Sintra’s Best-Kept Secrets: 5 Places Almost No One Knows About
Sintra is famous for its fairytale palaces, mystical forests and breathtaking beaches. But beyond the most visited tourist spots, there are secret corners that remain …
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How to get to Pena Palace: Important tips to enhance your visit
The beautiful Pena Palace is the 2nd most visited monument in all of Portugal. The tickets to visit the inside of the Palace work with …
Hike & Wine Walks
Sintra is best explored on foot – but where to go? Our Hike & Wine suggestions take you to wonderful, local, award winning special vineyards of our …
‘One of Portugal’s Best Kept Secrets’ – Gordon Ramsey on Colares wines
Colares Wines are unique for various reasons: The Colares wines in Sintra are some of the oldest in Portugal The Colares wine region is the …
Jurassic Sintra
Millions of years ago (125 million to be a bit more exact), large dinosaurs roamed in Sintra. Plant eating Saurôpodes and Ornitôpodes as well as …
Chalet Biester – the film set for Johnny Depp’s ‘Ninth Gate’
Just a bit above the village, in our view, there is a mansion called Chalet Biester. Its black roof with turquoise trimming causes a lot …