- Castelo dos Mouros
- Castelo dos Mouros
The 10th century castle was built by the Moors. - View of Sintra
View from the castle towards the town. And you can see the fog over the sea :-) - Chalet of the Countess of Edla
All the rooms are insanely beautiful, but this Dining room, with cork and wood, is probably my favourite. - Chalet of the Countess of Edla
The ceiling in the Grand Hallway. The whole chalet is very very colourful. - Chalet of the Countess of Edla
Ferdinand II built this for the opera singer Elise Friederike Hensler, later Countess of Edla. The chalet is alpine like - but dressed in cork. - Cruz Alta - High Cross
The High Cross is located at the highest point, at 528 m. The first cross was placed here around 1522 by João III. - Pena park
We decided to take a walk through the Pena gardens (and not visit the palace this time). - Quinta da Rigaleira
Heh, this lovely creature is quite literally biting its ass ;-) - Quinta da Rigaleira
Carvalho Monteiro bought the place in 1892 and built this with the Italian architect Luigi Manini. The construction began in 1904 and was completed by 1910. - An unnamed lake
The lake in front of the Gruta do Labirinto. - The unfinished initiation well
- The Initiation Well
- The Initiation Well
- African lily
Our hotel garden in the early morning mist.