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Explore Sintra’s dramatic palaces, secret wells and windswept cliffs on a small-group day trip from Lisbon. This guided tour includes skip-entry tickets to Pena Palace and Quinta da Regaleira, plus photo stops at Cabo da Roca and Cascais.
Explore Sintra’s dramatic palaces, secret wells and windswept cliffs on a small-group day trip from Lisbon. This guided tour includes skip-entry tickets to Pena Palace and Quinta da Regaleira, plus photo stops at Cabo da Roca and Cascais.
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Operated by Inside Lisbon · Sintra, Lisbon District
You arrive before the crowds: a narrow road climbs into a forest of pines and eucalyptus, sea air drifting up from the coast. Bright turrets of Pena Palace sit on the ridge like a chapter torn from a travel guide, while pathways below lead through mossy gardens and the spiral shadow of an initiation well.
moderate.
8–9 hours.
Moderate fitness—able to handle sustained walking, many stairs, and short uphill sections
Yes—tickets for Pena Palace and Quinta da Regaleira are included and the guided visit at Pena is provided.
No—there is free time in Sintra’s historic center to buy lunch at cafés or bring a packed meal.
Expect several hours of walking on uneven paths and many flights of stairs; the tour requires moderate mobility.
Infants and small children can travel, and strollers are possible in town, but many palace and garden paths are steep and may limit stroller access.
Sintra became a 19th-century Romantic retreat for Portuguese royalty; Pena Palace is a restored royal palace by King Ferdinand II and Regaleira reflects esoteric 20th-century symbolism.
Much of Sintra sits within the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park—stay on marked trails, limit noise and litter, and respect archaeological features to protect fragile ecosystems.
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