Rio Maior - A well kept Secret!
- 8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Mobile ticket
Highlights
This tour takes you away from the busy areas of Lisbon and Sintra, still so close and you feel like you are in the middle of a totally different area of Portugal! It will show you a lost Portugal, areas that today are coming back to life because of Tourism but still maintaining their own identity! You will see how the local people used to live and in some cases, still do live and you will learn about our culture and ways of life!! It is amazing how so close to big busy centers we have communities like these and it is a communion between the old and the very old since we can visit one or two monuments which are from our Neolithic period, almost 5000 years ago!!
Inclusions
What's included
- Private transportation
- WiFi on board
- Bottled water
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Walking Sticks can be provided, if required!
What's not
- The lunch of the guide (and driver, if applicable) is to be paid by the guests.
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Gratuities
Itinerary
This is a real and rare treat for you - these are the uniques salines in Portugal which are not located near the sea or a river... They are located in Rio Maior which is half-hour from Lisbon and right in the middle of a rural area. Due to its limestone rocks, this phenomenon happens right at our doorstep and you able to take home with you some of the purest salt we have!! You have to see it to believe it... and there is another very nice thing to see there as well, something we inherit from the Arabs - Wooden Locks!!
So, here we have a monument from our Neolithic Period which has been adopted into a chapel - already amazing on its own but then you have legends associated with this place and it becomes even more special! This is one of those cases where you really need to see it to make sense... Unique!
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- We will meet you in Sintra, by a coffee shop named Cyntia, located immediately across from Sintra train station main building.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 8 travellers
- Operated by
- Sofia Quintana
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Cascais
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 45 day trips we list in Cascais.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Cascais
Cascais is a former fishing village on the Atlantic coast west of Lisbon, with sheltered beaches, a seafront promenade and a royal past.
Cascais lies at the mouth of the Tagus estuary, roughly thirty kilometres west of Lisbon, and began as a fishing village. King Luís I made it the royal summer residence in 1870, and the aristocracy followed, building villas and palaces along the shore. The old centre has patterned stone pavements, a marina and small beaches tucked in the bay, and the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego is a museum of that painter's work in a red building.
Top-ranked sights in Cascais: Boca do Inferno, Marina de Cascais, Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães.
Special offers in Cascais
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