Day tours in Lisbon & surroundings
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Sintra, Pena, Roca, Cascais, Estoril - full day with lunch
Personalized booking
Program
Visit the majestic and romantic Pena Palace* (except on Mondays, replaced by Queluz Palace). Pena palace is on one of the highest peaks of the mountain
range. It has a mixture of styles in Romantic art. We visit Sintra where we stop for lunch (included). Free time to walk around the streets of the medieval
village to appreciate the several antiques and handicraft shops, restaurants and tea-rooms, to taste the so well delicious tarts known as queijadas. We leave
to Colares**, demarcated area of wine and famous for its table wines. Afterwards we go to Cabo da Roca, the most western point in continental Europe
(stop). Then, passing by Guincho beach, we drive along the coastline to Boca do Inferno (mouth of hell, a sea grotto) and Cascais where we stop for a
nice view of the fishing port and Estoril coast. We drive through Estoril to have a panoramic view of the Casino and its gardens and we return to Lisbon.
* if possible **on tramcar (Sintra – Colares) from April to October on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The other days by bus.
Free gift in July and August when buying this tour - A full day tour of Lisbon in a "hop-on hop off" double decker bus.
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... Described by Lord Byron as “Glorious Eden,” Sintra’s charms have long been celebrated. Once the summer
residence of the kings and Moorish lords, today Sintra is a romantic getaway for people from all around the world.
Inhabited since the pre-history period and by Celts and the Romans who called this area “The Mountain of the
Moon”. In the 8th to 9th century, Muslims built a castle here. During Medieval times, the Portuguese royal family,
overflowing with the pomp and riches from their colonial triumphs abroad, first came here to escape the heat (and
stench) of the summer in Lisbon. Beginning in the 14th century, the Portuguese aristocrats followed the royals to
Sintra, a dwelling place for hunting and relaxing. Stormy and mysterious, the mountain is covered by more than 1000
different species of plants. Several artists from different countries came here to work, inspired in the beauty of this
place, extolling its beauty: “The Garden of Paradise”, “Garden of Europe”, “Glorious Eden”…
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...One of the most beautiful parts of the Estoril Coast is a succession of hills dotted with pine trees and houses,
sweeping down to the sea and the local villages with their typical houses and the old palatial villas along the sea front.
Villas from the Roman period have been excavated and inscriptions found of family names, names of the Gods they
worshipped and names chosen for their sons. Cascais became a lookout for Lisbon in the great maritime era of
discovering new worlds. It was the first place the navigators saw when they returned from long and adventurous
voyages seeking their homeland. It was in Cascais during the latter part of the XIX century, that the Royal Family first
began to bathe. It was a custom which was becoming popular in Europe and Cascais was an ideal place owing to its
mild climate. Over the years, many important families have made Cascais into a cosmopolitan town...
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