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Castelo dos Mouros
Ancient Moorish ramparts snaking along a forested ridge with commanding views over Sintra.
1 km · about 5 min drive
Lisbon, Portugal · Europe
Sintra works well as a base: 5 minutes from Linhó, 1km from Castelo dos Mouros.
Sintra is a town located in Lisbon, Portugal. With a population of 26,193, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Sintra sits in Portugal, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Lisbon time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Sintra to your route.
Sintra (, Portuguese: [ˈsĩtɾɐ] ), officially the Town of Sintra (Portuguese: Vila de Sintra), is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2021 was 385,654, in an area of 319.23 square kilometres (123.26 sq mi). Sintra isRead more
one of the most urbanized and densely populated municipalities of Portugal. A major tourist destination famed for its picturesqueness, the municipality has several historic palaces, castles, scenic beaches, parks and gardens.
The area includes the Sintra-Cascais Nature Park through which the Sintra Mountains run. The historic center of the Vila de Sintra is famous for its 19th-century Romanticist architecture, historic estates and villas, gardens, and royal palaces and castles, which resulted in the classification of the town as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sintra's landmarks include the medieval Castle of the Moors, the romanticist Pena National Palace and the Portuguese Renaissance Sintra National Palace.
Sintra is one of the wealthiest municipalities in both Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula as a whole. It is home to one of the largest foreign expatriate communities along the Portuguese Riviera, and consistently ranks as one of the best places to live in Portugal. The ECB Forum on Central Banking, an annual event organised by the European Central Bank, is held in Sintra.
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Sintra is located in Lisbon, Portugal, Europe. The coordinates are 38.8010 latitude, -9.3783 longitude.
Sintra has a population of approximately 26,193 people, making it a town in Portugal.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Ancient Moorish ramparts snaking along a forested ridge with commanding views over Sintra.
1 km · about 5 min drive
castle
A colorful Romanticist palace atop a hill in Sintra, representing one of the finest examples of 19th-century Romanticism in the world.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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A mystical estate in Sintra featuring an initiatic well descending nine spiraling levels underground, surrounded by enchanted gardens.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Sintra's most exotic and least crowded palace: a Moorish-Gothic-Indian fantasy villa rebuilt in 1858 for Francis Cook, wrapped in botanical gardens with lawns, ferns, and Mexican and Japanese terraces. Byron praised the earlier ruin in Childe Harold.
4 km · about 5 min drive
racetrack
A classic Portuguese circuit near Lisbon that hosted Formula 1 from 1984 to 1996, known for its fast and technical layout.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
A tiny cork-lined hermitage hidden in Sintra's forest, hauntingly austere and moss-covered.
6 km · about 10 min drive
beach
A dramatic Atlantic beach hemmed by cliffs and rock formations, popular for its seafood restaurant.
8 km · about 15 min drive
coastal drive
A wind-swept coastal drive past Cabo da Roca, wild beaches and the Sintra-Cascais natural park.
8 km · about 15 min drive
April to October
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