PALÁCIO AND QUINTA DE REGALEIRA
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Palace with charming little pavilions and many terraces, enjoying a real opera setting.
An amazing quinta, recently opened to the public and worth visiting for its originality. Built at the beginning of the 20th century in the purest romantic tradition, it is the fruit of the imagination of two men, its owner (Carvalho Monteiro, a man of immense culture who made his fortune in Brazil) and an Italian (Luigi Manini, the same architect who built the hotel-palace in Buçaco), who allowed the "revivalist" confluence of artistic genres as far apart as the Gothic, Manueline or Renaissance style.
You can visit the gardens, the Palace of the Millions, a true philosophical residence of alchemical inspiration, the fabulous exotic park and the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, which gives access to the crypt. Within the quinta, a set of towers overlooks magnificent panoramas; in addition, small charming pavilions and numerous terraces invite contemplation. But the highlight of the visit is the descent, through a huge spiral staircase, into the depths of the imposing well. At the very bottom, with your feet resting on an eight-pointed star, you have the impression of being engulfed in the bowels of the Earth. Mystical! Then, all that remains is to cross the caves and the labyrinths to reach the light. A real opera set, where everything is deliberate and nothing was designed by chance! Since 2019: possibility to make a visit in augmented reality via an application.
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Members' reviews on PALÁCIO AND QUINTA DE REGALEIRA
Le parc, qui suit le parcours initiatique pensé par son créateur est très agréable et sort de l'ordinaire avec des sous-terrains, des chemins labyrinthiques.
Une très belle découverte!
Cet endroit reflète bien la frénésie occultiste qui s'est répandue au début du siècle dernier; passages secrets, grottes et puits initiatiques, tout est là !
Une jolie petite église se trouve à proximité ainsi qu'une belle fontaine.
On trouve pleins de sentiers au sein du parc. Sur le chemin, on rencontre plans d'eau, mini-grottes, amphithéâtre ouvert où des événements ont lieu en pleine saison.
Sur les hauteurs, deux puits dont un de 27m. Des marches permettent de descendre tout au fond.
A ne pas manquer lors d'une escapade à Sintra !