The day I arrived, the Portuguese national parks service announced that all but one of Sintra’s palaces would be closed due to the risk of fire. Bushfires were burning across more than 100,000ha of ...

For the last several months, my social media feed has been buzzing with amazing, colourful pictures of Sintra, with many ...

although inside the white stucco of the 15th-century National Palace of Sintra is a good museum and sumptuous original interiors. The newer, Moorish-inspired Monserrate Palace whisks you away from ...