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Jumping in Sintra's Palace

Sintra is a little village outside Lisbon, facing the Atlantic, and now part of UNESCO World Heritage. At the top of the hill, lies the Pena National Palace. This 19th century palace, offering outstanding views of the surroundings, is what could be a palace out from a Disney movie with many...

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Sly on June 12, 2011 from Sintra, Portugal

from the travel blog: Jumping Around

Fairytales and knights in shining armour: Sintra

Day two was spent in Sintra. Sintra is, as Hans Christian Anderson put it, "the most beautiful place in Portugal. It is where fairytales live. Castles and forests and parks and lakes and hidden torrets and mossy stone walls and cobbled streets. The hike up to the castle was highly...

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Brigid Jelsma on May 24, 2011 from Sintra, Portugal

from the travel blog: Walk a little further to another plan

Lisbone

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ketc on November 11, 2009 from Sintra, Portugal

from the travel blog: Europe

Lisbone

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ketc on November 11, 2009 from Sintra, Portugal

from the travel blog: Europe

day trip

this is mostly for the use of the map again, but one of the days in portugal we took a day trip to Sintra. we walked around and saw castles. we walked up this really windy road to get to a place with a great view of the city. there a guy who works at a store we went into told us about this...

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Taryn Hawkins on October 21, 2009 from Sintra, Portugal

from the travel blog: Granada