From Portugal to Japan, mass tourism is demanding better management all over the world Tourists walk near the cliffs in Cabo da Roca, Sintra, Portugal. Photo by Horacio Villalobos / Corbis via Getty The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house in Sintra, a resort town outside the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, 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. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news.
