Architecture (Sintra)

Pena Palace

I got to the palace on my own from Lisbon (there is a review). I immediately bought tickets to several points (Palace of Foam, Castle of the Moors and Montserrat Palace). I got to the castle from the ticket...

lanochk

• 6 years ago

Summer residence of the monarchs of Portugal

National Palace of Sintra

The Palacio Nacional Royal Palace is located in the heart of the city of Sintra, it stands out from the rest of the city's buildings with its huge chimneys. The palace was the summer residence of many...

Hotline_Kate

• 8 years ago

Mystical and mysterious Quinta da Regaleira

Quinta da Regaleira

Quinta da Regaleira annually attracts the attention of thousands of visitors as an interesting, mysterious and ambiguous place. The manor was built in the 19th century. for a very rich, educated and enlightened...

Hotline_Kate

• 8 years ago

Portuguese counterpart of Neuschwanstein.

Pena Palace

In 1840 German Prince Ferdinand von Saxe-Coburg-Gotha planned to build a castle with a park in a romantic style on the site of the derelict Pena monastery in Sintra near Lisbon. This idea became the life...

B.O..

• 8 years ago

Manor of Secrets

Quinta da Regaleira

Having inherited a considerable fortune and increased it by trade in coffee and precious stones, Antó nio Augusto Corvalho Monteiro acquired an estate in Sintra near Lisbon at the end of the 19th...

B.O..

• 8 years ago