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In the destination Sintra and Cascais.
In the photo: Palácio Nacional da Pena in Sintra
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The city
Village on the northern slope of the Serra de Sintra, about 28 km from Lisbon, a World Heritage Site as a Cultural Landscape. In the center is the Palácio Nacional, with conical chimneys. In the sierra are the Palácio da Pena, the Castelo dos Mouros, the Quinta da Regaleira, Monserrate and the Convento dos Capuchos. To the west the sierra reaches the sea at Cabo da Roca, with beaches such as Adraga and villages like Azenhas do Mar.
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The local experience
Royal palace of medieval origin in the center of the village, with two large white conical chimneys. It was used by the royal family from the 15th to the 19th century and houses rooms with Mudéjar tiles and painted ceilings.
19th-century romantic palace high on the sierra, painted yellow and red, built by King D. Fernando II over an old convent. Around it, the Parque da Pena has lakes, trails and viewpoints.
Walls of a castle built by the Muslims between the 9th and 10th centuries, winding along the ridge of the hills with views over the village, the Pena and the sea.
Early 20th-century palace and garden, created by the millionaire Carvalho Monteiro and the architect Luigi Manini, with grottoes, lakes and the Poço Iniciático, a spiral staircase that descends about 27 meters.
A 19th-century palace of Oriental inspiration, built by the Englishman Francis Cook, surrounded by a garden with plants from several continents, lakes and the ruins of a chapel.
Small Franciscan convent from 1560 hidden in the mountain woodland, with tiny cork-lined cells and paths among rocks, showing the austere life of the friars.
The westernmost point of continental Europe, with cliffs about 140 meters above the Atlantic, an 18th-century lighthouse and a monument with a verse by Camões.
Sandy beach between high cliffs on the Sintra coast, with arches and caves carved by the sea, near Almoçageme. It is one of the best-known beaches on the mountain coastline.
Village of white houses perched on a cliff above the Atlantic, north of Colares, with an ocean pool at the base of the rocks.
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