Top must visit close to Lisbon, Sintra is a charming little town where is the last Portuguese kings’ summer residence, the Palacio da Pena. Built in the nineteenth century on the ruins of a monastery, the romantic castle surprises its visitors with its different styles (Neo-Manueline, neo-Gothic or neo-Islamic) and colors. It faces the castle of the Moors.
In Sintra is also Quinta da Rigaleira and its magnificent park full of Masonic and Templar symbols. The children and even the older ones like to explore its initiatory well and to go through its mysterious tunnels.
Voilà Lisboa! 