Eléctrico de Sintra - Praia das Maçãs (estação terminal)
Beachside end of a century-old metre-gauge tram line, with vintage cars running inland through vineyards.
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This guide to the old Sintra tram's terminus at Praia das Maçãs follows Camilo Farinhas, the administrator who took charge of a seaside line rebuilt from a bankrupt company's wreckage in the years after nineteen fourteen. It touches the Philadelphia-built cars, a wine cellar with its own rails, and a cliff village up the coast. Best heard standing by the end of the track, looking north along the shore.
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