Visit the Parque da Pena - San Pedro de Penaferrim (Sintra)

The Pena Park located in the Parish of San Pedro de Penaferrim, in the Serra de Sintra is a walled compound, located on the summits of the area east of the Eastern Sierra, with high cliffs and sharp valleys, north exposure preferred. The maximum height of the park is at High Cross (the highest peak in the Sierra, with 528 meters) and the lower zone is the Feteira Countess, standing at 380 meters.
The park is composed of multiple plots, over its nearly 200 hectares, with different characteristics, served by a very widespread network of paths which constitute a real and deliberate maze. Inside, stand buildings of great beauty, like the Countess Chalet, the Temple of Columns, the Throne, the Palace and the Lakes.

Visit the Serra de Sintra

The Serra de Sintra belongs to the same mountain range of Serra da Estrela, which ends in Cabo da Roca, marking the western limit of Europe. Is about 10 kilometers from east to west and approx 5 km wide with its highest peak at an altitude of 529 meters. It has a rich fauna, with her ​​example, fox, genets, the mole salamander, the peregrine falcon, the viper and various species of lizards. Its climate is mild with plenty of oceanic influences, and this gives it a higher rainfall compared to the rest of the Greater Lisbon area. It also follows a unique vegetation. About nine hundred species of plants are indigenous and 10% are endemic. Some of them are oak, cork oak and stone pine. Paa is an ideal place for climbing and mountaineering, since the slopes are mostly oriented to the west, which lengthens the light on summer afternoons in the Sintra hills is that we can find the Moorish Castle, the Pena Palace, the Capuchin monastery, the Palace of Monserrate.

Visit Rio Jamor - Sintra

The river rises in the Serra da Jamor Carregueira, Fine parish, and crosses several parishes of the municipality of Sintra, before entering the neighboring municipality of Oeiras.

Visit the Mount Juromenha - Alvorge