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Private Tour: Discover the Best of Sintra in a half-Day Tour
Recommended for your Lisbon trip
Free Cancellation
up to 24 hours in advance
5 hours (Approx.)
Hotel pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English and 4 more
Good for avoiding crowds
Keeping you safe during COVID-19
What you can expect during your visit
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Face masks provided for travelers
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Overview
If you’ve got limited time in Lisbon, then look no further than this private tour of Sintra’s majestic palaces, ideal for first-time visitors. Travel with ease from Lisbon and take a whistle-stop tour of UNESCO-listed landmarks such as the Castle of the Moors, Quinta da Regaleira, and the spellbinding Pena National Palace. Plus, you’ll visit Cabo da Roca, mainland Europe’s westernmost point. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included.
- Private tour of Sintra highlights from Lisbon
- Ideal for first-time visitors and travelers short on time
- Visit landmarks such as the Castle of the Moors and the mysterious Quinta da Regaleira
- Admire the colorful facade of Pena National Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Gaze at the Atlantic Ocean from Cabo da Roca, Europe's westernmost point
- Hotel pickup and drop-off are included
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Depending on the start time chosen at checkout, your half-day tour begins with pickup from your Lisbon hotel. Following a short drive, you’ll arrive in Sintra and ascend to the summit of the forest-clad Sintra Mountain.
Stop first at the atmospheric Castle of the Moors, whose position at 1,351 feet (412 meters) above sea level commands views all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.
Then, proceed to Pena National Palace, a fairytale castle characterized by lemon yellow domes, to take a tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
From here, you’ll visit the mysterious estate of Quinta da Regaleira, Monserrate Palace, and Cabo da Roca, the most western point in mainland Europe.
Your tour concludes with hotel drop-off in Lisbon.
Stop first at the atmospheric Castle of the Moors, whose position at 1,351 feet (412 meters) above sea level commands views all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.
Then, proceed to Pena National Palace, a fairytale castle characterized by lemon yellow domes, to take a tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
From here, you’ll visit the mysterious estate of Quinta da Regaleira, Monserrate Palace, and Cabo da Roca, the most western point in mainland Europe.
Your tour concludes with hotel drop-off in Lisbon.
Itinerary
Leaving Lisbon’s western suburbs and climbing into Sintra feels like crossing over into another world. This town is in a green mountainscape of palaces, country estates, parks and a medieval castle. In the centre, the Palace of Sintra was a residence for the Portuguese royalty, and it’s just one of many exquisite properties to win you over.
Another is the enigmatic Quinta da Regaleira, the playground of a wealthy eccentric, or the Pena Palace and its fairytale muddle of towers atop a high peak. You can trek through woodland planted with giant exotic trees in the 19th century. Or carry on to the coast for beaches beneath sky-scraping cliffs, ot Cabo da Roca, at the very edge of mainland Europe.
Duration: 4 hours
Admission Ticket Free
The Castle of the Moors (Portuguese: Castelo dos Mouros) is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil parish of Santa Maria e São Miguel, in the municipality of Sintra, about 25km northwest of Lisbon. Built by the Moors in the 8th and 9th centuries, it was an important strategic point during the Reconquista, and was taken by Christian forces after the fall of Lisbon in 1147. It is classified as a National Monument, part of the Sintra Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Duration: 1 hour
Admission Ticket Not Included
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