Sources & Old Maps
Official sites & further reading
Cultural Landscape of Sintra – UNESCO World Heritage
The official World Heritage page for the Cultural Landscape of Sintra, inscribed in 1995 as the world's first "cultural landscape" – with description, maps, documents and gallery.
Parques de Sintra – Monte da Lua
Official site of the state body managing the Park and Palace of Pena, the National Palace of Sintra, the Moorish Castle, Monserrate and the Convent of the Capuchos – with history, visitor information and tickets.
Quinta da Regaleira
Official site of the Fundação Cultursintra for the romantic, esoteric estate with its Initiation Well, chapel and gardens – visitor information and cultural programme.
Culture in Sintra – the municipal culture portal
The Municipality of Sintra's culture section, with the municipal museums, the municipal archive and 11 cultural-history routes through the town and its landscape.
Visit Sintra – official tourism portal
The municipality's official tourism portal covering monuments, museums, parks and gardens, plus practical visitor information.
Sintra on Wikimedia Commons
Freely licensed media archive with historical photographs, maps and engravings of Sintra's monuments and landscape – including categories for the town's listed monuments.