Sintra Mountains

The Sintra Mountains are a mass of granite forming a mountain barrier where rain is concentrated from the ocean. This micro-climate is in stark contrast to the climate in the surrounding area, and is the reason for the dense vegetation that covers the entire massif. Poets have repeatedly celebrated the immense wealth of the ecosystem and the veil. The vague romantics who emerge from it, particularly Gil Vicente, Camões, Southey, and Byron.