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Sintra Slideshow
Sintra
Travel Blogs from Sintra, Portugal
Sintra and Cabo de Roca
Back to Sintra and the first time to Cabo de Roca. Cabo de Roca is the western most point in Europe and ...
Castleland
... the highest part of the mountain and above the cloud line to the complete opposite medieval castle that was in the town called Sintra National Palace. Unfortunately, I did not get to Quinta da Regaleira castle as there only so many castles I can storm in ...
Lisbon area: Cascais and Sintra
Yesterday, we drove to the beach town Cascais then the old mountain retreat of Sintra. Cascais was a nice little resort place about 30 mins from Lisbon. It looks like a European Laguna Beach. Fun but nothing historical. Sintra was great. It is up in the ...
Bon dia everybody!! yeah i'm in a little ...
... leaving Sunday night, and northern Spain being pretty expensive and without hostels (making it hard to meet people) I chose to come to Portugal for the week until Madhu (my friend) meets me in Madrid. So, I took the night train from San Sebastian on ...
In the land of Jamon Iberico....
... the Spanish respect for cyclists, as the drivers got a lot ruder unfortunately. We assume that there is a lot less cycling in Portugal. This suspicion was backed up by the extraordinary amount of attention we received every time we stopped in a town. We ...
Intro to Portugal-more pics added
... then off to Sintra. We're becoming quite good at riding the train. Our hotel was on the coast in Colares district of Sintra. Beautiful!! The Atlantic is still a little cold for my liking but John & Pat enjoyed the waves. Spectacular rocky coast with ...
Royal summer homes
... de Sintra. There are various royal summer palaces and castles built on these hills, surrounded by national parks. We visit the Sintra National Palace, one of the best preserved medieval palaces. This was originally built by the Moors in the 10th century, ...
Cabo da Roca
O Parque Natural de Sintra-Cascais é um parque natural localizado em Portugal. Estende-se desde a zona de Sintra até às zonas da praia do Guincho e do Cabo da Roca. Divide-se em duas zonas distintas: a zona agrícola com vista a produzir fruta e ...
Serra de Sintra
... -a, a Serra revela marcas culturais de uma riqueza surpreendente, cobrindo vários séculos da história de Portugal. Esta história irradiava da velha vila de Sintra, escolhida como lugar de um palácio real medieval, beneficiando de uma situação ...
Sintra: Palacio da Pena
One of the more interesting palaces I've seen. Built in the 19th century on top of a monastery from the 15th century. Lots of different architectural styles. ...
Sintra!
... station. Thats the thing I love most about Europe is being able to walk around so easily! Fun train ride to Sintra!! I love trains! Walked around and saw palaces and castles which are my favorite. It rained for a bit but luckily it was ...
Sintra
Margarida, my landlord, was kind to take me to the beach and then to Sintra. Sintra has many palaces and gardens. Unfortunately I only took a few pictures. This is where I discovered that the Portuguese do in fact roast chestnuts over an open fire. It is ...
Muinasjutuline
... õukondlased kui ka maurid enne neid. 1493.a oli suurte tuulte tõttu oma kursi kaotanud laev, mille päästis Sintra tippude silmamine ja seejärel maabumine Lissaboni sadamas. Selle laevaga purjetas Hispaania lipu all Christopher Columbus. Huvitav, kas ...
A fairytale land of magical palacy castleness
... we say, wow! This must be one of our favourite places yet- and it doesn't even have a beach, crazy! We pulled into Sintra's historic centre and soon realised that this place was a little gem. It's laced with palaces and behind the old town lies an ...
A comida
... da Piriquita... Queijadas de Sintra... Pao do Alentejo com atum... Bacalhau na Nata com Parmesao... E ainda um litro e meio de sangria de vinho tinto nacional... Comi tanto em Sintra que acho que vou explodir. A comida em Portugal eh boa ...
Jun 23, 2011
frazzled nerves and cute medieval towns
... or another. Today (after doing an Earthcache and visiting Lisbon harbour and Torre de Belem) we were following the road to Sintra (had even saved the directions from googlemaps so we wouldn't get lost) and then we ran headlong into a cycling race- our ...
Living the Good Life- the Royal Palaces of Sintra
... influences. Several aristocrats flocked to Sintra to remodel and build palaces in order to spread the nationalistic fervor throughout Portugal and create a creative Portuguese identity. In this palace, we really caught a glimpse of how the elite leived ...
Il paese delle meraviglie
Dopo una abbondante colazione alla Casa Chineza, siamo andati a prendere il treno che in circa un'ora ti porta a Sintra. Quando eravamo stati nel 2003 (o era il 2004?) ci eravamo innamorati della Quinta da Regaleira, una villa tra stile manuelino e ...
Boy, I've stayed in some dumps
When Leo and I arrive in Portugal and check into our hotel it dawns on me that I’ve stayed in some dumps. (Of course in an effort to converse funds.) The reason that it dawns on me today is the fact that we check into a respectable ...
Pena Castels, Sintra, Portugal
We watched the lisboa magic show then went 40 min out of town to sintra, the home of the german-portugal inspired castel of the king. It was deffinately top 3 spots this trip if not the best. It was a journey up the hill. Just wait untill the photos are ...
Sintra & Cascais
... guide (Rosaria who was WONDERFUL)- we journey into Lisbon's surrounding countryside to visit some of Portugal's most picturesque and colorful towns. Sintra, designated a world heritage site by UNESCO, was the summer retreat of the royal family. We ...
Paesaggio da fiaba...
... municipio, con delle belle facciate decorate ed i tetti a punta. Subito dopo ci siamo diretti al Palacio Nacional de Sintra, una massiccia costruzione su cui svettano due grandissimi comignoli che sono il simbolo di Sintra. Gli interni sono bellisssimi, ...
Palaces, gardens, pathways and more!
... to be the centrepiece of Sintra itself. The castle-like majesty of this very building reveals a few key details pertaining to Portugal's former wealth and power, and the preservation of these buildings hint at the kind of status the country once held in ...
Searching Sintra for Several Spots
Our drive from Obidos to Sintra was uneventful, until we arrived in town. Once again no street numbers, bad directions, a GPS that did not get us where we needed to go and frustration driving. We had reservations for a hotel and once again we found ...
Sintra
Sintra es un pueblo muy bonito que se encuentra a 1 hora en tren de Lisboa y es conciderada patrimonio historico de la humanidad. ...
Sintra et Cascais
... 'ais… pour trouver la rue du hostel. Comme il .tait trop tôt pour rentrer dans ma chambre j’ai pris un tour pour Sintra une jolie ville à côté très connue pour le château du roi. Vraiment c’était des plus splendide que j’ai ...