2H Sintra Tour by Tuk Tuk

Sintra is a place full of magic and mystery where nature and man have combined in such a perfect symbiosis that UNESCO has granted it Word Heritage site status.

In the 19th century, Sintra became the first center of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a castle where this new sensitivity was displayed in the use of Gothic, Egyptian, Moorish and Renaissance elements and in the creation of a park blending local and exotic species of trees. Other fine dwellings, built along the same lines in the surrounding area, created a unique combination of parks and gardens which influenced the development of landscape architecture throughout Europe.