Sintra's mysterious 'inverted tower' - BBC REEL 

There's a dark souls boss in the end trust me i can see the fog

I am Vietnamese and I LOVE beautiful Portugal and her VERY NICE and BEAUTIFUL people!!!

I've been there, it's amazing. The only problem is the hundreds of people, shouting, with their ice creams and all. They think it's Disneyland

Walked up those stairs last year. So many selfies blocking my way to the top but I finally made it to find more people taking selfies

This place could be used for a Templar assassins creed game. Your character could start here

For this I guess I really need to go to Portugal. It's beauty and mystery is beyond words.

Secret place that is now open to the public. Time makes all secrets open :-) Great place to visit !

Sem dúvida um lugar magnífico para se visitar. Sintra tem muita História e cultura. Portugal tem lugares extraordinários.

Sintra is one of the most beautiful towns I've ever been to. I felt transported to Dark Souls when in that "initiation dwell".

Started to go through this twice, once to read the translation and a second time just to view the images. But then decided to just slow the speed way down so I could read and truly enjoy the visuals!

I’ve been here. It’s an unforgettable experience. Love it.

He has a hypnotic voice.

It inspired a level in Shadow Of The Colossus

Wow. I think I heard about the structure a few years ago but completely slipped my mind since. It definitely stands out as being both unusual, unique and beautiful all at the same time. Definitely needs to be preserved and continue to be restored.

Fabulous tour with a private guide. So unusual and beautiful

It's so nice to be able to see the video enjoying the images without having to look at the subtitles.

We were there in the 90’s and had the place to ourselves. A discovery by chance walk by. Will never forget it, to walk into this garden.

If the misterious vibe is what appeals to you, there are some limited time events, usually during the summer, when you can visit the well and the caves at night. They look even more incredible and there isn't as much people, either because they didn't know about the event or because they're too scared to visit them xD

Кинта да Регалейра-удивительное место!!! Когда там находишься,мурашки по всему телу.

Já visitei❤️ tem tantos detalhes e recantos lindíssimos, valeu a pena conhecer e sentir a atmosfera mística de Sintra. Beijinho from Madeira Island :) O nosso belo país Portugal 🇵🇹

The path of rocks across the water is probably one of the most mesmerizing features

I have been there. The rest of Sintra is beautiful too.

2000% recommended! I uploaded my recordings at Quinta Da Regaleira to my own channel. We totally forgot the time of the day, and entered the dark tunnels to explore. By the time we were out from this dark labyrinth again, the park was closed. but we enjoyed the last hour with no tourists. btw, always carry a cellphone inside the dark labyrinth, because you will never be able to get out, without any flashlights..

"Homenagem à história de Portugal" - commendable how it's not a parking lot nowadays

Portugal is fascinating!

one of my list of places to visit

There’s an “inverted tower” like this somewhere in Italy as well, I went there a few years ago. Absolutely amazing structures for sure.

I loved that the guide talks portuguesese, the original language of that place. That place looks AMAZING!

Sintra is gorgeous 👍👍❤❤

A linda vila de Sintra perto de Lisboa, a vila é admirável e tem quintas belissimas de visitar e a Quinta da Regaleira é um dos locais a visitar .

There's a similar structure in Orvieto, Italy called Pozzo di san Patrizio which dates back to the 16th century

Sem dúvida um dos sítios mais bonitos e misticos do nosso país se bem que na muitos outros A capela dos ossos em Évora O convento de Cristo em Tomar Ruínas de cidades romanas em Lisboa Castelos em todo o lado Aconcelho a visita e obrigado pelos comentários faz me sentir orgulho por ser português 🙂

ngl thought you meant Frank Sinatra owned an inverted tower

I was there last year. Good memories.

Sintra é tão fascinante e esta relíquia é de facto impressionante de ver ...eleva-nos a imaginação para a altura dos acontecimentos históricos e dos templários...É um legado cheio de memórias e faz parte do País com mais de 800 anos e do qual faz parte!!

Been there on a school trip 2 years ago, I was completely enamoured by the whole place (much more than I was with Palácio da Pena honestly)

When I visited it felt like a damn Dark Souls game. My favourite is the hidden alchemy lab on the roof

Foi a melhor quinta que vesitei...lindo....

When J. Paul Getty opened his Museum of Antiquities in Malibu, Ca. in the seventies admission was no charge, BUT you had to mail in for tickets. That kept the feeling of being in a true Roman Villa and you could enjoy each room. He didn't want it to be an LA Museum day care centre for children dropped off, or crowds of people thinking they were at Disneyland. What would work at this site is if tours could be conducted by people versed in the cymablism, history, and nuances of the site. The place is incredible, though it DOES have that "Disneyland" feel to it!!!

This is beautiful i hope I can see it for myself one day

Que lugar incrível!

Onde é que estão os "Portugal caralho!!"

I visited the site a few years ago and was completely enchanted. A fairytale place, you can spend hours in it. Shame I was not conscious of all that is said in the video so I didn't put so much attention to some details

Looks amazing.

Sintra is just amazing 🥰🥰

Wow. I was just in Sinatra visiting the Pena Palace and Moorish Castle and didn’t even know this was there.

I live near Sintra but never got the chance to visit this particular place even though I’ve always wanted to. Definitely will go there after everything eventually goes back to normal.

Excellent thanks for post

Que excelente voz tem esse senhor !... 🥰

I love Portuguese architecture, beautiful like the young Portuguese women my heart would fawn over, many years ago.

templar promotional video. That being said, lovely architecture indeed, and global contribution

Incredibly interesting. Thank you

That's my roots miss my culture Portugal 🙌🙌🙏🙏

The history of the land and its people has me far more interested tbh.

