In Sintra, Portugal, the Pena Palace sells timed slots. The fast-track lane holds only 25 places per palace slot and has no tolerance for lateness, and the walk from the park gate to the palace takes about 30 minutes. This guide settles the order of the hill, the tickets, and getting here without a car, all planned around the hour printed on your Pena ticket.
Pena Palace with its park is $23.10 (€20) on a dated, timed ticket, and the fast-track lane holds only 25 places a slot with no delay tolerance. One full day covers Pena, the Moorish Castle and Quinta da Regaleira. Two days add Monserrate, the Capuchos and the coast. The CP train return from Lisbon is $5.88 (€5.10).
Key takeaways
Six decisions shape a day here, and each one has its own page on this site.
The sights, ranked and grouped by where the hill lets you put them.
Which tickets are dated and timed, which can be rescheduled, and which pass pays off.
Guided days from Lisbon and small-group tours that start in Sintra itself.
The two local pastries, where they come from, and the two starred tables.
The coast and the walled towns you can add to a Sintra stay.
Itineraries, costs, weather and the small print that decides your hour.
Sintra spreads across a hill, a town and a coast, and the sights do not sit together. These six areas cover every stop worth planning around.
The old town holds the National Palace of Sintra, the oldest surviving royal palace in Portugal, with two conical kitchen chimneys over 30 metres tall. Its garden is free and the palace opens 09:30 to 18:30. Pastry shops, the tourist office at Praça da República 23 and the bus stops all sit within a few minutes' walk of each other, which makes the town the natural base for the day.
This is the top of the hill and the reason the day needs a plan. The palace admits by timed slot, the fast-track lane takes 25 people a slot with no tolerance for lateness, and the walk from the park gate to the palace runs about 30 minutes. Private cars cannot use Calçada da Pena, so you arrive by bus 434 or on foot. The Moorish Castle sits on the next ridge, 09:30 to 18:00, and no private vehicles reach it either.
Quinta da Regaleira stands on the road west out of the historic centre. Its tickets are dated and timed on the estate's own shop, so book a slot that sits after your Pena hour. The Initiation Well has nine landings and a spiral stair. On the same road, the Seteais Palace hotel marks the start of the Seteais Trail, a 2,410 metre walk of 1 hour 30 up to the Moorish Castle.
Monserrate opens its park 09:00 to 19:00 and the palace 09:30 to 18:00, and dogs are allowed in the park. The Convent of the Capuchos, founded in 1560 with cells lined in cork, opens 09:00 to 17:30. Carris Metropolitana bus 1253 runs from the station to Monserrate, and Scotturb bus 435 from the Lourel car park. Ticket offices here close 12:00 to 13:00, with machines staying open.
Cabo da Roca is the westernmost point of mainland Europe, where the Serra drops into the Atlantic. The viewpoint is free, and the lighthouse, run by Parques de Sintra, sells an Essential visit for $5.77 (€5) or a Panoramic visit for $11.54 (€10). The municipal tourist office here issues a certificate of presence for $12.69 (€11) and keeps seasonal hours until 19:30 in summer.
Colares has been a demarcated wine region since 1908, where ungrafted Ramisco vines grow in sand, and the Adega Regional de Colares dates from 1931. Below the coast road, Azenhas do Mar stacks its houses over a tide-fed seawater pool, an official bathing water with a 2026 season of 30 May to 13 September. The Sintra tram covers about 11 km to Praia das Maçãs in roughly 45 minutes, spring and summer only, with tickets bought on board.
The hill decides the sequence, not the guidebook. Start with the palace that sells out and work down.
Pena is the sight that sets your clock. Ferdinand II bought the ruined monastery here in 1838 and the palace rose between 1842 and 1854 under Baron von Eschwege. The Essential visit, park and palace together, is $23.10 (€20) for an adult on a dated, timed ticket, and the fast-track lane reserves only 25 entries per palace slot with no tolerance for lateness.
The park opens 09:00 to 19:00 with last entry at 18:00, the palace 09:30 to 18:30. Inside the same park, the Chalet and Garden of the Countess of Edla comes included with any Pena ticket. Its own gate closes 12:00 to 14:00, so enter from inside the Pena park in that window.
The chalet opens 09:00 to 17:30. Plan the rest of the day backwards from the hour on this ticket, and read the full ticket breakdown on Pena Palace tickets.
