
Quick Facts
Setting: Urban
Population (core): 3.4M
Population (metro): 6.7M
Best time to visit: Year-round
Top Sights

Quinta da Regaleira
Early 20th century-built palace & gardens with underground passages, a chapel & museum, plus events.

Park and National Palace of Pena
19th-century, Romanticist palace on a high rock & former monastery site, surrounded by parkland.


Sintra National Palace
11th century Moorish palace with notable tile collection plus ornate courtyards & rooms.

Castelo dos Mouros
Paths offering panoramic views encircle this cliff-top Moorish castle, built in the 10th century.

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