Assassins Creed vibes.

I love the art and the architecture. It is always a joy to explore what our imagination coupled with exceptional talent can accomplish. 🌺

I’ve read Annihilation, and I know not to trust mysterious inverted towers.

Went there with college friends on a week day in 2005. No one to be seen. We could just do whatever by ourselves. We had never heard about it before and once we came back from our road trip around the country we told everyone this was the highlight of the trip. No one had any idea of what the hell we were talking about. Things have surely changed in 20 years and it's not just my hair falling down.

This looks like something straight out of a Tomb Raider game. As a Romanian, I understood a lot of the Portuguese!

Piece of art beautiful building

Can you imagine the architect shouting " Stop digging! Your drawing is upside down! "

There's an "inverted tower" from the 1500s in Orvieto in Umbria, Italy as well and it's called "Pozzo di San Patrizio": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5TvXoxo2yUs.html

Great! Best Regards from Portugal!

Amazing 💞🤗

The Kingdom of Sintra :)

This is what Annihilation Tower in my imagination

Whatttt I live near here!! Never knew there was a video explaining it 🥰

I had a recurring dream for years where I entered a random stairwell that went down into insanity. The hallways were like that of an underground psyche ward, with mad scientist, military, and government personnel types moving between the rooms which had double sided glass showing the experiments and "patients" from the hallways. There were heinous monstrosities, human torture/sacrifice, freakshows, demons etc... As I worked my way farther down into the installation, I started to realize that I was being chased by someone or something. I kept taking any door that was open, which all contained stairways reaching downwards. I eventually made it to a deep endless pit with rough cut stairs leading down, which looked just like this. The deeper I got, the older and more decrepit the stone and stairs. Eventually I ended up at least a mile under the surface, frantically scrambling down the Neverending stairwell into the depths of the darkest dungeon yiu could imagine. I would eventually come across a doorway out to the ground level, where a gorgeous mountaintop, peaceful meadow, envigorating waterfall, relaxing beach, or enchanting forest scene sprawled all around me. I returned to the recurring dreamscape for years before finally deciding to translate the dream on my own. I have never had it since, but wow this gives me the creeps at how close the feel is to that dream. I realized that I was running from myself, or my shadow self, to be specific. The dream was about depression, self sabatouge, and the potential depths of madness. Always at the bottom, was a light shining through a doorway leading me back up to peace and serenity. That light was Mother Nature and her healing power. I haven't thought of that dream for years. Thanks for reading.

a very similar estate, conceptually speaking, is in Genova. villa Pallavicini. I believe it was designed by the same architect

Absolutely breathtaking! I’ve never heard of it, before!

This is a masonic temple. The masons are a secret order in Portugal.. but they still need to pass the initiation rituals.. the name is quinta da regaleira and is spectacular to the eyes and the mind

It seems a beautiful and interesting place!

Foi a partir dos templários que chegaram ao Brasil ksksksks

make knight templars great again

This video had a more than I had expected... 😬

Pegaram o dinheiro e conhecimento templário e vieram colonizar o Brasil, usando a ordem de Cristo. Realmente deve ter sido empolgante passar por obras fantásticas a luz de velas, com todo misticismo de uma ordem secreta e poderosa.

Been there, its awesome, and Portugal is fairly cheap.

Is it weird that i've dreamt about this place as a kid and never seen it untill now

Love to be Portuguese 🥰

Beautiful and interesting story! Also visit the Well of San Patrizio, Orvieto, Umbria - Italy (even here the initiatory knowledge is hidden! 😁)

I don't believe for a minute that it's symbolic. There is something very unsettling about this place. The signs are all there, in plain view. Tread with caution.

beauty cannot be denied

Beautifull language

This made me want to revisit

That’s beautiful

I visited Sintra last year. Yes, this is a beautifully built place full of symbolism but it felt more like a historic theme park than a place where rituals were actually conducted.

Here is a little story concerning a few secret inhabitants of Regaleira. I'm Portuguese and went there, with a group of friends, long before the tourist boom. It's a very interesting place and I had an odd experience in the caves, on a particularly dark segment of the path, before reaching the exit lake. I distinctly felt something grazing my head. Not a static thing like a spider's web -- no vestiges of anything along those lines anyway, when I directed my torch in that direction -- but something that had actually been flying in the dark. I happen to have a skeptic turn of mind and was not particularly affected. I thought at first of some leaf or something like that, although there was hardly any air draft in there, so, when we got out and stopped for a snack at the small cafeteria, we talked about my odd sensation and we were duly informed that a couple of bats had at the time taken residence in those welcoming caves. I was greatly amused by the fact that I had in all likelihood met one of them, probably seeking to evade our irruption into their domain. I shudder to think of what ever has become of the little fellows by now...

They don't need that place anymore, today they have the most modern bunker for final act

Went there last Friday , was amazing 😍

Dudes literally built a Zelda dungeon in real life

Fascinating!!!

Extraordinário 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

VI LOGO ONDE ERA, MUITO LINDO BJS

Damn my dyslexia. I read that as Sinatra’s Mysterious ‘Inverted’ Tower. I was very curious as to what Ol’ Blue Eyes had been up to down there...

"It's a big club and you ain't in it!"

Ai a Quinta da Regaleira, one of her kind.

The captions are entirely too fast. Pause/unpause is not a good option.

The perks of being a local is that you get to visit this place when it is completely empty and void of annoying tourists

Living here I'm half amazed by it and half like what the hell do people enjoy about this

Beautiful