Visiting Sintra | Portugal

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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.
Celts worshipped their moon god here, the Moors built a precipitous castle, and 18th-century Portuguese royals swanned around its dreamy gardens. Even Lord Byron waxed lyrical about Sintra’s charms: ‘Lo! Cintra’s glorious Eden intervenes, in a variegated maze of mount and glen’, which inspired his epic poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.

Travel Guide :
It’s the must-do day trip and, if time’s not an issue, has more than enough allure to seize you for days. Sintra has become quite popular, and it's hard to escape the tourist masses (especially in summer). Go early in the day midweek to escape the worst of the crowds.
There is train service from Lisbon to Sintra which would take around 40mins and cost 2.20€ for one way. Please note you will have to walk around 1.5km from train station to the site but trust me, it's a worth.
If you are in Portugal then Sintra is a must visit place.








Location: Sintra, Portugal

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