GRUNTILDA'S PALACE by sangwann

GRUNTILDA'S PALACE

Fourth day of our Portugal holiday.
This palace looked like a witch's palace - Gruntilda was a fiction witch.
In the little free time we had in Sintra, Christine and I, together with another couple decided to go look for the Royal Palace of Sintra. We were following the road signs as we had no map. It was quite a long walk and by the time we got to this queer place it was time to go back. I took two, three shots from the street and went over to the security guard who was on guard. It was difficult to communicate with him as he only spoke Portughese. In fact I had to look up the place on the internet when I returned home and I found out it was the Quinta da Regaleira, an extravagant 19th century gothic mansion that is surrounded with some of the most elaborate gardens of Sintra..

I later came to know that the Royal palace was on top of a hill, much further away than I had expected.

Yesterday I went to Mdina for the annual Mdina Medieval festival and came back with a sackful of photos. They have to stay in line as I am still processing our Portugal pictures and haven't even looked at those of our Seville holiday just fifteen days after the Portugal one.
Many thanks for your views, comments, and FAV’s. They are very much appreciated.
Extraordinary palace and stunningly unusual design. Great composition, too.
May 7th, 2018  
Wonderful shot Dione...
May 7th, 2018  
Great shot of this unusual palace
May 7th, 2018  
A lovely shot
May 7th, 2018  
Looks grim!
May 7th, 2018  
Spooky! :)
May 7th, 2018  
Stunning place ! and a great composition and edit - fav
May 7th, 2018  
What an interesting building and story Fav
May 7th, 2018  
Certainly looks interesting :)
May 7th, 2018  
What a fabulous palace. Is it open to the public?
May 7th, 2018  
Wow, you hit the nail on the head with this shot !!!! Have a great vacation.
May 7th, 2018  
Great shot of the palace. I read the story (fascinating) but did not get there - what did you think?
May 7th, 2018  
Wonderful perspective...Great capture of the stonework details
May 7th, 2018  
Excellent capture and great pov.
May 7th, 2018  
Nice story, I know the place it is great
May 7th, 2018  
What an intriguing Palace,a wonderful story.
It would be amazing to take a look inside,it's so big.
The gardens I imagine to be beautiful too.
Super capture here,have a great holiday.
Fav.
May 7th, 2018  
What a beautiful palace and I love the stone walls.
May 7th, 2018  
It's to bad you had only little time. makes me wonder if it was open to the public for viewing. your story about Gruntilda made me laugh. too bad I've tno castle as my name is Brunhilda.
May 7th, 2018  
A fantastic place to find, fav
May 7th, 2018  
@gazzatron We didn't go in because we didn't have time to do so. Not sure if it open to the public either.
May 7th, 2018  
Looks an impressive building!
May 7th, 2018  
Awesome picture.
May 7th, 2018  
A fabulously gothic building, beautifully processed
May 7th, 2018  
Awesome city view and a beautiful capture of it.
May 7th, 2018  
it is a cracking building, dominating the frame and looking fabulous
May 8th, 2018  
Wow what a stunning palace!
May 8th, 2018  
That is gorgeous. Love all the texture and the fine façade of that castle, love it.
May 8th, 2018  
Incredible architecture. It conjures up images of castles from fairy tales I read as a child.
May 8th, 2018  
What a fabulous place!! It looks like it's out of a fairytale. Great shot!
May 8th, 2018  
Impressive sight, especially with all the well-crafted stone in the foreground!
May 10th, 2018  
Sintra is one of my Favourite places. Thank you for the memory with your super picture.
May 14th, 2018  
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