Sintra
With its rippling mountains, dewy forests thick with ferns and lichen, exotic gardens and glittering palaces, Sintra is like a page torn from a fairy tale. Its Unesco World Heritage–listed centre, Sintra-Vila, is dotted with pastel-hued manors folded into luxuriant hills that roll down to the blue Atlantic.
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- Attraction in SintraQuinta da Regaleira
- Attraction in SintraPalácio Nacional da Pena
- Attraction in SintraCastelo dos Mouros
- Attraction in SintraMuseu das Artes de Sintra
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Attraction in SintraConvento dos Capuchos - Attraction in SintraPalácio & Parque de Monserrate
- Attraction in SintraParque da Pena
- Attraction in SintraMuseu Anjos Teixeira
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