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Sintra with Three Pena Ticket Options and Regaleira You Book Yourself
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LisbonA small-group day from Lisbon to Sintra and the Cascais coast, and the most honest booking page in this category.
The Pena Palace ticket is chosen by you at booking, in three versions: the interior rooms, the terraces and park with the viewpoints, or no ticket at all. Those are genuinely different days, and different prices, and most operators decide for you.
The Quinta da Regaleira is the same story told plainly. It is not included, it sells out days in advance, and if you want it you book the 11.30 slot yourself on the official site. Failing that, the exterior can still be walked past. That is a better instruction than a promise nobody can keep. Regaleira is also a walk from the centre of Sintra, and the grounds get steep in places, which is fine if you are used to walking.
The rest: the village of Sintra, with the National Palace and the travesseiros; Cabo da Roca, the western end of mainland Europe; Cascais; and a pass through Estoril, which was full of exiled kings and working spies during the Second World War and gave Ian Fleming rather a lot of material.
Guiding alternates with free time to walk on your own.
Pickup and drop-off are in central Lisbon, with the return around 5pm.
What's included
- Local Guide: great balance between guided tour and free time to enjoy
- Guided tours at the exterior of monuments, according to palace rules
- Tickets to Pena Palace interior or Pena Terraces: optional or included, depending on your choice
- Shared, small group of up to 8 participants, comfortable van (no big buses). WI-FI, AC
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- Pick-up and Drop-off Lisbon - city center hotels & airbnb, if accessible with parking available
Itinerary
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Park and National Palace of Pena
The Pena Palace terraces and park, among the best surviving 19th-century Romantic buildings in Europe. It stands at over 500 metres, the second-highest point in the Serra de Sintra, and the views match the architecture. Ferdinand II, the artist king, bought the property and built a castle and a park around it, planted with 500 species from all over the world. Manueline and Moorish forms run through the palace together. Three ticket options at booking: the interior rooms, the terraces and park with the viewpoints, or no ticket at all.
Extra fee
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Centro Historico de Sintra
In the centre of Sintra you can stay in the village, look at the National Palace, or walk up to Regaleira (ticket not included). Staying is a reasonable choice: the narrow streets of the old town, a coffee, and a travesseiro from one of the pastry shops.
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Quinta da Regaleira
Regaleira is a 19th-century villa in the centre of Sintra, bought by a Portuguese businessman with an interest in Freemasonry and the Templars, who turned it into a palace surrounded by gardens, lakes, caves and constructions built around the symbolism of secret societies. Romantic, neo-Gothic and Manueline all at once. To go inside, book the 11h30 slot yourself on the official shop, well ahead: it sells out. Reaching it means a walk from the centre of Sintra, and once you are inside the ground gets steep, though it is manageable if you are used to walking. If you cannot get a slot the visit is not possible, but you can still see it from outside.
Extra fee
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Sintra National Palace
The Sintra National Palace is one of the most important royal palaces in Portugal, begun by the Moors in the 12th century and extended by successive monarchs. It was a centre of government during the discoveries of the 15th and 16th centuries, and it holds the most important collection of Moorish tilework in the country.
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Cabo Da Roca
A stop at Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of continental Europe, for photographs and air after the visits in Sintra.
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Centro Historico de Cascais
Cascais is half fishing town, half resort: the place where Portuguese kings and queens spent part of their summers, with the harbour still working underneath it.
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Estoril
A quick look at Estoril, where exiled royalty lived and spies met during the Second World War, and where Ian Fleming found a good deal of his material.
Not included
- Regaleira visit optional - please book in advance the slot 11:30, at regaleira by blueticket
- In case Regaleira is sold out, visit will not be possible, but can still pass-by to see the exterior
- Food and drinks not included
- No big buses - we operate small groups only, for a more personalized experience
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- This program does not pickup at the cruise terminal
Good to know
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Option Pena Palace: 1- Tickets not included / 2- terraces & park (viewpoints, terraces, only not entering rooms) / 3- Pena palace interiors
- Regaleira is optional and requires walking - if you wish to visit, please book for 11h30 on regaleira by blueticket. It will be sold out in advance, and in that case you cannot visit the interior
- Good to skip lines
- Tours can be bilingual (although rarely, could be operated in 2 languages)
- We recommend wearing comfortable shoes, as we will walk at some of the sites to visit
- We will have regular comfort stops, but recommend bringing a bottle of water
- Sintra is often rainy / foggy or colder than Lisbon, particularly early morning, so please check forecast
- Tour will go ahead even under rainy conditions, always ensuring everyone's safety
- Not suitable for travellers with limited mobility
- Regaleira's visit requires walking from the Sintra centre. The interior is steep, although doable if you are used to walking
- Up to 8 travelers per booking.
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Guiding available in: pt, en, fr, es.
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