A Romanticist fever dream in misty forests — psychedelic palaces on mountaintop ruins.

Stops on This Tour (8)

1. 1
   Sintra National Palace Twin conical chimneys — medieval royal palace with Mudejar tiles
2. 2
   Volta do Duche garden Romantic garden path climbing through fern-covered ravines
3. 3
   Castelo dos Mouros entrance Moorish castle ruins — 8th-century walls snaking along the mountain ridge
4. 4
   Moorish Castle ramparts Walking the battlements — views to the Atlantic coast and Pena Palace above
5. 5
   Pena Palace approach Through the forest park — giant sequoias and tree ferns from five continents
6. 6
   Pena Palace Psychedelic 19th-century palace — red, yellow, and blue towers erupting from the trees
7. 7
   Pena Palace terraces Views from the highest point — Lisbon, the Tagus estuary, and on clear days, the Atlantic
8. 8
   Chalet da Condessa d'Edla Alpine chalet built for King Ferdinand's second wife — intimate gardens in the forest

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