The Moorish Castle sits on the ridge next to Pena, open 09:30 to 18:00 with last entry at 17:30, at $13.84 (€12) for an adult. Parques de Sintra authorises no private vehicles to the castle, so you arrive on bus 434 or on marked trails. Two routes start lower down.
The Santa Maria Trail runs 1,770 metres from São Pedro and takes about an hour. The Villa Sassetti Trail runs 1,850 metres from Largo Ferreira de Castro in 45 minutes. The natural order is castle first, then a descent into town on foot, which is exactly what our one day itinerary does.
Dogs are allowed, which is rare on this hill, and the walls give you the clearest view of Pena from outside.
Down in the historic centre stands the National Palace of Sintra, the oldest surviving royal palace in Portugal, marked by two conical kitchen chimneys over 30 metres tall. The Essential visit is $15.00 (€13), the Full visit $40.40 (€35), and the garden is free. Hours run 09:30 to 18:30 with last admission at 17:30.
It needs no timed slot and no bus, which makes it the stop that fills the gaps around your Pena hour. The ticket office closes 12:00 to 13:00 while vending machines stay open, so buy in the morning or online. The tourist office at Praça da República 23 opens 10:00 to 18:30 if you need a paper map.
Details and photos are on the National Palace page.
Quinta da Regaleira runs on a separate system from the Parques sites, with its own dated and timed tickets on its own shop. An adult pays $23.10 (€20), youth and senior $17.31 (€15), family of the standard shape $69.20 (€60), under 6 free. The gardens open 09:00 to 19:30 from April to September and 10:00 to 18:30 the rest of the year, with last entrance at 17:30 all year.
It closes 1 January and 24, 25 and 31 December. Slots run every 30 minutes, and the estate allows up to one hour's grace after the time on the ticket. The Initiation Well drops nine landings into the hillside.
The estate was built for António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro with the architect Luigi Manini. On the same road out of town, the Seteais Palace marks the start of the 2,410 metre Seteais Trail up to the castle, a 1 hour 30 climb.
West of the town, the road forks. One branch reaches Monserrate, where the park opens 09:00 to 19:00 and the palace 09:30 to 18:00, at $13.84 (€12), with dogs welcome in the park. Carris Metropolitana bus 1253 runs there from the station, and Scotturb bus 435 from the Lourel car park.
The other branch climbs into the forest to the Convent of the Capuchos, founded in 1560, a Franciscan convent with cells lined in cork, at $12.69 (€11), open 09:00 to 17:30. They are the sights to move to a second day if your first day fills up. Both sit inside the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, where the marked walking routes continue beyond the palaces.
One hour on a ticket shapes the trains, the buses and every other stop. Here is how the system actually works.
Pena admits the palace by timed slot. A fast-track ticket reserves one of only 25 entries per palace visiting slot, valid only for the slot printed on it, and Parques de Sintra states plainly that there is no delay tolerance. If you are not at the Meeting Point next to the Palace of Pena store at the time on the ticket, you cannot make the visit. The operator says to allow around 30 minutes to travel between the park entrance gate and the palace Meeting Point, so your real arrival time at the park is half an hour before your slot. Online tickets require a date, and that date can be rescheduled on the Parques de Sintra site within one year. Tickets are non-refundable except on cancellation. Fast-track tickets are sold through partner platforms: Blueticket, Headout, Tiqets and GetYourGuide. The figures below come from the Parques de Sintra price page and fast-track entrance pages.
The full platform-by-platform breakdown sits on Pena Palace tickets.
| Pena ticket | Adult | What it gets you | Pick it if |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park only | $13.84 (€12) | The park, no palace interior | You only want the gardens and views |
| Essential visit | $23.10 (€20) | Park and palace, the standard route | It is your first visit and you want both |
| Full Tour | $51.90 (€45) | Park and palace with extended access | You want the fullest palace route |
| Guided visit | $86.50 (€75) | Park and palace with a live guide | You want interpretation as you walk |
| Theatrical visit | $109.60 (€95) | Park and palace as a staged performance | You want the story acted out |
Take the hour on the ticket and subtract 30 minutes for the walk from the park gate. Then subtract the ride up. From the station, bus 434 climbs through the historic centre to Pena and the Moorish Castle.
