Linhó

Worth seeing in and around Linhó

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Pena Palace

   The Pena Palace is a Romanticist palace in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera. The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area.

   2.4 km · palace in Sintra, Portugal · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Sintra National Palace

   The Palace of Sintra, also called Town Palace, is located in the town of Sintra, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It is a present-day historic house museum.

   3.5 km · building in Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Quinta da Regaleira

   Quinta da Regaleira [ˈkĩtɐ ðɐ ˈʁɨɣɐlɐjɾɐ] is a quinta constructed from 1904 to '10 and located near the historic centre of Sintra, Portugal. It is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO within the "Cultural Landscape of Sintra".

   3.5 km · culture heritage estate near Sintra, Portugal · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Castle of the Moors

   The Castle of the Moors is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil parish of Santa Maria e São Miguel, in the municipality of Sintra, about 25 km northwest of Lisbon. Built by the Moors in the 8th and 9th centuries, it was an important strategic point during the Reconquista, and was taken by Christian forces after the fall of Lisbon in 1147.

   2.9 km · cultural heritage monument in Sintra, Portugal · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Sintra Mountains

   The Sintra Mountains, is a mountain range in western Portugal. Its highest point is at 529 meters near Sintra.

   2.4 km · mountain in Portugal · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Palácio e Quinta do Ramalhão, também denominado «Paço Real do Ramalhão» (actualmente Colégio de São José das Irmãs Dominicanas Portuguesas)

   The Palace of Ramalhão is a neoclassical Palace in Sintra, Portugal. The palace has its origins in a small farm that was enlarged into a palace by Luis Garcia de Bivar in 1470.

   2.3 km · neoclassical palace in Sintra, Portugal · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Carlucci American International School of Lisbon

   The Carlucci American International School of Lisbon is a not-for-profit private international school in Linhó, Sintra, Portugal. Founded in 1956, CAISL is the oldest American school in the Iberian Peninsula and the only U.S. State Department sponsored school in Portugal.

   300 m · building in Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Chalet da Condessa de Edla

   The Chalet and Garden of the Countess of Edla, also known as the Casa do Regalo, are in the Municipality of Sintra, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. They are situated on the western side of the park that surrounds the Pena Palace, and are part of the Sintra Cultural Landscape, classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 1995.

   2.5 km · building in Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Igreja da Penha Longa

   Igreja da Penha Longa is a church in Linhó, Sintra, Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.

   1.3 km · cultural heritage monument in Sintra, Portugal · Wikipedia
10. 10
    NewsMuseum

    The NewsMuseum is a museum dedicated to news, media and communication located in Sintra, Portugal. Inspired by the Washington’s Newseum, it was inaugurated in the first minutes of 25 April 2016, in an event attended by the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

    3.4 km · news and Media Museum in Sintra, Portugal · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Linhó

Airports

Lisbon Humberto Delgado (LIS), 22 km · Faro - Gago Coutinho (FAO), 231 km · Francisco de Sá Carneiro (OPO), 282 km

Stations

Sintra train station, 3.6 km

• Faro → Linhó

  233 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · €30–42
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• Porto → Linhó

  273 km · quickest by road, 4h 34m · €34–47
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• Seville → Linhó

  334 km · quickest by road, 6h 36m · €49–70
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