Ahhhhh, Sintra. Lisbon’s magical little sister, nestled in Portugal’s mountains like a Disneyland for grown-ups.

It’s already got peng beaches, its own mountain range and surely-they’re-not-real-but-they-actually-are castles, and now you tell me the food’s amazing too??

Trust. Here’s LuckyTrip’s guide to Eating Sintra…

Oh for god’s sake stop licking your screen.

The local delicacy in Sintra is a queijadas - kinda like a mini cheesecake with a caramelised top.

Eat ‘em hot out the oven at Cafe Saudade: part cafe, part gallery, part concert venue.

‘What’s a classic Portuguese dish?’
‘A large one…’

Your waiter chuckles as she walks away, but Portuguese portions are no joke.

Tuck into sharing plates of octopus, pork cheeks, mussels and tea eggs at Nau Palatina. Make sure you wear your stretchy pants…

The sound of the waves in your ears, a crisp glass of white in your hand and an inadvisably large oyster slipping down your throat. This. Is. Portugal.

Azenhas do Mar is the name of the seaside town and restaurant that’s gonna make all your pescatarian dreams come true. It ain’t cheap, but neither are the views.

Azenhas do Mar restaurant is a twenty minute drive from the centre of Sintra.