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Sintra Slideshow
Top Hotels in Sintra
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Vip Inn Miramonte Sintra
34 reviews -
Tivoli Sintra
157 reviews -
Penha Longa Hotel And Golf Resort Sintra
188 reviews -
Vinha Da Quinta Sintra
3 reviews
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Tivoli Palacio De Seteais Sintra
78 reviews
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Lawrence's Hotel Sintra
80 reviews
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Central Hotel Sintra
1 review
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Cinco Bed & Breakfast Sintra
38 reviews -
Monte de Chora Cascas Sintra
5 reviews
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Pensao Nova Sintra
33 reviews
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Pensao Residencial Sintra
54 reviews -
Quinta da Capela Sintra
22 reviews
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Quinta Do Conde Sintra
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Quinta da Fonte Nova Sintra
11 reviews
Sintra
Travel Blogs from Sintra, Portugal
Sintra
This is a top pick! ... us to the Pena Palace, five minutes further up the mountain. This amazing place, described as the finest example of Romantic architecture in Portugal (and who am I to argue) started life as a monastery but took its current form in the 19th century. It's a ...
Northern portugal a spectacular train ride ...
This is a top pick! ... the summer residence of the Kings of Portugal and is green, lush and mountaineous. The Pena Palace was the highlight of Portugal for Tonya. The multicoloured towers and domes reminded Paul of Disney World. Inside was a completely wacko collection of ...
Magica Sintra, Portugal.
... con sus castillos y jardines que son de cuento, y la ciudad misma es un encanto, si alguna vez van a Portugal, no deben dejar de visitar Sintra, a solo una hora de Lisboa en tren. Visitamos el Palacio da Pena, castillo de colores con una vista magnifica ...
People are strange when you're a stranger
... around hilly Sintra. From the charming main part of town we could see castles perched on the mountain top. In Portugal, Sintra was always the place for royalty and is now cluttered with many of these fairy-tale like abodes. We climbed ...
God Outdoes Himself in Sintra, Portugal
... ; I'm sitting here trying to decide how to even begin to describe the beauty of both Cascais and Sintra, Portugal, and I'm realizing that there might not even be words in the English lexicon that do those two places justice. So ...
my first fairy tale city
... , walking until 2 or 3, lunch in a restaurant, then strolling home, to maybe go out again later. Kind of perfect for me. So Sintra has a lot of nice walks, since it is in the hills, and a tiny old town to wander in. Today I walked 19 kms ...
November 14 Side Trip to Sintra
Just outside of Lisbon, about 10 miles away, is a semi-seaside resort called Sintra, built up on a mountain range overlooking the sea. A UNESCO World Heritage Site now, but in years past Kings resided here during the summer months and those who ...
Portugal and Vinho Verde
... mood that evening. After some Portugese green wine (Vinho Verde), it was off to sleep for me. Day 2 in Portugal took me to Sintra, the summer home of the Portugese ruling elite. Located in forested hills overlooking the Atlantic, Sintra looks kind ...
Once upon a time..
... colourful palace materializes in the sky right above your head. Priceless. The castles are built over a small village of Sintra. With its picturesque cobbled streets, cosy restaurants, shops with traditional things, the smell of lemon trees and the ...
Sintra saves the day!
... . Perhaps it's just the jet-lag. Sintra, however... Sintra truly is a great town! Abby and I took a day trip to Sintra on Friday before catching our late night train to Madrid. In 1809 Lord Byron wrote to his friend Francis Hodgson, ...
Sintra - Daytrip from Lisbon
Alright, as promised, here is my update for my daytrip to Sintra. It was absolutely gorgeous!!! Sintra is a small town about a 45 minute train ride outside of Lisbon, lots of GREEN hills and some old hilltop castles (one in ruins from the old Moorish ...
Sintra and Cabo da Roca
... on this one. Not much to tell. Spent one night in this lovely little town of Sintra and actually saw quite a bit. Only place we saw outside of Lisbon and is even prettier than Lisbon. Wish we had had more time in Portugal, seems like an amazing ...
Palace in the Sky
I went to Sintra twice on day trips while staying in Lisbon. It's only a 30 minutes train ride away. I went once by myself and once with Kitty and Kathleen, who at met at the hostel. My favorite site is the Palacio de Pena, the colorful ...
Day Trip To Sintra
Today we caught a 40 minute train from Lisbon to Sintra, a small historical town full of palaces. Walking into the centre we came accross many oldworldy buildings, setting the scene for a good day. First up was the Natural History ...
Austerity and Portuguese Clubbing
After so much beaching, Miriam and I felt like roughing it up again. But what a deception!!! Sintra, west of Lisboa, was packed with school groups and Japanese tourists, busloads of them. Everything was so expensive; no way of parking the car, no way to ...
Sick of my own company
... 3 Aussies, 3 Americans and 2 Taiwanese girls and we all hit it off immediately. Our first stop was Sintra and lovely little town near the coast of Portugal which used to be the summer retreat of the Portuguese king 150 years ago. There area has a ...
Visiting the national palace
This afternoon I went on a little half day tour out of Lisbon to Sintra. Here I visited the National ...
Spain (no bull)
... Pissed off in Portugal We have only had to spend a few nights it car parks since entering Europe and these have been in Portugal. Whilst France and Spain have closed a number of camping grounds since mid September, in Portugal we have yet to find one ...
The Palace of Sintra
At around 8:30, we all piled onto the bus and drove to the Royal Palace of Sintra. It was the summer resort of the royal family. It is still cold out. We arrived at Sintra early to be the first group in the castle, so we took pictures while we ...
Sintra
... 11:30 and walk to the metro where we plan to go to a near by train station to take a 40 minute train to Sintra (a city in Portugal). All goes well and we arrive in Sentra in mid-afternoon. Leaving our bags with the ticket people at the train station we ...
Day Trip to Sintra
... I decided to make my way back down which was much easier on me than the descent in the mountains of Nepal. The town of Sintra was bustling when I got down there unlike what it was when I first arrived. I chose to walk around a bit more before ...
Sunday - Sintra, the Beach, and Saint Antonio
Our third day in Portugal was spent with a quick visit to the carriage museum in Lisbon before driving up to and around the beautiful city of Sintra and then to the beach! We saw the Western most point of Europe, had yummy quesidillas and chalupas ...
Magical Land of Sintra
... Disney was around, i could swear he created it for one of his movies. The palace was occupied by royalty until 1910 when Portugal became a republic. It rises up to the peak overlooking the town of Sintra, and is a fairytale land within itself, with ...
A beautiful place, recommended daytrip from Lisbon
... looking forward to our slide show when we get home! ha ha ha ha). Next we took a visit to the Palace National De Sintra, which had very old tiles (500 years) on the walls and painted wooden ceilings - apparently the king was caught with a courtier ...
A castle, two palaces and sixteen profiteroles
... the bathroom and shower, which was already calling my name, and headed out to take a look at the town. Sintra used to be the summer escape of Portugal’s kings and contains two palaces and a Moorish castle. We decided to spread our visits to ...
A day trip
... and we only managed to go to half of places. We visited three palaces, some of which have been a challenge for my acrophobic self. Sintra is situated in mountain ranges and hills and looking down from the top gives you a chill. I would say my ...