- Sintra - day trip or overnight? - Rick Steves Travel Forum
Sintra is a beautiful city, very romantic Its palaces, castle and gardens make it unique To visit Sintra and all its palaces you need at least 2 days, but you can have the feeling of the city with just 1 day trip At night Sintra is asleep ;) Everything is closed after 7pm You will be better off sleeping in Lisbon I hope I've helped you Mafalda
- Sentra Castles: Pena Palace, Moorish Castle, and Quinta da Regaleira . . .
Visiting Pena Palace, Moorish Castle, and Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra in one day is possible but can be a bit tiring Walking between them is an option, but it's a long walk, especially uphill to the Moorish Castle
- Sintra to Porto Transportation Options - Rick Steves Travel Forum
After staying three nights in Sintra, we will be traveling to Porto on Saturday, March 12, 2025 We will not have a car, nor do we wish to fly Can anyone advise us on the best transportation options: bus, train, combo of both? We would ideally like to arrive in a Porto mid-afternoon, Thank you
- Pena Palace - Sintra - Rick Steves Travel Forum
Taking a tour to Sintra in March with my sister and wanted thoughts on Pena Palace My sister claims that the Palace can be left out and to do only the gardens, which are meant to be amazing
- Duoro and Sintra - Is it worth overnighting or will day trips do?
I think Sintra is a really lovely place, especially or maybe particularly, if one enjoys walking a lot and do not mind hills We walked all throughout Sintra and didn't take any transportation other than to get to the town
- Sintra -- Pena Palace, Regaleira, Monserrate - Rick Steves
We did National Palace of Pena, Quinta de Regaleira, Castelo dos Mouros and Pena Palace all in one day approximately in 10 1 2 hours We went inside all of them I think you can definitely skip the inside of Regaleria but I would recommend going inside the Palaces We did all this with a private guide design your own tour through Viator The only downside was that we would have liked to have
- Lisbon or Sintra - Rick Steves Travel Forum
Sintra is one of the most charming places I stayed and there are several excellent restaurants and one of the very best pastry shops in Portugal It's also much cheaper to stay in Sintra than Lisbon The best way to travel between them is by uber or taxi Taxis are not expensive and uber is even less
- Advance tickets to attractions necessary? - Rick Steves
We're vacationing in Portugal September 14-25, and we'll be visiting some of the well-known attractions in Lisbon, Sintra, Batalha and Porto I'm wondering if it's necessary (or a good idea) to purchase advance tickets online, or if we can just buy our tickets on the spot If anyone has toured Po
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