Palácio de Seteais

The Palácio de Seteais, or Palace of the Seven Sighs, is on the N 375 westward to Colares, just outside Sintra. It gets its name from the fact that the Treaty of Sintra, the surrender declaration of the French forces, was signed here in 1808. The palace was built in the last quarter of the 18th C. and extended early in the 19th. The triumphal arch (1802) commemorates a visit by Joao VI. The magnificent building is now a luxury hotel, with a gourmet restaurant. The entrance of the garden has a setting of lawns and lime trees.