Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish Castle), Sintra (Portugal)

Isolated on its lofty perch, one of the peaks in the Sintra Hills, the Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish Castle) is a fortification founded in the 10th century during the period the Moors occupied the Iberian Peninsula. The Moorish Castle is a privileged viewpoint to admire the view extending from Sintra to the ocean and is part of the Cultural Landscape of Sintra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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It's a wilderness out there...

Ready for anything...

The Moorish Castle and National Palace of Pena in the distance...

The National Palace of Pena

We made a couple of "distant" friends along the way...