Private Tour: Discover the Best of Sintra in a half-Day Tour

Enjoy visits Sintra, located 40Km east of Lisbon, in a rewarding 5 hours Private Tour experience. During the driving from your Hotel to Sintra your Guide will explain and recommended the visiting options according to your choices and the tour time. Sintra’s Cultural Landscape was elected World Heritage. It is a privileged ecosystem with natural and cultural value classified as priority preserved location. Pena Palace (approx. 2h) the 19th century Romanticism style of architecture; start by visiting the Moorish Castle (approx. 1h) located on the hill overlooking the city of Sintra and Lisbon. National Palace of Sintra (approx. 1h). Quinta da Regaleira (approx.2h), classified as World Heritage by UNESCO. Enjoy a tour along the Atlantic coast, and stop at Roca Cape - the westernmost location of mainland Portugal. Your Private tour includes a pick-up (8:30am) /drop-off (1:30pm) from your accommodations, driver/guide, flexible pick-up and drop-off in the morning or afternoon.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Sintra, Sintra, Sintra Municipality, Lisbon District, Central Portugal

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

Stop At: Park and National Palace of Pena, Estrada da Pena, Sintra 2710-609 Portugal

The Palacio Nacional da Pena is one of the finest tourist attractions in Portugal and exemplifies the 19th century Romanticism style of architecture

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Castelo dos Mouros, Estrada da Pena Parque de Monserrate, Sintra 2710-609 Portugal

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