SINTRA, PORTUGAL
Only 18 miles outside of
Portugal's capital city,
Sintra's landscape looks
like it was ripped from the
pages of a child's storybook.
Thanks to majestic castles,
hidden tunnels, grottoes
and old-world manors, the
technicolor city of Sintra
is made even more vibrant
by contrasting these man-
made marvels against the
thick surrounding forest. It's
even said to have inspired
the work of famed fairytale
writer Hans Christian
Andersen, who described
his time in Sintra as "where
nature and art complete
each other wonderfully."
Sprawling manicured
gardens and rolling hills
serve as the backdrop to
regal estates and traditional
19th-century Romantic
architecture, most notably
painted in shades of bright
yellow and rusty reds.
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