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Castles and Cultivated Utopias in Sintra

Sintra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site clustered with castles, palaces, parks, and religious buildings.  That description doesn't quite do justice to what is actually here.  We started off our day trip grounded in history (a ruined Moorish castle, the royal palace), but ended up finishing with a strange sense of experiencing something fantastical.  We not only got to glimpse at how the people in these places lived, but how they dreamed.    

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