By tourist on July 3, 2013
Events, Nature, Parks and Gardens
Recently inaugurated in Castelo dos Mouros, the “Canopy Sintra – The forest seen from above”. An activity that will enable participants to slide through 11 platforms along the treetops (in varying heights up to 30m), a distance of about 900 meters through cables and using the slide technique. Requires no particular skill or physical […]
By tourist on May 5, 2013
Sintra, tram
Events, Walking Tour
This will take you from Sintra to one of it´s famous beach, Praia das Maçã, or Apples Beach. For general public it runs from Friday to Sunday and will cost 2€ per person. Its a lovely trip.
By tourist on May 5, 2013
itinerary, romantic, são pedro sintra, Sintra
Events, Romance
São Pedro de Sintra is one of the most romantic walking tour. Start at the Fontain of São Pedro, it dates from 1929. Then go to the Ermida of Sta Eufémia, pilgrimage site for the devotees, is regarded as the site of Sintra most remotely inhabited, probably since around 4000 BC. In the seventeenth […]
By tourist on May 5, 2013
magic sintra, mistical, Sintra
Events, Stunning and Mystical Spots
Sintra is a very special place, with its own magic, full of ledgens, stories and history that we will talk about. A fairytale mountain where you can feel the mistery and the special atmosphere that can only be found there. Here you have a video created by Sintras’ City Hall where you can see some […]
By tourist on May 3, 2013
Café da NAta´lia, São Pedro de Sintra, Sintra
Events, Food & Drink, You Must Visit
A well known spot in São Pedro de Sintra where you can have a light meal or taste some of the tradicional cakes called Travesseiros.
By tourist on April 4, 2013
palacio da pena, Sintra, summer solstice
Events
To mark the summer solstice, Parques de Sintra will open the Park and Palace of Pena at night,on June 21st. Visitors can move freely (in the palace) or integrated in one of the guided tours nightly (or Palace Park) as well as choose to participate in the dinner to be held in the restaurant of […]