Sintra
Sintra – Royal sanctuary of Portugal with history and mistery
Sintra is a resort town in the foothills of Portugal’s Sintra Mountains, near the capital, Lisbon. A longtime royal sanctuary, its forested terrain is studded with pastel-colored villas and palaces.
History
- 1 The earliest remnants of human occupation were discovered in Penha Verde: dating to the early Paleolithic.
- It was in the third quarter of the 18th century that the Romantic spirit of the foreign travellers and the Portuguese aristocracy exulted in the magic of Sintra and its environs, as well as the exoticism of its landscape and climate
- This extraordinary development of the Sintra landscape reached its peak in the reign of D. Fernando II of the dynasty of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1836-1885)
- In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a castle
- The proclamation of a Portuguese Republic in 1910 transformed the bohemian climate of Sintra
Activities
- Visit National palace of Sintra
- Visit the puppet house of Sintra
- Visit Castle of the Moors
- Visit National Palace of Pena
How to reach there
Road
Sintra is a short drive from Lisbon. The town can be reached from Lisbon in just half an hour on the IC19 motorway.
Train
Sintra train station (GPS: 38.79870, -9.38646) is the final stop of both train services, isbon’s commuter railway network (CP Urban Services) provides direct services to Sintra. The journey to Lisbon takes 35–45 minutes
Air
Lisbon airport is the nearest ait port. It is connected to Aathens , Paris, London,Dubai , Boston and Brussels
Nearby destination
- Lisbon (30kms away)
- Evora (154 kms away)
- Palácio Nacional de Queluz (17kms away)sanctuary in portugal
- Cascais (12kms away)
- Batalha (150 kms away)
Some hotels in Sintra with room tariff less than Rs.5000
- Hotel Oceano http://www.hoteloceano.pt/
- VIP Hotel https://www.viphotels.com/en/Homepage.aspx
- The five hous https://www.thefivehouse.com/
- Alma Hostel https://www.almaasintrahostel.com/
- Casa Zul Hotel https://casazulhostel.wixsite.com/sintra/contact
- Guest House VC 17 https://www.guesthousevc17.com/en-us
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