Point of interest
Sanctuary of Peninha
41 locals recommend,
Tips from locals
Bruno
August 15, 2022
Probably the best viewpoint in the Sintra mountains, 7 miles away.
Mary
February 10, 2019
a an old sanctuary and pilgrimage site with stunning views of Atlantic coast from Sintra to Cascais. Many walking trails around it.
Woodhouse
August 1, 2018
An old sanctuary with a stunning view to Guincho beach and all coast. Nearby there are some trails into the mountain, you will disconnect from the real world and fully enjoy nature. One great experience,
Frederico
March 12, 2022
There, up above, at 488 metres in altitude, the Sanctuary of Peninha bedazzles for its magic and impenetrable mystique. Built by popular devotion, the Chapel of Our Lady of Penha (Peninha) emerged after a poor shepherd claimed to have seen an apparition of Our Lady there. The architectural set also contains the secular hermitage of Saint Saturnin and a small and enigmatic romantic-revivalist palace ordered built by António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro (owner of the Quinta da Regaleira estate) in 1918. A place of worship since ancestral times and heir to a long magical-religious tradition, the site is enveloped in legends that have been handed down by generations of pilgrims.
There, up above, at 488 metres in altitude, the Sanctuary of Peninha bedazzles for its magic and impenetrable mystique. Built by popular devotion, the Chapel of Our Lady of Penha (Peninha) emerged after a poor shepherd claimed to have seen an apparition of Our Lady there. The architectural set also…
Luis
October 18, 2020
Santuário da Peninha has one of the most amazing views over sintra, cascais and Lisbon area. It s just 12 minutes drive from the property. Or you can also walk till there, going straight it s about 40 minutes, if you decide not to go straight by the forest till there it s about 2h00-2h30 till that place.
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