Sintra

In Lisbon itself, it's not the best place to run unless you run on the coastline.

But if you come up to the northwest, there's Sintra Hills, which is very, very nice.

You've probably heard of Sintra.

That's quite close to us.

It's just about... 10K that way, but on the train it's pretty quick to get to.

Uh, mas aqui em Portugal eu conheci lugares mais turísticos, né? Mais, mais tranquilo históricos, né? Que é mais voltado pro país mesmo.

Eu não fiz tantas aventuras, exceto, é, conhecer Nazaré, que é uma-- ainda vou, é Aprimorar esse conhecimento das, das gigantes ondas, né? Eu fui na, em julho, então tava verão, as ondas tavam bem baixinhas, mas os, os outros pontos normais que é Sintra, Lisboa, Porto, Aveiro, Alentejo, são mais pra, foram mais pro lado da cultura, da comida, dos vinhos, né? Eu não tenho uma aventura muito radical, é mais uma coisa mais já tranquila, mas acho incrível, acho muito lindo, principalmente o Algarve, né? Eu sou apaixonada pelo Algarve.

São praias mesmos, é, não sei, é a mesma coisa quando eu fui viver nos Estados Unidos, né, que depois eu falo um pouquinho se ele tiver interesse em saber, hã, porque eu sou muito, assim, ligada com a natureza, então pra mim é uma coisa que, né, a praia ali me, me fortalece mais, mesmo ali já morando também no litoral.

Mas de aventuras, não, mas tenho, tenho visitado bastante lugares, ééé, mais assim da cidade, né, praia, mas fora, assim, é, são esses pontos mais conhecidos, mas que por sinal traz uma emoção também, porque eu estou na terra do meu bisavô, né, de origem dele.

And, you know, we go, we have a relationship.

Claire has a family in Portugal, near Sintra.

So we go and visit Portugal.

And it's a big part of our family's identity.

And so that's kind of interesting because, you know...

A hotel.

A hotel in Sintra, 31 Key, which is very different.

In some ways, it's very different to what we do, but it's also the same in that we're interested in creating atmosphere.

He's owning that.

Need a new book, five, go to Sintra.

Okay, Ian is not available.

Is she to do that? I'm reading the Bhagavad Gita.

Not sure how one comes up with that, but to this day I still call a dishwasher an electric sink.

Also, whatever came about with Mary What Works in Sintra, sent from my iPhone.

Mary What Works in Sintra is a student, I was going to say, is a character that I used to do on my socials.

I found a Sintra hat one time and I washed it and used to wear that and I'd wear a dressing gown and I'd put on my fucking, yeah, while you trying to fucking say, not that voice.

And that was Mary What Works in Sintra.

But... yeah I don't know where she went she kind of just she kind of just fucking got lost in translation you know what I mean I'll have to bring her back soon though

I'll have to bring her back and do an episode with her or get her on as a guest or something like that

So I'm from Portugal.

I'm from a beautiful town called Sintra.

And I have to say that I always felt the need to be in a community.

And I think when we don't have our friends from master, friends from our bachelor, and we don't have our family next to us, I feel that is when we need support.

I don't know how long it will take me to make it, but it's all a matter of how many people are interested.

So if you are interested in making a tour on Portugal and mainly on Alentejo to see the megalithics, on Tomar to see the masons, on Sintra that you will be able to see things that the guides won't show you, like you will see on my video that is called Places of Power and Places of Magic.

The Sintra is that old mountain that was completely built from the ground up from the 1960s.

There was not a single tree in there, not one tree.

They built everything from the trees, the animals, The palaces, they refurbish the whole mountain to build, to transform a place of power into a place of magic for their own purposes.

It's like a birth.

So it's the same thing, the water's birth and you came out, so it's the same thing.

You have that on Sintra.

Fewer beach crowds, outdoor activities along the coast, and cultural attractions in town.

Nearby Sintra's palaces and hiking routes are also less crowded than in summer.

In Italy's Senegalia, autumn brings fresh produce and the olive harvest, alongside quieter walks by the river and along the beach.

The town is also known for its restaurants, including two with Michelin stars.