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Convent of the Capuchos
A tiny 16th-century friary hidden in the forest, its cramped cells lined with cork.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Sintra Hills, 7 kilometers west of the old townDirections
- Getting There
- A bus from Sintra station and then a 40-minute walk, or a taxi.
Why Go
Eight friars founded the convent in 1560 among the boulders of the Sintra hills, and the community lived here in poverty until religious orders were abolished in Portugal. Its doors are so low you have to stoop, and cork keeps out the damp.
Nearby in Sintra
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