructed by the Moors in the 8th or 9th Century A.D., this castle is situated on two peaks of the Serra de Sintra,... more travel advice
Walking in the Sintra Country side (2)
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The Sintra District contains some very cute villages lost in the nature with typical quintas (villas)... This landscape... more travel advice
Walking in the Sintra Countryside
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If you want to have a walk and have some hours time, I would recommand to walk from Sintra to the Coast! You will... more travel advice
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Written Jun 25, 2004
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Pena Park and Castle
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Written Jul 13, 2004
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Quinta da Regaleira
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Comments (7)
Very nice pages!! Greatings from Portugal :-)
I really love your Portugal pages. We are going in 3 days and your pages made me dream...thank you.
Nice page about the lovely Sintra. I had been there twice but i didn't go to Quinta da Regaleira, i have to return there fore sure! Nat
Quinta da Regaleira is a fascinating place. Beautiful pics of Sintra! Cheers :)
Chouettes photos, surtout celle du Park of the Quinta et celle avec les fleurs rouges. Ca a l'air vachement joli.
green page, green....!
Great photos of the green paradise of Pena and its Palace!! An amazing spot!