Quinta dos Mouros

Quinta dos Mouros is a locality in União das freguesias de Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim), Sintra, Lisbon District. Quinta dos Mouros is situated nearby to the locality Quinta dos Catanhaes, as well as near Quinta da Relógio.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Quinta da Regaleira and Pena Castle.

Quinta da Regaleira

Garden

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Quinta da Regaleira is a quinta constructed from 1904 to '10 and located near the historic centre of Sintra, Portugal. It is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO within the "Cultural Landscape of Sintra".

Pena Castle

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The Pena Palace is a Romanticist palace in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera. The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area.

Ferreira de Castro Museum

Museum

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The Ferreira de Castro Museum is a museum in Sintra, Portugal devoted to the life of José Maria Ferreira de Castro, a Portuguese journalist and writer, who was buried in the hills overlooking the city.