Caught the train out through the Benfica district to Sintra.
Walked round the gorge that divides the station and new part of the twon from the old to explore the Palacio Nacional.
Walked round the gorge that divides the station and new part of the twon from the old to explore the Palacio Nacional.
After lunch in the town square, walked to the gothic Quinta da Regaleira. Set in gardens themed on the intiation rites of the Knights Templar, this featured a bizarre mix of the labyrinthine library from The Name of The Rose inside and Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade outside.
We then caught the bus up to the Moorish Castle that overlooks the town and walked round its vertigo-inducing, windswept curtain walls.
A further short hop on the bus took us to the Pena Palace, another bizarre confection, home of the last king before his abdication in 1910, with lovely, extensive gardens.
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