From Lisbon, the CP train takes you to Sintra terminus on a fixed return fare of $5.88 (€5.10), and the municipality runs a free shuttle from the Portela de Sintra and Cavaleira car parks to the station every 7 minutes between 09:00 and 20:00. So a 10:30 palace slot means a park arrival near 10:00, a bus at the station well before 09:30 and a train earlier still. The Lisbon to Sintra page lays out the whole chain, and getting around covers the bus stops and walking trails in detail.
The palace slot is one thing. The transfer supplement is another: a round trip between the park entrance and the palace costs $5.19 (€4.50) for everyone over 6, on top of any ticket. The Chalet of the Countess of Edla is included with your Pena ticket, but its own gate shuts 12:00 to 14:00, and only entry from inside the Pena park works in that window.
The chalet itself runs 09:00 to 17:30. None of this flexibility exists for the fast-track lane, which is why the booking question, and where the 25 places a slot sell out first, is answered on Pena Palace tickets.
Parques de Sintra, opening times and prices, and fast-track entrance pages.
Card prices are the platform's listed US-dollar figures and can move with the platform. The official gate price for every place sits on its own page, and the cards below cover the three hilltop tickets and the most-reviewed day tours.
from $14.00
A skip-the-line entrance ticket to Pena Park and the palace's exterior grounds, with the Chalet of the Countess of Edla and an audio tour included. It does not include the palace interior route, which needs its own separate ticket option.
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from $31.16
A skip-the-line e-ticket to Quinta da Regaleira with a smartphone audio guide and no live guide. Reviewers say the fast-track line can still mean a short wait, so keep expectations realistic.
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from $13.85
A skip-the-line ticket to the 9th-century hilltop ramparts above Sintra, with an audio guide and transportation to the castle included. It is a steep uphill walk once you arrive, so wear real shoes.
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from $60.02
An 8-hour day tour from Lisbon to Sintra with Pena Palace and Quinta da Regaleira, two hours built in for lunch and free time in Sintra. Child seats are required for ages 1-12 or under 135cm and must be brought by the traveller.
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from $75.02
A 4-hour small-group walking tour that starts in Sintra itself (not Lisbon), covering Pena Palace, Quinta da Regaleira and the historic centre. You reach the start point by train to Portela de Sintra, one stop before the main Sintra station.
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from $27.93
A 9-hour coach tour from Lisbon covering Sintra, Pena Palace, Quinta da Regaleira, Cabo da Roca and Cascais, with a live guide. Palace and Regaleira entry tickets are only included on the options that state so, so check the option before booking.
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Parques de Sintra runs six of the seven sights below and sells two passes. Quinta da Regaleira runs on its own operator and its own system.
| Place | Adult ticket | Who runs it | Dogs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pena Palace | $23.10 (€20) | Parques de Sintra | No |
| Moorish Castle | $13.84 (€12) | Parques de Sintra | Yes |
| Monserrate Palace | $13.84 (€12) | Parques de Sintra | Yes, in the park |
| National Palace of Sintra | $15.00 (€13) | Parques de Sintra | No |
| Convent of the Capuchos | $12.69 (€11) | Parques de Sintra | No |
| Queluz Palace | $15.00 (€13) | Parques de Sintra | No |
| Quinta da Regaleira | $23.10 (€20) | Its own operator | No |
Our sum: single adult Essential tickets for Pena, the Moorish Castle, Monserrate, the National Palace, the Capuchos and Queluz come to $93.40 (€81), below the $103.80 (€90) annual Friend's Card. Four parks, Pena plus the castle, Monserrate and the Capuchos, sum to $63.50 (€55), below the $69.20 (€60) Friendly 4 Parks ticket. The verdict: no Parques pass pays for itself on one trip. It pays on a second visit. The full comparison lives on the tickets index. Figures current for in Q3 2026.
