A heterogeneous city in the extreme, Sintra is a combination of Moorish, Gothic and Renaissance styles that make it a Mecca of Romantic architecture. Captivated by this successful combination, the great English poet Lord Byron lived here for a while. It is not difficult to imagine him walking through Palacio Real, strolling in the Serra de Sintra, admiring the Palacio Nacional da Pena and ending his walk by contemplating the ocean from the top of Cabo da Roca, the most westerly point on our continent, at the same time creating a new poem about beauty and the infinite.