An eclectic structure owing to the various additions made over time. The central building was erected in the 14C while the wings date from the start of the 16C. The interior is interesting with its remarkable decoration of azulejos from the 15C and..

To the south of Sintra, the very attractive Pena Park covers an area of 200ha on the granite slopes of the Serra. It is planted with many rare species and has a large number of pools and fountains. A visit on foot is quite charming, but the motorist ..

Perched on one of the highest points on the Serra, this palace was built in the middle of the 19C by King Ferdinand II around an old Hieronymite monastery dating from the 16C. Its extravagance is reminiscent of the castles of Louis II of Bavaria, alt..

From the summit with its cross there is a vast panoramic view over the entire massif (except Sintra ) and surrounding plain, as far as Lisbon to the south (beyond the Pena Palace ). The Pena Park has an accessible network of footpaths.

On the site of an old 17C quinta , this architectural ensemble of Gothic, Renaissance and Manueline styles was built in the early 20C by Carvalho Monteiro (1848-1920), a businessman interested in freemasonry and the esoteric. The quinta is a riot ..

The beauty of the site has been celebrated many times by poets and, in particular, by Gil Vicente, Camões ( The Lusiads ), Southey and Byron ( Childe Harold ). The beauty of the landscapes must be emphasised and you will see a wide variety of vegetat..

This toy museum in the old firemen's barracks, is the fruit of a collector's passion, João Arbués Moreira. It exhibits a huge collection of toys from everywhere in the world, from small bronze figures 3,000 years old, up to modern robots. On the top ..

Set up in the old Sintra casino, this museum has the rich collection put together by F. Capelo for the financier Berardo... The works, shown in rotation, by Dubuffet, Stella, Warhol, Robert Indiana, David Hockney, César and many others, form a panora..

Built on a rocky outcrop in the 8C or 9C, the castle of the Moors has no more left than a crenellated surrounding wall linking the steep slopes and four square towers as well as the ruins of a Romanesque chapel. From the Royal tower, reached up a s..

An English style park surrounds a neo-oriental palace built in the 18C. The park is planted with many rare species (cedars, bamboos, tree ferns.) which bloom around waterfalls and pools. On arriving at Sintra, you will pass, on the left, the quinta..

This cliff, "where the earth ends and the sea begins" (Camoens), is the westernmost point of continental Europe. The Serra de Sintra finishes here in a steep cliff looking down on the ocean from a height of 140m. Its name means the cape of ..

On this peak (486 m) stands a small chapel . From the terrace, there is a panoramic view . In the foreground is the huge beach at Guincho.