Sitting just outside of Lisbon, on Portugal’s coast, is the stunning resort town of Sintra, a place where history, culture ...

The day I arrived, the Portuguese national parks service announced that all but one of Sintra’s palaces would be closed due ...

Portugal’s deep-rooted history stretches from its medieval castles and Roman ruins to the Moorish fortifications ... and the Moorish Castle in Sintra, each echoing the country’s diverse ...

Bushfires were burning across more than 100,000ha of Portugal. Several people had died. Sintra was not directly ... out towards the (closed) ruins of the Moorish Castle on the hills above, the ...