Exclusive Private Sintra Tour
Sintra, Portugal
Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: Flexible
Sintra, the Moon Hill, is a place full of magic and mystery, where Nature and Man have combined in such a perfect symbiosis that UNESCO has granted it Word Heritage Site status.In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a castle where this new sensitivity was displayed in the use of Gothic, Egyptian, Moorish and Renaissance elements and in the creation of a park blending local and exotic species of trees. Other fine dwellings, built along the same lines in the surrounding serra , created a unique combination of parks and gardens which influenced the development of landscape architecture throughout Europe.
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Sintra, the Moon Hill, is a place full of magic and mystery, where Nature and Man have combined in such a perfect symbiosis that UNESCO has granted it Word Heritage Site status.In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a castle where this new sensitivity was displayed in the use of Gothic, Egyptian, Moorish and Renaissance elements and in the creation of a park blending local and exotic species of trees. Other fine dwellings, built along the same lines in the surrounding serra , created a unique combination of parks and gardens which influenced the development of landscape architecture throughout Europe.
Begining of the tour at 09h00- pick up at the hotel
We will visit, according to custumer preference and depending on timming.
Moorish Castle
Pena Palace
Quinta da Regaleira
Monserrate Palace (according to timming)
Azenhas do Mar
Cabo da Roca
Cascais
We will visit, according to custumer preference and depending on timming.
Moorish Castle
Pena Palace
Quinta da Regaleira
Monserrate Palace (according to timming)
Azenhas do Mar
Cabo da Roca
Cascais
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