Nestled in-between Sintra magnificent hills, on Estrada do Rodízio by Praia Grande, it’s the kind of place that beckons when the city stars to feel too small, too tight—when the workweek spills uninvited into the weekend. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to run away, fueled by grainy Instagram photos that promised an escape, a quiet doorway to someplace beautifully unfamiliar or maybe once known but forgotten. In the end, Sintra is always the right getaway.
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Owned by Mikkel, Marqí is somewhat hideaway, somewhat hypnotic experience — a place lures you in with an atmosphere so meticulously crafted it almost feels cult-like. Billie Holiday’s voice lingers in the air, seamlessly giving way to Mazzy Star, and you Fade Into it — into the atmosphere that lifts and grounds you all at once. Foxtrot has always been my favorite dance. 
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And so here we arrive...