Discover Sintra

Built in the 19th century and painted in bright red and yellow tones, the palace combines Gothic, Moorish and Renaissance elements into a whimsical style, and towers high above Sintra, often shrouded in dense Atlantic fog.

Built by the Moors in the 8th and 9th centuries, the fortress winds along a wooded mountain ridge, and its restored battlements offer sweeping views all the way to the Atlantic and the neighboring Pena Palace.

The mystical landscaped garden with its symbolic Initiation Well, underground tunnels and neo-Gothic villa ranks among Sintra's most mysterious and most photographed attractions.

Just a short drive from Sintra, Cape Cabo da Roca with its lighthouse marks the westernmost point of mainland Europe, where rugged cliffs drop steeply into the roaring Atlantic.

From Lisbon, regular suburban trains run from Rossio station directly to Sintra in about 40 minutes, making the small town one of the capital's most popular day-trip destinations.

Built in the 19th century and painted in bright red and yellow tones, the palace combines Gothic, Moorish and Renaissance elements into a whimsical style, and towers high above Sintra, often shrouded in dense Atlantic fog.

Built by the Moors in the 8th and 9th centuries, the fortress winds along a wooded mountain ridge, and its restored battlements offer sweeping views all the way to the Atlantic and the neighboring Pena Palace.

The mystical landscaped garden with its symbolic Initiation Well, underground tunnels and neo-Gothic villa ranks among Sintra's most mysterious and most photographed attractions.