Bushfires were burning across more than 100,000ha of Portugal. Several people had died. Sintra was not directly under threat, ... ruins of the Moorish Castle on the hills above, ...

The Spanish Steps were closed for renovations when I visited Rome for the first time.

One warm morning, a packed train from Lisbon, Portugal brings me to Sintra, a charming little city located in the hills of Serra de Sintra and home to palaces, fairytale castles, castle ruins ...

One of Sintra's top attractions is the Palácio Nacional da Pena, one of Portugal's seven wonders. This vibrant castle began as a chapel, then became a monastery before being transformed into a ...

A historic 18th-century country estate in the picturesque town of Sintra, Portugal—a Unesco World Heritage site about 30 minutes northwest of Lisbon—has hit the market for €23 million (US$24 ...

I t’s a Wednesday – a work day – when I find myself sipping lapsang souchong tea on the terrace of the Tivoli Palacio Seteais, in Portugal’s castle heartland of Sintra. I’m savouring not ...

Why Barcelona locals are protesting tourists 04:37. The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel's house in Sintra, Portugal, is hard to find, and he likes it that way.

Bushfires were burning across more than 100,000ha of Portugal. Several people had died. Sintra was not directly under threat, ... ruins of the Moorish Castle on the hills above, ...

Bushfires were burning across more than 100,000ha of Portugal. Several people had died. Sintra was not directly under threat, ... ruins of the Moorish Castle on the hills above, ...