Visit the Quinta do Pôpa - Adorigo

Visit the Chapel of the Quinta de Santo António - Adorigo

Visit the Quinta de Lago Samaiões

Visit the Convent of the Knights Templar Quinta da Granja - Quarry

The Convent of the Knights Templar at Quinta da Granja, located in Quarry Town, formerly owned by the Order of Christ, was built in 1619.

Visit the Chapel of the Quinta da Gandra - Avintes

The Chapel of the Quinta da Gandra, located in the Town of Avintes is baroque. Displays at the summit with a magnificent cross flanked by flush fire pits, rosacea on the door, is decorated with a thin cord.
Inside, we found a beautiful altar with two columns with Corinthian capitals and corbels side. At noon, the image of Our Lady of Mount Caramel, whose niche is framed with fine carvings and acanthus leaves, beneath the Lady of Sorrows. It should be noted the beauty of the eardrum, typically eighteenth century.

Visit the Fifth clock - Sao Martinho (Sintra)

Visit to Quinta de Monserrate - Sao Martinho (Sintra)

Visit Quinta da Ribafria - São Martinho (Sintra)

Visit the palace and Regaleira Estate Millions - Sao Martinho (Sintra)

The Regaleira Estate, located in the Parish of Saint Martin (Sintra) in the historical center of Sintra, classified World Heritage by UNESCO, was built in the early twentieth century, the romantic ideal, this fascinating collection of buildings in the middle of forest, is the result of achieving the dreams of its owner, Antonio Augusto Carvalho Monteiro (1848-1920), combined with the talent of the Italian architect-designer Luigi Manini (1848-1936).
Fifth Regaleira presents a magnificent landscape with gardens and buildings, which highlights the Palace of the Million and Holy Trinity Chapel

The culmination of the visit to the Fifth Regaleira, we must rely on the adventure of the Knights Templar, or the ideals of the Master Masons, to descend into the pit initiation by a huge spiral staircase. And, deep down with your feet on an eight-pointed star, is like being immersed in the womb of Mother Earth. Then, we can only go through the dark labyrinth of caves, to reach the light, reflected in lakes amazing.

Visit the Quinta da Penha Verde - São Martinho (Sintra)

The original house of the Quinta da Penha Verde, located in the Parish of St. Martin (Sintra), was built by D. João de Castro. Later, the building was extensively modified and expanded by acquiring the then current appearance.

Thursday's entry is preceded by a single doorway, datable to the late seventeenth century, surmounted by a pediment which overlaps the crest of the Castros.
It has a small garden in the style of the eighteenth century, and before that frames the mansion. This plant has a somewhat irregular, integrating, however, in line with the traditional Portuguese architecture Aulica. The jambs of doors and windows are covered with large and simple stonework. The interior is marked by sobriety, highlighting the great hall of the upper floor with a wood paneled ceiling and a painting representing a central coat of arms.
The chapel of St. Blaise, integrated into the main body of the mansion, dates from the seventeenth century. The wall of the chancel is completely coated with a polychrome tile panel, whose design represents a curtain half-open, clear theatrical cut, the center of this composition stands a finely carved stone pedestal, which rises is a pride and stony image of St. Blaise, the altar is working on multi-colored marble.
There is also a small hill of his Fifth, a circular chapel of prayer to Our Lady of the Mount, especially inside the vaulted ceiling, tiled the seventeenth century nave and the small altar. Upon this altar, covered with tiles Mudejar, is a bas-relief of fine marble, representing the Holy Family Framed and apparently supported by a panel painted ceramic angels.
Later, in the seventeenth century. were erected in two other chapels Penha Verde, also circular. Refer them first of Santa Catarina, whose pediment bearing the "wheel of knives," a symbol of his martyrdom, in the interior, which is much simpler, only enhances the altar inlaid with marble, and on it, an ancient image of Santa Catarina. Next is the Chapel of St. John the Baptist inside lined with magnificent polychrome tiles that illustrate the life and death of St. John; turn under a small arch, rises the altar profusely decorated with multicolored stones, shells and pottery .

Visit the Solar da Quinta do Vinagre - Necklaces

The Solar da Quinta do Vinagre, located in the Town of Colares, is an interesting example of the noble houses of five hundred cottages. Its L-shaped plant is the result of a reconstruction of the century. XVIII. The facades, sober, simple feature windows. In the entrance courtyard, where a long terrace runs based on open colonnade, there is a tank with two heraldic lions.

Visit Quinta da Palma - Necklaces

Visit the Quinta Nova da Assunção - Fine

Quinta Nova da Assunção, located in the Town of Fine, and built in 1860, is a fine example of nineteenth century architecture.

Most notable are the Chinese room and finish in trompe l'oeil of the other divisions and corridors inside the building.

The magnificent and extensive gardens, populated by small pavilions, ponds and lakes comes to us amazing tile work.

Visit Chalet Marim - Quelfes

The Marim Cottage, located in the Town of Quelfes, was built by the poet, musician and painter, John Pike in 1916 at Quinta do Marim. The cottage was later recovered by the Natural Park of Ria Formosa, faithfully respecting the original architecture.

For its exoticism, is still regarded as the epitome of symbolist architecture in Portugal. This is a building with three floors, square shape, no front or rear.

Orientated along the four cardinal points, four staircases mark the entrances to the center of the house topped with a skylight. The staircase to the north has the shape of fish, the south, guitar; the spring, violin; the west, Snake. Symbolically, the fish represents water, guitar, fire, and the violin, the air, the snake, the earth.

The Chalet is currently adapted to Ecoteca / Museum.