Pena Palace is located on a hill in the Sintra Mountains, and right next door, you can visit the Moorish Castle. It’s a short ...

Sintra, Portugal is a magical destination in the mountains with fairytale-like palaces, castles, and fortifications! There ...

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We had just left touring the Pena Palace in Sintra, Portugal, on April 28 when we entered the darkened lobby of a hotel. Immediately someone told us the power was out in all of Portugal and Spain.

Fortunately, I had a timed entry ticket into Pena Palace, Sintra's star attraction, for 10:15 am, which gave me enough time to make a few stops before arriving at my destination.

Pena Palace in Sintra, Portugal. Walking down steep, twisting lanes into the centre of town, I passed the (closed) road up to the banana-coloured Pena Palace and peeped over the gate into the ...

Tourists visit the 19th century Pena Palace in Sintra, Portugal, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida) By The Associated Press. UPDATED: August 19, 2024 at 7:32 AM MDT.

Sintra City Hall also said via email that fewer tickets are now sold to the nearby historic sites. Pena Palace, for example, began this year to permit less than half the 12,000 tickets per day ...

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Tourists queue to catch a shuttle bus from the gate up to the the 19th century Pena Palace, in Sintra, Portugal, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida) Traffic crawls through a narrow street ...

Pena Palace in Sintra, Portugal. Walking down steep, twisting lanes into the centre of town, I passed the (closed) road up to the banana-coloured Pena Palace and peeped over the gate into the ...