Two Sintra Castles and Cape Rock

Sintra is the calling card of Portugal. It is also called the necklace of Lisbon. To admire it, to see if this is true, should do every tourist coming to the country, no doubt.

But Sintra is not only a charming town, Sintra gave tourists two of the most interesting castles.

One of them, the Pena Palace, is located on a high cliff above Sintra and features a fantastic pseudo-medieval style. The construction was organized by Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, husband of Queen Maria II of Portugal. He invested heavily in the project, and the work continued until his death in 1885. The interiors are preserved as they were left by the last owner, Queen Amelia, who fled Portugal in 1910. By the way, this is the same Dvorets, which in the early 1890s inspired the Russian millionaire Arseny, and Morozov and architect Viktor Mazyrin to build a mansion on Vozdvizhenka in Moscow.

The palace of Quinta da Regaleira deserves special attention. Towering in the Garden of Eden, surrounded by ponds covered with greenery, bears the name of the most mysterious Palace of Portugal. Grottoes, wells, caves, secret passages, gazebos and statues are all shrouded in a mysterious and hidden meaning. Each object in the garden occupies, definitely, not a random place, everything is built according to some, one author of the known pattern, which imposes on travelers an even greater aura of mystery and mystery.

And then - we are waiting for no less impressive place - Cape Roca - the westernmost point of Europe. Ahead is only the ocean, breaking its endless waves against the rocks. The energy of this place attracts tourists. The edge of the Earth is at your feet.

Return to Lisbon on the road along the ocean and get to the Lisbon Riviera - a favorite holiday destination for the Portuguese, British, Russian. Let's stop at the Devil's Sheep. About her - on tour...