We invite you to the fairytale city of Sintra.
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Sintra is a place that breathes the past, castles, palaces, monasteries and chapels, parks, fountains – all shrouded in mystery and legends. The city of Sintra is included in the UNESCO list as a territory with numerous sights. You will have a walk through the city center, where the Royal National Palace is nestled and many souvenir shops where you can buy something memorable about this amazing city.
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The Royal National Palace, informally also called the Palácio da Vila, is the medieval palace that housed the Portuguese monarchs from the 15th to the end of the 19th century and is the only palace that has preserved its architecture and remained almost intact. The building has only been rebuilt or completed in some places for reasons of the needs of the current kings, such as D. Dinis, D. João I and D. Manuel I. When entering Sintra, it is impossible not to notice it – the far-reaching chimneys of the royal kitchen in the shape of champagne bottles will entice any tourist. The length of the chimneys reaches 33 meters. The palace has many wonderful halls of indescribable beauty, such as the Swan Hall, Mermaid Hall, Chinese Room, Armorial Hall and many others, all of which are different in their themes and style, but at the same time complement each other and create their own flavor.
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And after you are waiting for the mysterious and mystical estate da Regaleira, the owner of which was a famous millionaire from Brazil, Antonio Carvalho Monteiro, who, having bought the estate, built a kind of palace of philosophy with a beautiful paradise garden. Each object in the garden occupies a certain, non-random place. Everything is lined up in a certain pattern. There are also assumptions that Antonio Carvalho Monteiro belonged to the society of Freemasons and that on the territory of the manor there is exactly the place where the secret rite of initiation of the “novice” took place. In short, the Estate of da Regaleira is a find for those interested in esotericism, alchemy and Freemasonry.
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Next, you will go to conquer the westernmost point of the Euro-Asian continent – Cape Cabo da Roca. Here everyone can get a colorful certificate that he has visited the edge of the Earth. From a hundred and forty-kameter height to admire the beautiful landscape and breathe cool ocean air. And on a light wave of emotions, having overcome the mountain serpentine, to descend to the mysterious gorge “Devil’s Mouth”, where the guide will tell you what happened on this place when kings and queens lived…..
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