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Monserrate Palace
An exotic summer palace of Moorish arches and Indian domes, in gardens planted with trees from five continents.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Rua Visconde de Monserrate, 2710-591 SintraDirections
- Getting There
- About 4 kilometers west of the old town, by bus or taxi.
Why Go
The English merchant Francis Cook rebuilt the estate in the mid-19th century, on the ruins of an earlier Gothic house that had inspired Lord Byron. Its lawns and valleys hold Mexican, Australian and Himalayan plants, a fern valley and a rose garden, quieter than the palaces up the hill.
Nearby in Sintra
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