Moor tour
June 7th 2011 Castelos dos Mouros is the remnants of the castle we explored today built by the Moors around the 9th century. It is part of the UNESCO world heritage site of Sintra on a mountaintop near Lisbon. Sintra also hosts Portugal's royal palace and other cultural and historic siites.
The first hour of the hike up from the train stop at Sintra is steep narrow cobblestone switchbacks through the u
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