Drawing in Sintra A detail, a landscape, a line, only stain. Sintra Houses by Lendas de Sintra® is pleased to announce its 1st Thematic Workshop scheduled for 8, 15 and 22 September, which will take place in the inspiring Sintra … Read More
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Sintra Houses are a Green Key Eco Friendly Holiday Houses
You are staying at a Green Key Self-Catering Holiday Houses, which makes a special effort to protect the environment and therefore the climate. We have made improvements to ensure that both we, and you as our guest, are “greener”. Green … Read More
Moorish Castle
The Moorish Castle is a fortification built in around the 10th century by the North African Moors, during their conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. They choose a strategic military location, high in the mountains between two rings of granite walls, … Read More
Convent of the Capuchos
In the middle of a dense forest and gigantic granite rocks of the Sintra Mountain Natural Park, lays the Capuchos Convent, an austere Franciscan monastery, with minimal impact on the natural environment and with an extremely simplistic design. The construction … Read More
Vacation Home Rentals by Sintra Houses
Villa Maria and Casa da Capela, are two magnificent holiday houses, located in the Protected Area of Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the category of “Cultural Landscape” of Sintra. Villa Maria is a picturesque … Read More
Queijada de Sintra | XL
Instead of leaving the house to buy a package of the famous Queijadas of Sintra, why not make it a family team event and, in a fast and funny way, bake the famous pastry Queijada de Sintra in XL format? … Read More
Colares Wines and Vineyards
Why are Colares vineyards so different? Everything is different, the weather and the coastline – strong maritime winds, having the vineyards, as sole protection, palisades made of natural wood. Also unique is the fact that the vineyards are planted into … Read More
Sintra-Cascais Natural Park
Sintra mountain is a small massif – the Roman promontory of the moon – set before the ocean which climbs up to 528 meters at Cruz Alta. Once the domain of bushland the mountain has changed its features after the … Read More
Pena Palace
The Pena Palace stands at the top of one of the highest rocky peaks of the Sintra mountain, and on a clear day can be easily observed from a large part of the Lisbon metropolitan area. This palace is a … Read More
Fly on a Leaf | Special Offer: Win 1 Night at Sintra Houses!
Autumn is here, Sintra acquires wonderful shades and we remembered, that when we created the Sintra Houses project, we looked at the autumnal color palette and stood out at the “Vinha-Virgem-de-Veitch” plant (Parthenocissus Tricuspidata Veitchii), a creeper that was brought … Read More