Tuia-Gigante (Thuja plicata)

Tuia-Gigante (Thuja plicata) is in União das freguesias de Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim), Sintra, Lisbon District. Tuia-Gigante (Thuja plicata) is situated nearby to Western Red Cedar, as well as near the chapel Fountain of the Small Birds.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pena Castle and Pena Park.

Pena Castle

Photo: Ksaraf, CC BY 4.0.

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. Pena Castle is situated 320 metres northeast of Tuia-Gigante (Thuja plicata).

Pena Park

Park

Photo: Michael Gaylard, CC BY 2.0.

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". Quinta da Regaleira is situated 1 km north of Tuia-Gigante (Thuja plicata).