The Sintra Mountains (Portuguese: Serra de Sintra) formed about 60 to 70 million years ago, through a geological phenomenon known as “magmatic intrusion“. This process involves the entrapment of a magma bubble within the earth’s crust that slowly solidifies, forming … Read More
Sintra Houses
National Palace of Sintra
The “Palácio Nacional de Sintra” (National Palace of Sintra), or “Palácio da Vila” (Palace of the Village), began to be built in the XV century, taking advantage of an old construction of the Muslim era, culminating in the mid-eighteenth century … Read More
Drawing in Sintra – 2º edition
Drawing in Sintra / 2º edition A detail, a landscape, a line, only stain. Sintra Houses by Lendas de Sintra® organizes another thematic workshop on October 13th, with a place in the inspiring Sintra Town. The proposal will be to awaken … Read More
Drawing Workshop “Scratches and Echoes of Sintra”
Drawing Workshop “Scratches and Echoes of Sintra” A detail, a landscape, a line, only stain. Sintra Houses by Lendas de Sintra®, is pleased to announce its 2nd Thematic Workshop scheduled for October 6th, which will take place in the beautiful … Read More
1º Workshop Drawing in Sintra
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 15 and 22 September, which will take place in the inspiring Sintra Town. In … Read More
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. Sintra is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the category of “Cultural Landscape”. The house Villa Maria is … 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