The best place we visited in Portugal was Sintra, an easy day-trip from Lisbon. There was so much to do in the town, and we ...

If you’re headed to Portugal this summer, Lisbon is your likely first stop. Once you get the low-down on Lisbon, head to storybook Sintra, the resort town – and a UNESCO World Heritage Site – just 18 ...

Portugal offers an extraordinary mix of medieval towns, colorful cities, rugged coastlines, mountain scenery and volcanic ...

With sunshine bathing its multicolored facades against a backdrop of deep blue sky, the Pena Palace in Sintra is like a castle seen through a kaleidoscope. A jumble of bright yellow domes, red towers, ...

Offering alternatives to overcrowded destinations. Storybook Sintra is deluged with tourists After a visit in 1809, young Lord Byron called the Portuguese city of Sintra “glorious Eden.” The English ...

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I have never until now taken time to consider the creation of a wave. To fathom the climatic and gravitational forces propelling salt water across sunken topographies so that it swells, rises, arcs ...