Sintra Palaces & Mountain Tours: Tailored Experience with Portuguese Local Guide
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Sintra

Customized tours for each individual and circumstance. Get acquainted with a Portuguese native driver and understand the history of the locations you see.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Centro Histórico de Sintra - Começamos no Centro Histórico e seguimos pela Volta do Duche
  • Palácio Nacional de Sintra - Passamos pelo local. O Palácio Nacional de Sintra, também conhecido como Palácio da Vila, foi um dos palácios utilizados pela Família Real Portuguesa praticamente até ao final da Monarquia, em 1910. De implantação urbana, a sua construção iniciou-se no século XV, com traço de autor desconhecido.

Apresenta características de arquitetura medieval, gótica, manuelina, renascentista e romântica. É considerado um exemplo de arquitetura orgânica, de conjunto de corpos aparentemente separados, mas que fazem parte de um todo articulado entre si, através de pátios, escadas, corredores e galerias. Possui o maior conjunto de azulejos mudéjares do país.

É dominado por duas grandes chaminés geminadas que coroam a cozinha e constituem o “ex-libris” de Sintra.

  • Palácio e Parque Biester - Passagem pelo local. A casa Biester está no início da Serra de Sintra, de onde se desfruta um dos mais maravilhosos panoramas de Sintra. Este edifício foi palco do Filme “A Nona Porta” com Jonny Depp.

  • Castelo dos Mouros - Jardins gratuitos, pode caminhar por cerca de 30 minutos. É opcional. Admire a beleza do Castelo dos Mouros. O Castelo dos Mouros é um castelo em ruínas compreendido entre as florestas exuberantes da Serra de Sintra, um ponto privilegiado para admirar a vista que se estende desde Sintra até ao mar. Serpenteando por dois cumes da Serra de Sintra, o Castelo remonta aos primórdios da ocupação peninsular pelos mouros, no século VIII.

  • Parque e Palácio Nacional da Pena - Pode optar por visitar ou não. Pode adquirir bilhetes para jardins ou jardins e palácio. Representa uma das melhores expressões do Romantismo do século XIX no mundo. Erguendo-se sobre uma rocha escarpada, é o segundo ponto mais alto da Serra de Sintra. Em 7 de Julho de 2007, foi eleito como uma das sete maravilhas de Portugal, sendo, aliás, o primeiro palácio romântico da Europa, construído cerca de 30 anos antes do carismático Schloss Neuschwanstein, na Baviera. Do Palácio, o visitante avista um manto de arvoredo que ocupa mais de 200 hectares. Este parque tem percursos e passeios lindíssimos, com inúmeras construções de jardins lá existentes. São pontes e grutas, bancos de jardim, pérgulas e fontes. Estufas e viveiros com camélias, rododendros e rosas de cepas invulgares e muito raras. Todo o Parque da Pena é hoje considerado o parque da Europa, detentor do mais rico e invulgar conjunto de espécies arbóreas já inexistentes em muitos outros países e continentes donde são originárias.

  • Quinta da Regaleira - Pode optar ou não por visitar. Também designado por Palácio do Monteiro dos Milhões, denominação associada à alcunha do seu antigo proprietário, António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro. O palácio está situado na encosta da serra e a escassa distância do Centro Histórico de Sintra. Carvalho Monteiro, pelo traço do arquiteto italiano Luigi Manini, transforma a quinta de 4 hectares num palácio rodeado de luxuriantes jardins, lagos, grutas e construções enigmáticas, lugares estes que ocultam significados alquímicos, como os evocados pela Maçonaria, Templários e Rosa-cruz. Modela o espaço em traçados mistos, que evocam a arquitetura românica, gótica, renascentista e manuelina. A Quinta da Regaleira é um lugar para se sentir. Não basta contar-lhe a memória, a paisagem, os mistérios. Torna-se necessário conhecê-la, contemplar a cenografia dos jardins e das edificações, admirar o Palácio, verdadeira mansão filosofal de inspiração alquímica, percorrer o parque exótico e sentir a sua espiritualidade.

  • Parque e Palácio de Monserrate - Pode optar por visitar. O jardim romântico exuberante e o palácio, construídos por Francis Cook, um milionário inglês, são testemunhos ímpares do espírito eclético de oitocentos. Por entre árvores exóticas, cascatas e lagos, caminhe na descoberta de um parque único. Os jardins receberam espécies vindas de todo o mundo e foram organizados por áreas geográficas. O relvado fronteiro ao Palácio permite o descanso merecido, durante a descoberta de um dos mais ricos jardins botânicos existentes em Portugal.

  • Cabo da Roca - Roca Paragem para ver as vistas deste lugar mágico. O Cabo da Roca é o ponto mais ocidental de Portugal Continental e da Europa continental.

  • Azenhas do Mar - Paragem para ver a vila das azenhas. No Fundo do pequeno promontório em que assenta a povoação das Azenhas do Mar, no litoral de Sintra, há uma prainha com rochas que retém a água na maré vaza, formando uma piscina natural. O mar, a prainha e o casario, enquadrados por arribas majestosas, constituem um dos mais belos cenários da costa portuguesa.

  • Boca do Inferno - Paragem breve para ver as vistas. A Boca do Inferno localiza-se na Costa da Guia, a Oeste da vila de Cascais, em Portugal. O nome “Boca do Inferno” atribuído a este local deve-se à analogia morfológica e ao tremendo e assustador impacto das vagas que aí se fazem sentir.

