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Extract from the Sintra Travel Guides:
SINTRA
is one of Portugal's most spectacular sights and is one of the country's few UNESCO World Heritage sites. Sintra's extraordinary subtropical microclimate allows for an abundance of cool, deciduous woodland which attracted Moorish lords and the kings of Portugal here from Lisbon during the hot summer months. The layout of Sintra - an amalgamation of three villages - can be confusing, but the extraordinary
Palcio Nacional
(daily 10am-1pm & 2-5pm, closed Wed; ?2.50), about twenty minutes' walk from the station, is an obvious landmark. The palace was probably in existence under the Moors, but takes its present form...
read the whole Sintra Travel Guides...
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