Overtourism creates havoc this summer as travelers swarm scenic destinations
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The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel's house in Sintra, Portugal, is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It's a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as a monument to privacy.
The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel's house in Sintra, Portugal, is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It's a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as a monument to privacy.
There's precious little of that for Pimentel during this summer of "overtourism." More than 3 million people every year visit the mountains and castles of Sintra, long one of Portugal's wealthiest regions for its cool microclimate and scenery.
