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space—until now. In February 2025, the Albuquerque Foundation, designed
by the Brazilian firm Bernades Arquitetura, opened in the village of Linhó.
Housing Albuquerque’s collection of more than 2,500 pieces of Ming and
Qing dynasty export porcelain, it will highlight Portugal’s role in East-West
trade, alongside rotating exhibitions of contemporary ceramic art.
Quinta da Beloura, a luxury residential community designed by
THE SO-CALLED Albuquerque in the 1990s, sits next door to the foundation, while, with

clipped precision, more modular villas by RCA (Regino Cruz Arquitectos)
‘ARTIST KING’ and
“ Hyde + Hyde snake around the 18-hole Pestana Beloura golf course,
Photos: Fundação Cultursintra FP; Francisco Nogueira, courtesy the Albuquerque Foundation; Mikkel Kristensen; imagebroker.
designed by American golfing architect Rocky Roquemore. The nearby
equestrian center hosts polo and dressage, and the community’s notable
ERECTED PENA residents include footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, American businessman Shahal
NATIONAL M. Khan, and several former Portuguese prime ministers.
In Sintra’s northern foothills, Colares is another property hot spot. The
com GmbH & Co. KG/Alamy Stock Photo; Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy Stock Photo; Olga Shatokha.
PALACE ON THE village’s cobbled-lined streets lead to characteristic Pombaline-style
residences and late 19th-century alpine chalets. Its sandy loam marks it out
as one of Portugal’s oldest wine terroirs, where rare Avesso and Ramisco
RUINS OF varietals ripen under the sun at the Quinta do Casas Novas and Adega Viúva

A MONASTERY Gomes vineyards. A flea market opens on Saturdays opposite the fabled
Ribeirinha de Colares restaurant, while several grand estates mean Colares
has some of the highest property prices in the Sintra region, where the median
IN 1839 ” house price is $5,728/m².
Quinta da Bella Vista, the former home of English crime writer Arthur
Conan Doyle, sits a few miles outside the village. Leveled on the hillside, the

neo-Gothic and neo-Moorish hints. Following Doyle’s death in 1930, his
playboy son Adrian inherited the run of the grounds and expanded it into
Left: The view from Hotel Marqí of Praia 10-acre estate is built of multiple properties in Palladian architecture with
the luxury rental—with garden theatre—it is today.
Grande, the largest beach in Sintra―and
a popular destination for surfers In the 1940s, Sintra became a palatial playground. Quinta da Bella
Vista hosted everyone from South African poet Roy Campbell to American
Above: Princess Margaret during her
trip to Portugal in 1959 actor Gloria Swanson, while Franco-American energy tycoon Pierre
Schlumberger’s 100-acre estate became a veritable party pad. Princess
Right: The Palácio da Pena, situated on
a hill in the Sintra mountains Margaret caused quite a stir when nearby chalets were instructed to shutter
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