Sintra Self Guided Walking Tour

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1. A late-18th-century neoclassical palace, its two wings joined by a triumphal arch added for the Marquis of Marialva. Today it houses a hotel, and its terrace looks out over the Sintra hills toward the coast.

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2. A romantic estate laid out around 1900 for Antonio Augusto Carvalho Monteiro, with a Neo-Manueline palace, chapel and richly symbolic gardens. Its best-known feature is the Initiation Well, a spiral staircase that descends underground.

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3. The royal palace at the heart of the old town, instantly recognisable by the two huge conical chimneys rising from its kitchens. It served as a residence of Portuguese monarchs from the Middle Ages until the late 19th century.

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4. Sintra's town hall, completed in the early 20th century in Neo-Manueline style and topped by a tall spire. It stands at the junction between the railway district of Estefania and the historic centre.

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5. A public drinking fountain from 1922, built in Neo-Moorish style with horseshoe arches and blue-and-white tilework. It is one of several ornamental fountains added around Sintra in the early 20th century.

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6. A Gothic parish church founded in the 13th century, in the quieter eastern part of the old town. Its plain stone facade and pointed portal contrast with Sintra's later romantic architecture.

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7. A romantic-revival villa designed by Luigi Manini in the 1890s for the businessman Victor Carlos Sassetti. A winding garden path through its grounds links the town below with the Moorish Castle and Pena above.

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8. A hilltop fortress built by the Moors and later restored in the 19th century under King Ferdinand II. Its walls follow the ridge above the town, with views over Sintra and out toward the Atlantic.

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9. A 19th-century Romanticist palace commissioned by King Ferdinand II on the site of a former monastery, known for its bright yellow and red facades. It crowns the highest point of the Serra de Sintra and is surrounded by its own landscaped park.

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Cancellazione

Cancellazione gratuita fino a 24 ore prima dell’inizio, con rimborso totale.

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How it compares in Sintra

• Its from-price is 95% below the median of the 418 experiences we list in Sintra.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Sintra

Sintra is a hill town west of Lisbon, wrapped in misty forest and crowned by a Moorish castle, a colourful Romantic palace and mysterious gardens.

Sintra is a UNESCO-listed cultural landscape on the Serra de Sintra, a granite ridge that catches Atlantic mist and keeps the hills green and cool. Portuguese kings and nobles built summer palaces here. The Pena Palace, a painted fantasy of yellow and red towers, sits on the highest hill, while the Moorish Castle's walls climb the ridge nearby, and the old centre has the Sintra National Palace, recognisable by its two conical chimneys.

Top-ranked sights in Sintra: Quinta da Regaleira, Convent of the Capuchos.

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