Sintra is a very magical village near Lisbon, its the village of the 7 palaces, and on the top of the small mountain of sintra (529mt) you have the Pena Palace, the most iconic palace of Sintra.
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And close to it the Mourish Castle, built around the 8th century by the Mourish and conquered by the first king of Portugal on the 11th century.
The Castle with the Pena Palace on the background.
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Sintra is one of those places that you really should come and visit, you can read a lot about all the palaces and history anywhere online, try to come in the off season because Sintra nowdays is so turistic that you are stuck in lines everywhere.
There are so many myths and legends about Sintra, the misty fog in the middle of the forest silence is breathtaking, wich probably helped a lot bringing such a magical feeling to the place and inspiring so many stories.
Yesterday we decided to explore a bit more of Sintra and the underground paths that supposedly are connected to everywhere around Sintra.
A old abandoned house being conquered by nature.
Mushrooms season is on!
A entrance to a small tunnel that lead nowhere
Jose catching a bat (it was released after, no harm done)
Really small guy
Some local friends
And the search continues
Down the rabbit hole!
Really nice tunnels, a lot to explore, not so great for pictures.
Another entry/exit
So nice the see light at the end of the tunnel
