Sintra Palace Tickets and Day Trips
37 listings, 32,074 reviews, a median of 70 EUR against 40 EUR of entries at the two gates. 21 of them start in Lisbon, and only one of the two estates puts a time on the ticket.
Sintra is a place people buy in Lisbon. Of the 37 listings this catalogue tracks for the hill, 21 give Lisbon as their starting point and only 10 give Sintra, and that single line explains most of what follows. The median product runs 480 minutes and just four of the 37 are under two hours, because the day is mostly the getting there and the getting between. On the hill itself the two estates everybody pairs, the Palácio Nacional da Pena and the Quinta da Regaleira, belong to two different owners. There has never been a combined ticket for them and there is no sign of one coming, so the most common assumption a visitor arrives with is the wrong one.
The money on this hill is easier to read than most, because both gates charge the same. Twenty euros at Pena, twenty at the Regaleira, so a visitor who wants both is looking at 40 EUR of entries before anything else. The median listing here costs 70 EUR, the first quartile 55 and the third 106.25, and two listings run past 250 because they are private cars. What the gap between 40 and 70 pays for is the train you did not take, the two buses you did not wait for, and somebody having bought the Pena slot weeks ago.
Seven of the 37 are private tours and six are small group, the highest concentration of small formats anywhere in the Portuguese catalogue, and it shows in the ratings: this hill holds 32,074 of Portugal's 42,662 reviews, three quarters of the country's evidence gathered around one ridge. All 37 carry free cancellation, the only one of the three Portuguese destinations where that figure is unanimous, and five confirm instantly. Four listings are shorter than two hours and one of them declares its location as the Setúbal District, on the far side of the Tagus. Supplier location fields are not geography, and it is worth remembering that before reading too much into any of them.
Two estates, two owners, two tickets, and only one of them has a clock. Everything on this hill follows from that.
Choose a destination in Sintra
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Pena National Palace
Pena sells five tickets, not two. The 12 EUR park ticket has no time slot and does not include the palace terraces, which the body's own list of inclusions…
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Quinta da Regaleira
One ticket at 20 EUR opens the palace, the chapel, the gardens and the initiation well, which is walked as a one-way descent.
18 experiences
Castles Experiences in Sintra
Sintra Guided Twice Over: Regaleira and the Pena Gardens and Terraces
A guide leads the group through Regaleira and then the Pena gardens, terraces and palace. Lunch is entirely your call, suggestion only, no fixed restaurant.
Pena Park and Regaleira Both Guided, Palace Interior as an Upgrade
Tickets and guiding are included for the 85 hectares of Pena Park and for Regaleira. The palace interior is an upgrade arranged with the guide on the day.
Regaleira First Thing in the Morning, Then the Town and Pena Palace
The order is the point: Regaleira as the light comes up, lunch in the town, then Pena. Departure from the Parque Eduardo VII viewpoint in an air-conditioned van.
Regaleira Skip the Line and Pena, All Tickets in the Price, Plus Cabo da Roca
Every entry is in the price, skip the line at Regaleira and a guide inside both palaces. Meet at the north fountain of Rossio, in front of the National Theatre.
Sintra and Regaleira, Then the Coast Road to Guincho, Cascais and Estoril
The coast half runs past Guincho to Cascais and on to Estoril, its casino among the oldest in Europe. Departure is 08:00 sharp from Rossio, no late arrivals.
Sintra and the Inverted Towers of Regaleira, on Foot in Under Four Hours
Two and a half to three and a half hours on foot, taking in the Palace of Sintra and the Moorish Castle before the wells Regaleira calls its Inverted Towers.
Sintra Half Day with the Transfer Included, Old Town on Foot and Regaleira Guided
The transfer is part of the ticket: the cobbled centre of Sintra on foot first, then a guided Regaleira, its tunnels and the spiral of the Initiation Well.
Four Stops from Lisbon in One Day: Sintra, Pena, Regaleira and Cascais
A day trip out of Lisbon that puts all four in one run, with Sintra and the Quinta da Regaleira done as a guided visit rather than a drop-off at the gate.
Private Sintra, Pena at 500 Metres and Cascais Fishing Since the Twelfth Century
Pena sits on its rock at 500 metres with the whole coast to Lisbon below it, and the return runs past the Boca do Inferno, Cascais and the Estoril casino.
Regaleira and Pena Guided, with the Masons and the Templars at the Initiation Well
Both palaces with a guide, and at the Initiation Well the talk turns to the Masons and the Templars. Departure from the Eduardo VII viewpoint in Lisbon.
Regaleira with the Briefing Before the Gate, Then Skip the Line Inside
The guide sets out the Templars, the Freemasons and the poets outside the gate first, so the estate makes sense before you walk into it. Skip the line inside.
Regaleira in a Small Group with Licensed Guides, and Time to Ask
A small group and licensed local guides, so the Templar and alchemical symbols get explained and there is room to ask. Meeting at the main entrance of the estate.
Regaleira on a Timed Entry Ticket, No Guide, and the Chapel Windows
The ticket on its own, with a time slot and nobody setting the pace: the well, the palace, the gardens, the grottoes and the stained glass of the chapel.
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