Castelo dos Mouros (tomb) - Sintra

Sintra: Castles, Palaces and Hills... Oh my!

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August 30th 2017
We decided on a day trip to Sintra - we had heard it was a beautiful city not too far from Lisbon, with castles, palaces mosaic tiles and other sites worth seeing.. We took the train from Lisbon and it was only a 40 min ride...Sintra is a pretty resort town nestled in the Sintra Mountains... It is set high in the hills and the views are stunning. the town is centred around the gothic national pala ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Sintra

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more