The National Palace of Pena, popularly referred only to Palácio da Pena or Castelo da Pena, is located in the village of Sintra, parish of São Pedro de Penaferrim, municipality of Sintra, in the district of Lisbon, Portugal. It represents one of the main expressions of 19th century architectural Romanticism in the world, being the first palace in this style in Europe, erected about 30 years before the Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria.

On July 7, 2007 he was elected as one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal.

The palace is open for sightseeing, in 2013 it had 755 735 visitors making it the most visited monumental palace in the country that year.

Sintra Castle, popularly known as Castle of the Moors, is located in the town of Sintra, parish of São Pedro de Penaferrim, Sintra municipality, in the district of Lisbon, Portugal.

Standing on a rocky massif, isolated on one of the peaks of the Sintra mountain range, in Estremadura, from the top of its walls stands a privileged view of all its rural surroundings stretching to the Atlantic Ocean.

Built by Consul Daniel Gildemeestre, Dutchman born in Utrecht, after having received a monopoly on the export of diamonds by the hand of the Marquis of Pombal, Sebastião José de Carvalho and Melo, and thus accumulated a large fortune. Gildemeestre died in Seteais in 1793 after losing the monopoly of the diamonds (this is thought to have happened after the death of Don Jose I and the loss of political power of the Marquis of Pombal, his minister). ]

The property was acquired to the heirs of the Consul by the 5th Marquess of Marialva, 7th Count of Cantanhede and estribillo mor, Diogo Vito de Menezes Coutinho. The Marquis dedicated considerable efforts and large sums to the palace, for example, by hiring the architect José Cornélio da Silva to change the facade of the building. The Marquis of Marialva died in 1803, his son Pedro would not even come to inhabit the palace and in 1823 with the latter's death the House of Marialva was extinguished, transiting the property of Seteais by successive generations and familiar lines - D. Jakoa de Menezes, Marquesa de Louriçal; Nuno Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé; Augusto Pedro Rolim Moura, Count of Azambuja and D.António de Mendonça and Melo.

In 1918 the palace is bought by the Count of Sucena and in 1946 is finally acquired by the National Treasury, it would be the President of the Council, António de Oliveira Salazar to authorize the conversion of the house in luxury hotel, as it continues today.

Cabo da Roca is the westernmost point of mainland Portugal, as well as continental Europe. It is located in the parish of Colares, Sintra municipality and district of Lisbon. The place is visitable, not until the extreme but until a zone to the altitude of 140 m. The cable forms the western end of the Serra de Sintra, precipitating over the Atlantic Ocean. Its geographical coordinates are N 38º46'51 ", W 9º30'2".

Luís Vaz de Camões described it as the place "Where the land ends and the sea begins" (in Os Lusíadas, Canto III). A stone pattern with a tombstone mark this geographical feature to all who visit this place. Its flora is diverse and, in many cases, it has unique species, being the object of several studies that also extend to geomorphology, among others.

In the zone there is a lighthouse (Cabo da Roca Lighthouse) and a tourist shop. It is inserted in the Natural Park of Sintra-Cascais, in an area of ​​easy access and of great tourist affluence, being many people who visit it. On Sunday it is usual to concentrate several groups of motorcyclists.