Itinerary
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Stop At: Castelo dos Mouros, Estrada da Pena Parque de Monserrate, Sintra 2710-609 Portugal
The Castle of the Moors allows you to admire, along the paths of round, between cliffs and cliffs, a unique landscape that extends to the Atlantic ocean. Overlooking the Serra de Sintra, with irregular configuration, it consists of a fortification built around the 10th century after the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, and enlarged after the Christian reconquest.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Park and National Palace of Pena, Estrada da Pena, Sintra 2710-609 Portugal
The Park and the Pena Palace, implanted in the Sintra mountain range and fruit of the creative genius of D. Fernando II, are the maximum exponent of Romanticism of the 19th century in Portugal, with architectural references of Manueline and Moorish influence.
The Palace was built to be observed from any point of the Park, forest and lush gardens with more than five hundred tree species from the four corners of the world.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Centro Historico de Sintra, Sintra 2710-616 Portugal
Sintra is a testimony of almost every epoch in Portuguese history. And far beyond that, Sintra is a vestige of the very history of mankind.
From the Paleolithic and Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, through the Roman Period, then through the Muslim rule, to the founding of Portugal (on January 9, 1154, D. Afonso Henriques granted a Charter for the Village of Sintra) to the Discoveries, Sintra that survived the earthquake of 1755, has its golden period situated between the end of the century. XVIII and all the century. XIX.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Estrada Cabo da Roca, Colares 2705-001 Portugal
Visit also the most western point of the European continent
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Guincho Beach, Parque Natural Sintra-Cascais, Cascais Portugal
Stop at the magnificent guincho beach, known for its unparalleled beauty, with the cape da roça in the background and around large sand dunes
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Centro Historico de Cascais, Cascais Portugal
visit to the village of sintra - Cascais Bay
Duration: 10 minutes
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Traveler pickup is offered
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Airports
8 hours(approx.)
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Infant seats available
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Joyce_S
Anna was a wonderful guide. She explained everything. She was patient and knowledgeable. The car was comfortable and she is an excellent driver.
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Posted On : 2024-05-16
Posted By : Kristina_F
Funny, easy going, willing to help old people have an adventure and informative. Thanks To Diogo we had an amazing day.
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Posted On : 2024-05-16
Posted By : Donna_B
We had a wonderful day! Diogo and Gançalo were great fun. They took us to all the highlights. Great food, good company, nice time. Beautiful country. Learned lots of history and things along the way.
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Posted On : 2024-05-15
Posted By : Robert_O
We went to Mouros Castle and Pena place great stops. Operator was polite; however, she changed several stops listed on the tour. We did not go to downtown Sintra, and we did not go to the light house. We would have like to see these locations.
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Posted On : 2024-05-14
Posted By : Christine_V
Our guide was very friendly and informative and a great driver. He provided us with a brief historic overview of each stop and was available for questions. The Pena Palace and the Moorish Castle were more than we expected. Our guide also stopped at a great local restaurant for lunch and another for the special pastry of Sintra.
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Posted On : 2024-05-10
Posted By : Wendy_T
This was our first time using Viator. Unfortunately it was not a good experience. We hired a guide/driver for a day trip to Sintra. Antonio is a nice young man who adequately filled the driver part of the assignment but was not a guide by any stretch. We have used guides all over the world and thus have many experiences to compare this one to. Sadly when I reached out to the company to express my concerns I was met with a very defensive response. I am sure that the company will respond in a similar way to this posting but I am doing the posting anyway to assist other travelers. From the other reviews posted for this experience, it does look like the company has some good guides thus I would just make sure you dont get Antonio. He shared that he is finishing school and will be starting a job soon in his field-clearly this seems to be a space filler job. He said he has only done a few "driver/guide" jobs and it shows. Most guides are passionate about their country and its history and culture as well as the places you are visiting. On the 45 minute drive to Sintra Antonio said nothing about where we were going, what we were seeing or Portugal in general. And when we visited the two sites we went to (we cut the trip short as we really weren't getting much more than if did on our own. We did not want to hurt Antonio's feelings so we did not share our disappointment in his lack of expertise). I am sure the company will respond noting that my husband chose not to visit the palace as he suffered a traumatic brain injury and can be become overwhelmed by crowds. While this is true, we visited many, many crowded sites and one of the reasons we arrange for a private guide is that they are typically very helpful in navigating sites and helping him to feel comfortable. Our niece did tour the palace with Antonio and said he offered basically what was on the placards. She overheard other guides given much more detailed information. Again I am only posting this review to hopefully help other travelers. If you only need a drive Antonio is a fine choice for that. The company's response to my follow up with them expressing my concerns was very disappointing and I suspect they will provide a similar response here.
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Posted On : 2024-05-07
Posted By : CARLOS_M
Ana made our tour great, planning everything from finding parking to walking on a place that is challenging without her expert knowledge. She also knew all background details from history to local which made the tour be educational and pleasant.
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Posted On : 2024-05-07
Posted By : Robert_D
Diogo was great from being flexible with a last minute pick-up location to providing an informative, fun and educational tour of Sintra and the surrounding areas. He provided recommendations for local pastries and lunch and answered every question we asked. His English is very good which made our private tour that much better. I highly recommend this tour with Diogo to everyone!
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Posted On : 2024-05-05
Posted By : Michael_S
Diogo was an excellent guide-
full of genuine heartfelt enthusiasm, very knowledgeable, knew how to get us close to all of the attractions and his knowledge shows hiw well he knows the cities that we were fortunate enough to visit with him.
Excellent guide -
do yourself a favor and hire Diogo!!
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Posted On : 2024-05-05
Posted By : Robert_F
Our guide, Fernando was wonderful! He was very knowledgeable about the history of Portugal and the Sintra, Pena Palace and Mouros Castle. We didn't have time to see the Mouros Castle as the road to the Palace was backed up for at least an hour. He did show it to us from the Palace and told of its history. We drove along the coast from Lisbon to Sintra. What views!
I would recommend this tour to everyone!
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Posted On : 2024-05-04
