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The café offers excellent Portuguese cuisine with a French flavour. After a long walk to the palace and castle on the hill spend the afternoon relaxing here with a bottle of Borba red wine.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19286 Peninha in Sintra walk http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12585 Distance about 7.3km (1h 50 min.)

Start early in the morning and take some water, as in the summer months it can be rather hot.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12585 Visit and walk, Monserrate Palace & Capuchos Monastery http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11921 Great meandering paths take you through the woods, rich in a variety of magnificent trees, past waterfalls, stepping stones and the chapel ruins coming out on to a vast hill of grass leading up to the palace.

A magnificent building recently restored, with a mix of Moorish and Italian decoration. There is a fantastic walk from here to the Capuchos Monastery, also known as Santa Cruz or the Cork Monastery, a quiet and tranquil place - a small monastery built in the rock. The tiny rooms lined with cork are a telling example of the humble and austere existance of the Franciscan friars who lived here.
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All of the sights are a 10 minute walk from Sintra's train station and sturdy shoes are a must. A bus goes up the steep hill to the palaces and castle from the station.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/6619 Go to Sintra http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2905 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2905