The answer depends on whether your Pena slot and the coast can share a day. This table says what each length of stay can honestly fit.
| Time you have | What fits | Start from | What you give up |
|---|---|---|---|
| A half day | Pena at one slot, or Regaleira plus the town | Sintra in 1 day compressed to a morning | The castle and the coast |
| One full day from Lisbon | Pena, the Moorish Castle and Regaleira | Sintra in 1 day | Monserrate, the Capuchos and Cabo da Roca |
| One night in Sintra | The big three plus an evening in the village after the crowds go | Where to stay in town | A slow walk on the trails |
| Two nights | Everything above plus Monserrate, the Capuchos and the coast | Sintra in 2 days or São Pedro de Penaferrim | Very little, this is the comfortable version |
The pattern holds because the palace slot does not stretch. Add time, not speed, when the coast is on your list. Both itineraries are on the planning hub.
Two tested plans, one built around a morning palace slot and one that adds the west of the hill and the sea.
A single day that puts the Pena slot first and fits the castle and Regaleira around it.
A second day that adds Monserrate, the Capuchos and the coast without rushing the first.
The train plus the tourist buses beat a rental car on this hill, and the rules on the road make that official.
The CP Sintra Line runs from Rossio, Oriente or Entrecampos to the Sintra terminus, on a fixed return fare of $5.88 (€5.10). You need a reusable Navegante card at $0.58 (€0.50), and note that Navegante Lisboa does not cover Sintra. A CP Tourist Card costs $7.73 (€6.70) for 24 hours or $16.61 (€14.40) for 72 hours. From the station, Scotturb bus 434 runs the circuit to the historic centre, the Moorish Castle and Pena. The 434 operator's own price sheet lists $5.42 (€4.70) one way, $9.98 (€8.65) for the round circuit and $21.20 (€18.35) for a day ticket.
The full route detail is on Lisbon to Sintra.
| Leg | How | What it costs | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon to Sintra | CP train from Rossio, Oriente or Entrecampos | Return $5.88 (€5.10) | Every 30 minutes from Rossio on weekdays, hourly at weekends, per CP's journey planner |
| Station to Pena | Scotturb bus 434 circuit | $5.42 (€4.70) one way, $9.98 (€8.65) round circuit | The operator's own price sheet has no child fare |
| Town to Regaleira and Monserrate | Bus 435, or Carris Metropolitana 1253 to Monserrate | 1253: $3.12 (€2.70) cash or $1.79 (€1.55) on Navegante. 435 single fare not published | Ticket offices at the sights close 12:00 to 13:00 |
| Driving and parking | Portela de Sintra car park, 250 spaces | $0.35 (€0.30) first 15 minutes, $2.08 (€1.80) daily cap | A free municipal shuttle runs to the station every 7 minutes, 09:00 to 20:00 |
| On foot | Santa Maria Trail to the Moorish Castle | Free | 1,770 m, about 1 hour, from São Pedro |
Calçada da Pena, the road up to Pena, has been closed to general traffic since around December 2019. Residents, taxis and emergency vehicles only. The Moorish Castle likewise authorises no private vehicles, and Parques de Sintra points drivers to peripheral car parks, public transport or the walking trails.
Drivers still have a workable plan: leave the car at Portela de Sintra or Cavaleira, ride the free shuttle to the station and take bus 434 from there. The practical detail, stop by stop, is on getting around.
The Eléctrico de Sintra, the old tram, covers about 11 km between Sintra and Praia das Maçãs in roughly 45 minutes. It runs in spring and summer only, and tickets are bought on board. It runs out through the Colares wine country to the coast, and it pairs well with the second day on a two day plan.
Walkers have options beyond the tram too, and the marked routes across the hill are collected on the hiking page.
Average daily high by month in Celsius with the Fahrenheit reading underneath, from the IPMA 1991-2020 climate normals for the Cabo da Roca station on the coast. There is no official station in Sintra town, so read these as coastal figures, not a forecast for the hilltop.
The coast records 470.2 mm of rain across 64.5 rain days in an average year, with the wettest month November at 77.4 mm and the driest July at 3.2 mm. The month-by-month detail and the shoulder-season argument sit on when to come.
Ticket prices dominate the budget, and most of them are fixed by the operator.
Here is the arithmetic for a full day, using official prices only. The CP train return from Lisbon is $5.88 (€5.10). Pena Essential, park and palace, is $23.10 (€20).
Quinta da Regaleira is $23.10 (€20). The Moorish Castle is $13.84 (€12). Our sum comes to $65.92 (€57.10) per adult before food, before the 434 bus at $9.98 (€8.65) for the round circuit, and before the $5.19 (€4.50) Pena transfer if you skip the walk up.