  • Cascais - Situada junto ao mar e tradicionalmente uma aldeia piscatória, Cascais teve um importante desenvolvimento no séc. XIV, quando era porto de escala de grande movimento para os navios que se dirigiam a Lisboa. Passagem pelo Guincho, Marina de Cascais e centro histórico.

What's Included
  • Private transportation provided
What's Not Included
  • Tickets for the monuments
  • Parking fees
  • Gratuities
Location
Sintra Welcome Centre
Rua Visconde de Monserrate
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Agneses953
Mar 7, 2024
Muito Obrigado Sintra Welcome Center! - My boyfriend and I were in Lisbon for a few days and decided to spend a day in Sintra. We turned to Sintra Welcome Center to learn more about and visit this beautiful city, with its mountains and its castles. We spent the first part in tuc tuc with Gayan, a very helpful and above all nice guy! He explained to us the history of the city, the fountains, castles… it was really pleasant! Then we arrived at the Palacio da Pena and visited the surroundings a bit, just me and my boyfriend. At that point there was a change and we were accompanied by Pedro to the remaining castles and the greenery of Sintra in a convertible car! He was also very kind and helpful, and showed us some lesser-known and very fascinating places that capture the beauty of the city. We highly recommend contacting them and this agency for your next trip to Sintra!! Very Obliged!! :) ❤️
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Rachelbn5335ud
Mar 2, 2024
Sintra welcome centre guided tour - Arrived in Sintrtra this morning and walked into this Sintra tourist welcome centre, I didn't want to book anything but my friend did. So I agreed and we booked the mountains and palaces half day tour. I'm so glad we did, as it was the best experience we've ever had. Our guide was Paulo jahlè Durão and he really looked after us both, he was very helpful with accessing attractions, and recommended one of his local restaurant for our meal. Restaurante Dom Pipas Sintra Which we really enjoyed and would never of found this little gem if it wasn't for Paulo. The food was amazing, even the cappuccino i ordered was extraordinary ive never had a cappuccino like it. All the staff were fantastic and very friendly. After our meal Paulo came back for us and our tour carried on. I think we saw ever part of Sintra thanks to Paulo, he spent the day with us. We would both highly recommend using sintra welcome centre and having Paulo as your guide. He's a fabulous bloke is very knowledgeable and friendly.
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Barlostulipanes
Feb 28, 2024
Unforgettable experience with Paolo - 100% recommendable. First Mafalda who was in the store informed us correctly and is super nice. All the information was very transparent and professional. On the day of the tour our guide was Paolo. A 100% professional both at the guide level, with the added bonus that he has a lot of knowledge of architecture, art and nature. Also a good photographer who takes excellent photos. If you go to Sintra, I recommend, if you want to spend a good day, the Sintra welcome center.
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Travel31759994485
Oct 3, 2023
Best sintra tour - Jose was a great tour guide and the whole group from the welcome centre made our trip to sintra seamless and very enjoyable! Would definitely recommend both the waking & tuktuk mountain tour for a day in sintra (allow enough time to see the Castles and palaces - both incredible !). Was a private tour for 4 of us and very well looked after the whole day
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Shakib23
Jul 6, 2023
Best way to enjoy the beautiful views - We had a private tuk tuk tour by Jose and it was amazing. He spent time talking through everything, every site, details and he even came to one of the places with us to do a private tour. He was funny and charming, he made the tour very special for our holiday. Definitely the best option for a tour, I can’t recommend him enough.
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Simonwq4282uo
Jul 5, 2023
Tuk tuk tour to Peña palace - Excellent trip to Peña palace up the mountain. Nuno was such a lovely guide. He showed us all the places of interest and expertly told us about the lore of the area. Would 100% take another tuk tuk tour if I travel to Sintra again in the future!
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F8787tijordanb
Jun 8, 2023
Worth it, ask for Catia - Catia was the best! She was funny, accommodating, and knowledgeable. Worth every penny and would absolutely recommend!
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Y7254qyjessicab
Sep 18, 2023
Fun once we found it - We are so glad we took the tuk tuk up to Pena Palace. Don’t think we could have made it walking 😅 However, the tuk tuk was not waiting for us at the station I had noted when I reserved it. One number I called did not work, and they other went to a voicemail. We had to walk into Sintra and stop at a few places asking for directions before finding the welcome center. Thankfully they had my name on the list and I had my confirmation email, and the guy there took us into a tuk tuk at once. We had 6 in our group, and the tuk tuk seemed to struggle up some of the steep hills, but we laughed about being passed on the road, and we made it up! He also picked us up when we called at the end of our tours (make sure you have the phone number and a phone to call), and the ride down was quick and easy. I think next time I would just wait and take a tuk tuk from the train station (there were several outside just waiting), rather than plan ahead. But totally worth the ride!
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Travel31727038786
May 15, 2024
Terrible service. - Terrible experience with Sintra Welcome Center due to non-compliance with the contracted services for a group of 26 travelers, during a two-day stay in Sintra. The group paid for visits and transfers (scheduled and paid for in advance) that did not take place. The "guide" limited himself to moving us from one building to another without explaining anything about the places visited. One day he arrived two hours late and didn't even apologize. There were no audio devices for the entire group and some of those I intended to use did not have batteries.... We claimed the invoices that, for now, we have not received.
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140giovannac
Dec 31, 2023
Terrible, not worth taking - The palaces were closed and they took us to the palace of the walls where they left us for 30 minutes and then picked us up, without going to see all the palaces that they promised us that we would at least see from the outside. I would have done that tour for 5 euros and not 25 euros, which was what they charged. Appalling!!!!!
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