Sintra Tour our Sintra half day tour (4 hours) that can be done in the morning or in the afternoon, where you can visit one of the palaces of Sintra and according the time spend visit Cascais and Estoril, perfect for of have time limitations.
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9:00 AM or 14:00
Sintra`s micro climate, the proximity to the sea and the Tagus estuary, makes the fertility of the surrounding lands, and had favored the human presence in this region since times very far back.
A hollow mountain with galleries that descend through the interior of the mountain to the ” Palaçio Nacional” a “modern” architecture but enigmatic, like the Pena Palace in the mountain range, constructed between centuries XIV – XV.
The “Quinta da Torre”, known as “Quinta da Regaleira”, near the Seteais Palace, is another enigmatic place where there are subterranean passages that form a network of ancient tunnels, there is also an “initiatory well” 30 meters deep and 6 wide with a spiral staircase with 139 steps leaning on columns.
Sintra Tour
In the background one finds more subterranean passages reinforcing the idea that so much hole would not have been opened by chance, some leading to Mountain of the Moon that also connects to the Mountain range of Montejunto to about fifty kilometers to Northeast of the Mountain range of Sintra.
In the center of Sintra we have the imposing ” Palacio da Vila” or National Palace with its two conical chimneys, so characteristic, that will serve as a compass to know where you are, constructed at the end of the XIV century and used as holiday resort of several kings to the throughout the Portuguese history where each room is decorated differently and has a different history, its interior is a true tile museum, with applications from the century XVI, from the beginning of its use in Portugal.
Discover the charm of the narrow alleys and the typical and regional products stores, letting yourself be taken to the Piriquita pastry where the famous sweets ” Queijadas de Sintra and “Travesseiros de Sintra” are waiting for you.
Knowing that we do not have much time, it is time to decide which palace to visit (not included in the price), the guide will suggest that it is best for you to visit between; Palace and Quinta da Regaleira a palace from the XIX. century although it seems to be older, with a decoration that impresses, rich in Masonic symbolism, Castle of the Moors a testimony of the Islamic presence in the region, built between the 8th and 9th centuries and enlarged after the Reconquest
Why not the Palaçio da Pena, a a fantastical and revivalist reconstruction, to the taste of nineteenth-century romanticism, which was owed to the passion and imagination of the artist D. Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, consort of D. Maria II.
According time spend before we will drive you through Cascais, an ancient fisherman´s village turned into a beautiful and cosmopolitan beach resort, bathed by the Atlantic Ocean.
Next to it there´s Estoril, famous for its casino ( largest gambling room in Europe ) and by the fact of the Yan Fleming wrote the first 007 nobel Casino Royale during the 2nd world war from here will get back to Lisbon along road “Marginal” enjoying breathtaking ocean scenery along the coast.
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