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Pena Palace & Sintra - half day tour
Joined 2024
If you're staying in Lisbon, save at least a half day tour to visit Sintra and the breathtaking Pena Palace, it's really a dreamy place!
Surrounded by fairytale castles and palaces, it's undoubtedly a special nook with unique characteristics that led UNESCO to classify it as a World heritage site.
Time for a local pastry and a drink at Sintra historic centre and let's go back to the beautiful bustling Lisbon :)
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Your accommodation in Lisbon
Sintra
After this unforgettable start, we'll proceed to the historic centre of Sintra, a fascinating small town at the foot of the 528m/1732ft mountain.
Endowed with luxuriant vegetation, it is part of the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park and a world heritage site!
Pena Palace
The extravagant 19th Romantic Pena Palace is an unmissable landmark and one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal. You need to go there at least once in your lifetime!
Ending Point
Your accommodation in Lisbon.
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
Guiding services
Private transportation (car fee, gasoline fee and toll fees included)
The vehicle is an 8 seater van (7 passengers + driver/guide)
Personal Expenses
Souvenirs
Public Transportation Tickets
Food, Drinks, Snacks
Other: Entrance fees to monuments/museums/attractions or food and drinks you decide to visit during the tour.
VERY IMPORTANT: Contact me for more info on how/where/when to buy the tickets, please. It's essential to get the tickets before the day of the tour with a specific slot time.
This tour is priced and designed for a maximum of 7 people, I am able to accommodate larger or smaller groups at competitive prices, please contact me for a Customized Tour that will be priced and designed for your group.
Tour Important Information
IMPORTANT NOTE: Pena palace is up a hill. We'll drive till the main gate. There's a steep road (500meters/0. 31miles) inside the park you might wanna consider if you have mobility issues or get tired easily: there's a bus transfer which gets you close to the palace, not straight to its entrance.
I'm happy to help finding the best option for you!
If you prefer I can finish the tour in Cascais around 1PM and drop you off there and then you can take the charming train along the coast back to Lisbon.
NOTE: Pena Palace closes on Jan 1st, Dec 24th & 25th.
Due to extreme weather conditions, monuments in Sintra can be suddenly closed for indeterminate time by legal imposition due to the extension of a contingency situation that can be decreed for the entire territory of Portugal.
Unexpected governmental special situations or strikes might also affect the well functioning of monuments.
This is beyond my control, unfortunately.
This tour is available everyday with an 8AM starting time.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2024
About Tour Guide Marta C.
I was born in Lisbon and I'm forever in love with it!
After my family, guiding is my greatest passion: I love what I do!
I have a 5 year degree called Touristic Information, specifically to work as a Tourist Guide, as well as the Certificate of Competence acquired through a qualifying examination, in order to be able to exercise this regulated profession.
Tour guiding has been my full time job since 2003 and it has always been incredibly rewarding. In 2021, I was recognized by the Wanderlust Awards as one of the world's "Best Specialist Guides", which I think is a result of doing what I love every day. Waking up knowing I'll meet enthusiastic people who are excited to discover my city makes me a very grateful and happy person.
I am a mother of 3. I love planning family trips. I know how important it is to create special family memories. Travelling means getting to know new places and cultures, experiencing nature more closely, walking and playing more, discovering history through cities, monuments and palaces! Our childhood travel memories are often the sweetest and along with other remarkable moments, we build who we are and how we live in the world. So if you're in need of someone to guide you and your kids and have them thrilled about travelling, I'm your guide!
$550/ per group
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