The Palácio Nacional de Sintra, with its unmistakable conical chimneys, in the heart of the historic village
The Castelo dos Mouros, of Islamic origin, with walls that dominate the serra and the plain
The Palácio Nacional da Pena, a romantic nineteenth-century construction that crowns the highest point of the serra
Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of continental Europe, between cliffs and open ocean
A Lagoa Azul, a natural retreat on the slopes of the serra, amid dense Atlantic vegetation
about the place
Sintra stretches from Serra de Sintra to the Atlantic coast, in the District of Lisboa, across a landscape where mist and dense vegetation frame estates and monuments spanning centuries. In 1147, the territory was brought into Christendom, and in 1154 D. Afonso Henriques granted Sintra its first royal charter, thereby founding the Municipality. This institutional antiquity is reflected in every stone of the historic town, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
