palacio da pena

Palácio da Pena

By tourist on May 5, 2013 palacio da pena, Pena´s Palace, Sintra Heritage

It appears to us like a fairy tale castle. Is the most complete and notable example of Portuguese Romantic architecture. Built about 500 meters of altitude, dates back to 1839, when King Consort Dom Fernando II of Saxe Coburg-Gotha (1816-1885) bought the ruins of the Monastery of Our Lady of Pena and started to adapt […]

Guided visit and dinner at Palácio da Pena in June

By tourist on April 4, 2013 palacio da pena, Sintra, summer solstice Events

To mark the summer solstice, Parques de Sintra will open the Park and Palace of Pena at night,on June 21st. Visitors can move freely (in the palace) or integrated in one of the guided tours nightly (or Palace Park) as well as choose to participate in the dinner to be held in the restaurant of […]