Sintra, Portugal is a magical destination in the mountains with fairytale like palaces, castles, and fortifications! There ...

With sunshine bathing its multicolored facades against a backdrop of deep blue sky, the Pena Palace in Sintra is like a castle seen through a kaleidoscope. A jumble of bright yellow domes, red towers, ...

Offering alternatives to overcrowded destinations. Storybook Sintra is deluged with tourists After a visit in 1809, young Lord Byron called the Portuguese city of Sintra “glorious Eden.” The English ...

Historic Sintra is a little gem of a town in the hills, 30 minutes outside Lisbon by train. If you ever happen to be in beautiful Lisbon, you cannot miss visiting Sintra, a place of fanciful, ...

SINTRA, Portugal — Fog and mist are generally not friends of travelers, particularly when those travelers have visions of a sunny and warm week in Portugal. But when fog and mist descend and then hug ...

The Flatiron Building was covered in scaffolding during my last trip to New York. And I’ve lost count of the number of museums and art galleries I’ve missed out on by turning up on the wrong day. But ...

SINTRA, Portugal — With sunshine bathing its multicolored facades against a backdrop of deep blue sky, the Pena Palace in Sintra is like a castle seen through a kaleidoscope. A jumble of bright yellow ...

SINTRA, Portugal — With sunshine bathing its multicolored facades against a backdrop of deep blue sky, the Pena Palace in Sintra is like a castle seen through a kaleidoscope. A jumble of bright yellow ...

With sunshine bathing its multicolored facades against a backdrop of deep blue sky, the Pena Palace in Sintra is like a castle seen through a kaleidoscope. A jumble of bright yellow domes, red towers, ...