The iconic pictures of pena national palace made me want to visit sintra portugal.
Pena palace tiled wall.
The bright colors of the castle up on the hilltop make sintra one of the fairytale towns in europe.
The architecture is a unique combination of neo gothic neo moorish and neo renaissance styles and it is truly a masterpiece.
The walls inside the national palace are lined with europe s largest set of mudejar tiles still in place today.
Or you can transfer by bus from the park gate to the palace gate.
Azulejo tiles on the wall of the triton gateway in the palacio nacional da pena pena national palace sintra estremadura portugal close up of historic azulejos at the national palace of sintra a unesco world heritage site near lisbon portugal.
Veja mais ideias sobre pena palace viagens sintra portugal.
Access to pena palace sintra.
Once home to the royal family pena palace looks a bit like a sophisticated disneyland its romanticism architecture brightly painted colours and beautifully detailed mosaic tiles combine to create something that could ve been lifted straight out of a fairytale.
Palácio da pena is a romanticist castle 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 it is a national monument and constitutes one of the major.
From the gate you still have to go up through the park to reach the pena palace itself.
This portuguese tile art is a typical style element found on many houses in lisbon.
As one of sintra s most popular attractions the national palace of pena does get.
The main facade has been designed with so called azulejos.
Portuguese azulejos framed tile.
Gargoyle at pena palace framed tile.
The pena palace portuguese.
Canvas prints framed tiles photo wall tiles posters tapestries wall decals car accessories stickers signs.
Portuguese sidewalk pavement 20x12 wall decal.
Every 15min 3 tickets sold at the ticket office and at the souvenir shop and even from where the bus stops at the top you still have to walk up a little.
While the palace s exterior is known for the two monumental chimneys the interior design is impressive as well.