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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Largo Rainha Dona Amélia.
Tel 219 237 300. Open late Mar–
late Oct: 9:30am–7pm daily; late
Oct–late Mar: 9:30am–6pm daily
(last ticket: 30 mins before
closing). Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec.
& (free 10am–2pm Sun). 8 7
∑ parquesdesintra.pt

. Sala dos Cisnes
The magnificent ceiling of the former banqueting hall, painted
in the 16th century, is divided into octagonal panels decorated
with swans (cisnes).

Sala das Sereias
Intricate Arabesque
designs on 16th-
century tiles frame
the door of the
Room of the Sirens.

KEY
1 Quarto de Dom Sebastião,
the bedroom of the young king.
2 Jardim da Preta, a walled
garden.
3 Sala das Galés (galleons).
4 The Sala dos Brasões is
one of Europe’s most impressive
Entrance heraldry rooms.
5 The Sala Árabe is decorated
with fine azulejos.
6 The kitchens, beneath the huge
conical chimneys, have spits and
utensils once used for preparing
royal banquets.
Chapel 7 The ajimene windows, a
Symmetrical Moorish distinctive Moorish design with a
patterns decorate the slender column dividing two arches,
original 15th-century were added by Manuel I.
chestnut and oak ceiling 8 Sala dos Archeiros, the
and the tiled floor of the entrance hall.
private chapel.

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