There are so many ways to travel these days. Although I’ve tried and enjoyed many of them, I always come back to my favorite – self-guided, walking trips, where I get to make the decisions and can ...

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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, water ...

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SINTRA, Portugal — 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 ...

Levels of concentration are high right now – three-year-old Raffy is carefully snipping at a bunch of rocket, while Poppy, six, is pulling up a carrot. We’re raiding the sun-bathed organic garden of ...

08:00, Sat, Mar 15, 2025 Updated: 06:01, Mon, Mar 17, 2025 For the last several months, my social media feed has been buzzing with amazing, colourful pictures of Sintra, with many tourists calling it ...