๐ต๐น Sintra is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. Sintra is one of the most urbanized and densely populated municipalities of Portugal. A major tourist destination famed for its picturesqueness, the municipality has several historic palaces, castles, scenic beaches, parks and gardens.
The area includes the Sintra-Cascais Nature Park through which the Sintra Mountains run. The historic centre of the Vila de Sintra is famous for its 19th-century Romanticist architecture, historic estates and villas, gardens, and royal palaces and castles, which resulted in the classification of the town as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sintra's landmarks include the medieval Castle of the Moors, the romanticist Pena National Palace and the Portuguese Renaissance Sintra National Palace.
Sintra is one of the wealthiest municipalities in both Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula as a whole. It is home to one of the largest foreign expat communities along the Portuguese Riviera and consistently ranks as one of the best places to live in Portugal.
1Economy The growth in tertiary activities has played an important part in the pattern of employment in the region, with commercial, retail and support services predominating. This has been to the detriment of industry, although continuing industrial activities include the transport of materials, mineral processing, the manufacture of machinery and equipment, food-processing, beverage and tobacco companies as well as publishing and printing services. There has also been a dramatic growth in the civil construction industry.
EuroAtlantic Airways has its head office in Sintra.
Tourism is also significant, with the parks and monuments operated by the Parques de Sintra accounting for 3.2 million visitors in 2017, for example.
1Transport Lisbon's commuter railway network (CP Urban Services) provides direct services to Sintra. The journey to Lisbon takes 35โ45 minutes. There is alternative transport, taxis, car-sharing services and buses, covering a large area of the district.
The Sintra tramway links Sintra with the Atlantic coast at Praia das Maรงรฃs, providing a beautiful scenic ride along the way and covering a distance of some 11.5 km (7.1ย mi). As of 2016, the heritage line runs Wednesday to Sunday in summer months.
1History: Prehistoric โข Barreira Megalithic Complex โข Dolmen of Adrenunes (Anta de Adrenunes) โข Dolmen of Agualva (Anta de Agualva/Anta do Carrascal) โข Dolmen of Estria (Anta da Estria) โข Dolmen of Monte Abraรฃo (Anta do Monte Abraรฃo) โข Praia das Maรงรฃs Prehistoric Monument (Monumento Prรฉ-Histรณrico de Praia das Maรงรฃs) โข Tholos tomb of Monge (Tholos do Monge).
1Civic โข Aguas Livres Aqueduct-Sintra Line (Aqueduto das รguas Livres-Troรงo de Sintra) โข Chalet and Garden of the Countess of Edla โข Estate of Penha Verde (Quinta de Penha Verde/Quinta da Fonte del Rei) โข Mansion of Penha Verde (Solar da Quinta de Penha Verde) โข National Palace of Pena (Palรกcio Nacional da Pena) โข National Palace of Queluz (Palรกcio Nacional de Queluz) โข National Palace of Sintra (Palรกcio Nacional de Sintra/Palรกcio da Vila) โข Palacette of the Counts of Almeida-Araรบjo (Palรกcio Pombal/Palacete dos Condos de Almeida Araรบjo) โข Pillory of Colares (Pelourinho de Colares) โข Quinta da Regaleira including the Palace and the Chapel โข Quinta da Ribafria โข Monserrate Palace โข Seteais Palace โข Ramalhรฃo Palace.
1Culture โข The Puppet House of Sintra (Casa da Marioneta de Sintra) โข Valdevinos Cultural Association (Valdevinos Associaรงรฃo Cultural).
1Military โข Castle of the Moors (Castelo dos Mouros).
1Sintra has a population of over 377,835 people. Sintra also forms one of the centres of the wider Lisbon District which has a population of over 2,846,332 people. It is also a part of the larger Greater Lisbon Region.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Sintra has links with:
๐ฒ๐ฆ Asilah, Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฟ Beira, Mozambique ๐ฌ๐ผ Bissau, Guinea-Bissau ๐ฒ๐ฆ El Jadida, Morocco ๐ซ๐ท Fontainebleau, France ๐ซ๐ท Goussainville, France ๐จ๐บ Havana, Cuba ๐บ๐ธ Honolulu, USA ๐ฆ๐ด Lobito, Angola ๐ต๐น Matosinhos, Portugal ๐ฒ๐ฟ Namaacha, Mozambique ๐จ๐ป Nova Sintra, Cabo Verde ๐จ๐บ Old Havana, Cuba ๐ฏ๐ต Omura, Japan ๐ช๐ธ Oviedo, Spain ๐ง๐ท Petropolis, Brazil ๐ธ๐น Trindade, Sรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe๐บ๐ธ Florissant 38.783
๐บ๐ธ Upper Marlboro 38.8
๐บ๐ธ Edwardsville 38.8
๐ต๐น Algueirรฃo-Mem_Martins 38.8
๐บ๐ธ Alexandria 38.805
๐บ๐ธ City of Saint Peters 38.779
๐ต๐น Queluz e Belas 38.755
๐น๐ท Afyonkarahisar 38.75
๐น๐ท Afyonkarasihar 38.75
๐ต๐น Algueirรฃo-Mem_Martins -9.35
๐ต๐น Queluz e Belas -9.255
๐ฒ๐ฆ Oulad Teima -9.217
Locations Near: Sintra -9.38333,38.7833
๐ต๐น Algueirรฃo-Mem_Martins -9.35,38.8 d: 3.4
๐ต๐น Cascais -9.417,38.7 d: 9.7
๐ต๐น Oeiras -9.317,38.683 d: 12.5
๐ต๐น Queluz e Belas -9.255,38.755 d: 11.6
๐ต๐น Amadora -9.233,38.733 d: 14.1
๐ต๐น Mafra -9.317,38.933 d: 17.6
๐ต๐น Odivelas -9.167,38.783 d: 18.8
๐ต๐น Loures -9.167,38.833 d: 19.6
Antipodal to: Sintra 170.617,-38.783
๐ณ๐ฟ Richmond 173.183,-41.333 d: 19657.2
๐ณ๐ฟ Nelson 173.284,-41.269 d: 19657.4
๐ณ๐ฟ Stratford 174.283,-39.333 d: 19692.7
๐ณ๐ฟ Greymouth 171.214,-42.448 d: 19604.5
๐ณ๐ฟ Auckland 174.763,-36.853 d: 19592.4
๐ณ๐ฟ Whanganui 175.05,-39.932 d: 19613.2
๐ณ๐ฟ North Shore City 174.75,-36.8 d: 19590.2
๐ณ๐ฟ Hibiscus Coast 174.698,-36.606 d: 19582.1
๐ณ๐ฟ Hamilton 175.28,-37.788 d: 19593.4
๐ณ๐ฟ Whangฤrei 174.326,-35.725 d: 19542.5