The Inspiration of Poets
Follow Lord Byron to Sintra’s ‘Garden of Eden’ The Romantic poet Byron is regarded as one of the greatest English poets and travelled extensively. His poems are often quoted from differing parts [...]
The Sacred Spaces of Sintra….and Mons Lunae
Some places have a special, and what some might call, sacred, feel about them. Sintra certainly falls into this category. If you are going to get away for a retreat to somewhere special, then [...]
The discovery of a Paradise on Earth…and Xintara.
One of the first things people ask us is where does the name Xintara come from. The name –‘Xintara’ (pronounced Zintara) actually comes from the old Moorish name for Sintra, which is the unique [...]
Tread lightly in the footsteps of monks….
The Xintara retreats are located at Quinta Sao Bento, an original 16th Century Portuguese Quinta in Sintra, Portugal. For many hundreds of years, monks came here to recharge their batteries and [...]