Cut the palace interior and the park-only ticket at $13.84 (€12) drops the day by $9.26 (€8). The full budget, with meals and small costs, lives on what Sintra costs.
Staying over changes the shape of the day and adds one fixed cost. The municipal tourist tax is $2.31 (€2) per guest per night, charged for a maximum of 3 nights, collected by the establishment. Guests under 13 are exempt.
A second day also spreads the ticket spend thin, because Monserrate at $13.84 (€12) and the Capuchos at $12.69 (€11) are the cheap sights, and they are the ones a rushed day leaves out. Base selection matters more than room rate, and the options are laid out on where to stay.
Sintra eats on two registers: pastries older than the palaces' fame, and a small starred table or two.
Two houses carry the pastry tradition. Casa Piriquita has traded since 1862, per its own site, and sells the two local classics, travesseiros, the flaky pillows of almond cream, and queijadas, the small cheese tarts. Across the centre, Fábrica das Verdadeiras Queijadas da Sapa at Volta do Duche 12 appears on Portugal's Comércio com História register and closes on Mondays.
Between them, a pastry stop fits any gap in the day. The wider eating scene, from bakeries to dinner, is mapped on where to eat.
The MICHELIN Guide Portugal 2026 awards one star each to two tables in the Sintra area. Midori is a Japanese restaurant operating since 1992, and LAB by Sergi Arola sits at Penha Longa on the edge of the hill. Both are destination dinners rather than a lunch between palaces.
Everything else we can source, from pastry houses to wine bars, is on where to eat.
Casa Piriquita's own site since 1862, Portugal's Comércio com História register for Queijadas da Sapa, and the MICHELIN Guide Portugal 2026 for both starred tables.
The hill ends at the Atlantic, and the coast is where a second day earns its keep.
Cabo da Roca is the westernmost point of mainland Europe, a cliff edge with a lighthouse. The viewpoint costs nothing. Parques de Sintra runs the lighthouse, open 09:30 to 17:30 with last admission at 17:00, on two tiers: an Essential visit at $5.77 (€5), a Panoramic visit at $11.54 (€10), and under 6s free.
The municipal tourist office here issues a certificate of presence for $12.69 (€11), open 09:00 to 19:30 from May to September and 09:00 to 18:30 from October to April. The bus routes from Sintra to the cape are on getting around. The details are on the Cabo da Roca page.
Five Sintra beaches hold Blue Flag status for 2026: Adraga, Grande, Maçãs, Magoito and São Julião. Praia da Ursa is not on the list. It is a wilder cove with no Blue Flag services, and the way down is described on the Praia da Ursa page.
At Azenhas do Mar, a tide-fed seawater pool sits below the village, and it is one of six Sintra bathing waters with an official 2026 season, 30 May to 13 September. The full beach list, with access notes, is on the beaches index.
Between the hill and the shore lies Colares, a demarcated wine region since 1908. Its Ramisco vines grow ungrafted straight in the sand, and the Adega Regional de Colares has operated since 1931. The summer tram from Sintra crosses the region on its way to Praia das Maçãs, an easy pairing with a second day.
Tastings and the village itself are covered on the Colares page, and the landscape around it all is protected as part of the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park.
Sintra sits close enough to the coast and the walled towns of the region to add a second destination, and these tours handle the driving. The full set of excursions is compared on the day trips hub.
from $78.48
A 9-hour small-group day tour from Lisbon with Pena Palace entry included, plus Cabo da Roca and Cascais. If Pena Palace is closed, the operator substitutes a visit to Queluz Palace instead.
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from $98.11
A 4-hour guided e-bike tour from Cascais into Sintra's forest trails, with lunch on Guincho Beach. A reviewer's actual ride ran closer to 6 hours and 25 miles, so it is more workout than a casual pedal.
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from $40.40
A 2-hour walking tour of the medieval walled village of Óbidos with a Ginjinha tasting included. It can be cancelled in bad weather, so keep a flexible plan for the day.
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from $34.26
A 10-hour day tour from Lisbon to Fátima's sanctuary, Batalha Monastery, Nazaré's clifftop viewpoint and the walled village of Óbidos. Meals are not included, so plan for lunch on your own along the way.
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The sleeping question in Sintra is really a location question, and it is decided by your first morning.
