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Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 18 January 2012
Did you ever see the movie The Ninth Gate with Johnny Depp? If not, have a look at it then, because it will give you the vibe of what it is to visit the Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra (it’s featured in the movie). Sometimes I actually mix up the images from that movie with [...]
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Escape of the Week: Sintra, Portugal
Blog: The Adventures of D - 14 December 2011
Escape of the Week: Sintra, PortugalA quick train ride from Lisbon lies the hilltop town of Sintra. It’s a quaint little town that conjures up memories of times when fairytales were quite possibly real, with [...]d travels 'round
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Sintra, Portugal: The National Palace of Sintra (Palacio Nacional de Sintra)
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 4 June 2011
This is a video featuring the inside of the National Palace of Sintra. It was truly stunning which you’ll see for yourself. The Palace dates to the 16th century and its whimsical mix of Moorish and Manueline architecture makes it pure fantasy. The pointy cones you see are actually the kitchen’s chimneys for cooking. Incoming search [...]
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Sintra, Portugal: The Town of Princes, Castles and Palaces
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 1 June 2011
Sintra was a ‘side note, day trip’ in my Lisbon Tour Book. We debated whether to make the 40 minute train ride out to see it. However once we arrived, saw the gorgeous tiled train station, and started the lovely walk from the station to the town we were glad we went. The town itself [...]
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The Exquisite Tiles of Portugal
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 21 May 2011
After a brief break to hear some French Gypsy Swing/Jazz, we’re back to Portugal. Portugal is famous for its tiles (called Azulejos in Portuguese) – building facades are covered with them, you can buy them everywhere on the streets, doorways, portals, fountains, and interiors of palaces are all decorated with them. Even Sintra’s train station’s [...]
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Lisbon, Portugal: First Impressions Video
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 7 May 2011
This video is the first in a month long series of videos about our trip to Portugal – Lisbon, Belem and Sintra. I was pleasantly surprised by Portugal. The people were warm and helpful, there was wonderful energy, amazing history, fabulous architecture and tile artistry, and the town of Sintra was stunning.
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Lisboa through the eyes of Iza’s camera
Blog: Boodle's Adventure - around the world in 365 days - 4 September 2010
Lisbon, or 'Lisboa' (pronounced liszh-boa) to the locals has to be one of my all time favourite stops so far for two reasons: free cultural stuff, and fabulous food - there’s free concerts in museum courtyards; fabulous night life in Barrio Alto where people spill out into the streets with mojitos in hand; free entry to the museums on the ‘night of the museums;’ and who would I be if I didn’t mention the famous Portuguese tart??
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Sick, sick, sick
Blog: The Adventures of D - 6 July 2010
The last few days in Merida, I began to feel sick. I couldn’t breathe well, I had that sexy throat-y voice and a cough. A miserable cough that would keep me up at night. I blamed it on the yellow fever vaccine I had received a few days earlier. It sucked. I don’t do sick. [...]
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The Wine Still Flows... Sintra and Lisbon, Portugal and Merida, Spain Part II
Blog: The Amazing Dawdle - 13 June 2010
Sintra, Portugal
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Lady in Wonderland
Blog: A Lady in London - 1 February 2010
My journey from northern to southern Portugal continued for another day in Lisbon, during which my boyfriend and I trekked out to Lisbon's Belem district. There we came face to face with the crazy Manueline Mosterio dos Jeronimos. The church was decorated from dome to kneeler with nautical-themed decor, and housed the tomb of Vasco da Gama. Although smaller than I had anticipated (the last church I saw in England had the longest nave in Europe, after all), all of the uniquely Portuguese aspects of the design were fascinating.
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