Although its history dates back to the Neolithic, the Roman Empire, and Moorish rule, it was Portuguese Royalty who made it ...

SINTRA, Portugal — With sunshine bathing its multicolored ... the pared-back simplicity of the Moorish castle and the Capuchos Convent also leave lasting impressions. The castle was built ...

Highlights include the mountaintop Pena Palace, a fairy-tale castle with ... tourists that Sintra does. The Romans lived here, then the Moors, and then, for a while, Portugal’s kings (only ...

Castle of the Moors, Sintra After checking into my Deluxe ... I set out to explore Sintra on foot. Pena Palace in Sintra, Portugal. Walking down steep, twisting lanes into the centre of town ...

Many things have been written about Portugal’s capital ... next to its Moorish castle. Then it was occupied by the Romans, and then the Moors, who really made Sintra a flourishing town in ...