A night in Sintra buys you the hill before the crowds arrive and after the last train. A night in Lisbon keeps you on the train line, and it works fine if your Pena slot is late morning or afternoon. The trade is simple: the earlier the palace slot, the more an overnight in town is worth, because the bus ride and the train are what eat the buffer before your 30-minute gate walk.
The full argument, with the practicalities of the line, is on Lisbon to Sintra, and the room options are compared on where to stay.
Inside Sintra, the choice is between the historic centre around the National Palace and the higher parish of São Pedro de Penaferrim, which sits on the road towards Pena. The centre puts pastry shops, the tourist office and every bus stop within a short walk. São Pedro puts you closer to the hill and to the start of the Santa Maria Trail, at the cost of a walk or a bus ride down for dinner.
Neither is wrong, and the character of each is described on Sintra Vila and São Pedro de Penaferrim.
A stay in the municipality carries the tourist tax of $2.31 (€2) per guest per night, up to a maximum of 3 nights, with under-13s exempt, collected by the establishment. What the night buys back is time: a second morning on the hill before the day trippers land, and room in the schedule for Monserrate and the coast, which a one-day visitor simply cannot fit. Weigh the options on where to stay and the arithmetic of the extra day on what Sintra costs.
Short answers to the questions every first-time visitor asks, each linking to the page that owns it.
Yes. The CP Sintra Line runs from Rossio, Oriente or Entrecampos to the Sintra terminus on a fixed return fare of $5.88 (€5.10). A full day covers Pena, the Moorish Castle and Regaleira. The full route, stations and fares
Online tickets carry a mandatory date and timed palace slot. The date can be rescheduled on the operator's site within one year, and the fast-track lane holds only 25 entries per slot. Every Pena ticket option compared
No. Calçada da Pena has been closed to general traffic since around December 2019, and the Moorish Castle authorises no private vehicles. Park at Portela de Sintra or Cavaleira and take the free shuttle and bus 434. How to get up the hill without a car
April, May and October are mild, with average highs of 16.8 to 20.1°C. June to September are the driest months, under 25 mm of rain each. The climate figures come from the Cabo da Roca coastal station, since Sintra town has none. The month-by-month breakdown
Under 6s enter Pena, Regaleira and the lighthouse free, and the Pena park and the Moorish Castle walls are open spaces to run in. The tram to the beach is an easy win in summer. Planning Sintra with children
Our sum for the big three sights plus the train return is $65.92 (€57.10) per adult on official prices, before food and buses. Pena alone is $23.10 (€20) with the park. The full day-by-day budget
Yes, on the evidence. The Cultural Landscape of Sintra was inscribed by UNESCO in 1995 as the first cultural landscape listed in Europe. The listed sights run from Pena Palace to the Moorish Castle, and the full set is ranked on what to see and the palaces and castles index.
Romantic palaces stacked on a cool, wooded hill above the Atlantic. Pena was built 1842-1854 for Ferdinand II, the Moorish Castle is far older, and Quinta da Regaleira hides a nine-landing Initiation Well. The hill's architecture and gardens are covered place by place on the palaces and castles page.
One full day covers Pena, the Moorish Castle and Quinta da Regaleira if your Pena slot comes early. Two days add Monserrate, the Capuchos and the coast without rushing. The routes are on Sintra in 1 day and Sintra in 2 days.
Pick by the kind of visit you want. Pena is the hill's landmark and sells timed slots, so it demands the most planning for the most reward. Regaleira is a garden and estate with timed entry too, and it is reached from town on foot or by bus 435. Compare them on the Pena Palace page and the Quinta da Regaleira page.
In the historic centre if you want every bus stop and pastry shop within a short walk, or in São Pedro de Penaferrim if you want to be closer to the hill and the trailheads. The trade-offs and options are compared on where to stay, with more on the Sintra Vila area.
Three walk-throughs that show the climb, the crowds and the distances between the palaces, which is the one thing a price table cannot do.
A full day-trip route from the Lisbon train ride through the hill's main sights.
Video: World Wild HeartsA tour of the palaces and the town with a sense of their scale.
Video: Rick Steves' EuropePractical tips on timing, tickets and transport before you go.
Video: Every Further MileVideos load from YouTube only when you press play.
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