Pena Palace

In 1838 Ferdinand II, the 'King-Artist', bought the ruins of a Hieronymite monastery that Manuel I had founded in 1503 in the hills of Sintra. Under the supervision of Baron von Eschwege it became a palace of Romanticism, mixing Manueline and Moorish references. Queen Amélia was staying here when the Republic was declared on 5 October 1910. UNESCO listed the Cultural Landscape of Sintra in 1995.

Inside, the Stag Room has plaster stag heads with real antlers and the Great Hall a 72-candle chandelier. The Queen's Terrace looks from the ocean to Lisbon. Below, the 85-hectare park, described as Portugal's most important arboretum, hides the High Cross, the Valley of the Lakes and the Alpine-style Chalet of the Countess of Edla.