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=== User: Tell me the highlights of Sintra ===
Tell me the highlights of Sintra

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==== 🌄 Highlights of Sintra ====

Just 40 minutes from Lisbon, Sintra is a misty, fairy-tale hill town where Romantic palaces, secret gardens, and ancient fortifications cluster in a UNESCO-listed cultural landscape.

===== 👑 Pena Palace =====
* A flamboyant 19th-century Romantic palace perched high above town
* Bold yellows and reds, Moorish and Manueline details
* Sweeping views on clear days all the way to the Atlantic
* Best early morning or late afternoon to beat crowds

===== 🌀 Quinta da Regaleira =====
* Mystical estate filled with symbolism, tunnels, and grottoes
* Famous Initiation Well (spiral descent linked to Masonic myths)
* Feels like stepping into a Dan Brown novel set in moss and stone

===== 🏰 Moorish Castle =====
* 8th–9th century ruins snaking along a dramatic ridgeline
* Walk the crenellated walls for panoramic views of Sintra and the coast
* Windy, wild, and wonderfully atmospheric

===== 🌿 Monserrate Palace =====
* Elegant, lesser-visited palace with Indo-Moorish design
* One of Portugal’s finest botanical gardens (plants from every continent)
* A calm, uncrowded counterpoint to Pena

===== 🏘️ Sintra Historic Centre =====
* Cobblestone lanes, pastel houses, tile-fronted cafés
* Try travesseiros or queijadas de Sintra at local pastry shops
* Perfect base for wandering between sites

===== 🌊 Nearby Nature Bonus =====
* Cabo da Roca – Europe’s western edge, cliffs plunging into the Atlantic
* Forested trails in the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park for quiet walks

===== 🚋 Getting Around (Practical Tip) =====
* The historic Sintra Tram links town to the coast seasonally
* Buses or tuk-tuks are easiest for hilltop palaces; walking is steep but scenic

If you like, I can suggest a one-day or two-day Sintra itinerary, crowd-avoiding timing (especially useful in high season), or pair Sintra with Cascais or Cabo da Roca for a perfect loop from Lisbon.

== References ==
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