High in the foothills overlooking the Atlantic, writers, poets and visionaries meet. At Monserrate Palace, muses are many. Cocooned in Gothic architecture, Indian influences and Moorish motifs, rooms overflow with gilded lace and sacred artworks. Pathways to this sumptuous sanctum are flanked by wisteria and jasmine. I am at the mercy of the butterfly effect, penning poems to palm trees and sketching birds of paradise. As the Portuguese have proverbed; God gave humans creativity for things like this.

Shop the ‘The Chrysalis Chronicles’ prints, ‘Monserrate Magic’ features a white base adorned with butterflies, leopards, and intricate details reflecting the palace's exotic gardens and eclectic architecture. ‘Midnight in Monserrate’ emphasises the lush gardens and eclectic of nineteenth-century architecture under an exsquisite midnight sky. ‘Sunrise in Sintra’ dipicts where light blues and intricate tiles reflect exotic motifs, inviting you into botanical beauty.

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