Each Pena Palace and Quinta da Regaleira (probably the most visited palaces in Sintra) had been former houses of Portuguese kings, however immediately we’ll give attention to my favourite of the 2, Quinta da Regaleira!
Quinta da Regaleira is a tremendous set of romantic buildings and luxurious gardens reflecting the philosophical pursuits, symbols, and metaphors of its unique proprietor, António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro. It’s also one among my favourite locations in Portugal which I’ve visited 3(!) instances by now.
You’ve got many various choices to go to this charming attraction: by your self, with a guided tour, on a day journey from Lisbon, by night time and so on. So it might be onerous to know which one is probably the most handy!
That can assist you not get misplaced in all of the attainable ticket choices, I made this information with all of the completely different Quinta da Regaleira tickets and excursions, plus I included some helpful data in regards to the museum format, opening hours, transportation, amenities obtainable, and far more!
Are you able to discover all of them with me?
Let’s begin!
In case you are in a rush
In case you are right here simply to get your tickets, listed here are the perfect hyperlinks to take action:
- Entrance ticket – €10 (Official web site) or €21 (Viator)
- Guided Tour – €18 (Official Web site), €25 (Tiqets)
- Guided tour from Lisbon – €55 (GetYourGuide)
- Discounted ticket – €5 for teenagers 6 – 17 y.o. (convey your ID with you), and €4 for individuals with disabilities (it’s worthwhile to go to the counter),
- Free tickets – youngsters underneath 6 and seniors over 80 years
| Grownup Entrance | Youngsters Entrance | Guided Tour | Tour from Lisbon | Cancelation Coverage | ||
| Official Web site | €10 | Free | €18 | – | Not refundable | E book tickets |
| Viator | €21 | Free | – | €59 | >24 hours prematurely | E book tickets |
| Tiquets | – | – | €25 | – | >24 hours prematurely | E book tickets |
| GetYourGuide | – | – | – | €65 | >24 hours prematurely | E book tickets |
Why purchase prematurely?
In case you purchase a guided tour, which I counsel you do (the palace isn’t solely huge, however there are such a lot of particulars and details you’ll miss in the event you purchase solely the conventional ticket!), you actually need to e book on-line prematurely since you can not do this on-site!
Additionally, in case you wish to purchase a single entrance ticket, it’s positively higher to do this on-line as effectively due to the very lengthy strains on the entrance. On prime of that, the palace is positioned up on the mountain removed from town so the telephone sign will likely be very dangerous (that means you received’t be capable of purchase your tickets on-line proper there).
However that being mentioned, if as an alternative, you’re reserving a self-guided ticket, you’ll be able to simply purchase it on-line a number of days earlier than since they’re legitimate for 120 days, and also you received’t be restricted when you’ll be able to enter.
1. Self-guided Quinta da Regaleira tickets
If you wish to go to the Quinta da Regaleira, there are mainly 2 fundamental choices: reserving a standard entrance ticket or a guided tour, which is certainly one of the best ways of studying all the pieces in regards to the palace. In each circumstances, I counsel you e book them on-line slightly than on-site.
In case you wish to purchase a standard entrance ticket, you are able to do that by the official web site or various ticket web sites, let’s see them in additional element:
1.1 Official web site
If you wish to go to Quinta da Regaleira at your personal tempo otherwise you already know all the pieces in regards to the palace, you should buy a self-guided tour ticket with a map. The value is at the moment €10 and the most cost effective value is discovered on the official web site.
The map is certainly plus as a result of the place is large (take a look at part 5 of “vital issues” to see the format of the place!), and it’ll take you a minimum of 3 to 4 hours if you wish to see all the pieces as soon as.
With these tickets, you’ll be able to go to the Palace anytime all through the opening hours, from 10 am to six.30 pm. The tickets are non-dated and legitimate for a single entry as much as 120 days after the date of buy, in order that they provide the flexibility to decide on your day and time of go to till the final minute!
Shopping for them on-line is certainly the best choice since there may be at all times a giant line on the gate, and when you arrive in Sintra, the transport connection to the palace entrance is kind of difficult, so it is going to be tougher to purchase them there… you’ll simply lose some treasured time!
The one draw back of shopping for the tickets on-line is that they may cost you 6% of the service payment: you’ll be able to both pay with Visa, Mastercard, or Paypal. The positioning is kind of horrible actually, I personally spent about 20 minutes to e book them as a result of it had technical errors, and it wasn’t actually working (hope they may make it extra person pleasant quickly, however I’m sharing my expertise!).
Additionally, the official web site says there isn’t any refund, change, or validity extension coverage for the bought tickets, which might be another excuse to purchase a guided tour on another ticket web site.
NOTE: The ticket is private and non-transferable, and you should preserve it till the top of the go to to get out once more!
P.S.: There may be one other self-guided tour you are able to do in the course of the night, I’m going to speak about it in particulars in #5.
Audio Information
You even have the choice to purchase an audio information for 3€. Truthfully, I discovered it to be not tremendous informative and/or fascinating, however hey, it’s nonetheless higher than no data! However once more, in the event you can, positively take a tour! I’ve been to the place 3(!) instances and the guided tour can’t be in comparison with something.
PRO TIP: No want to remain within the line if you wish to buy the audio information: simply skip the road since you have already got the tickets and ask the ticket controller about it (they may ship you to the entrance of the road however from a unique entrance).
Ticket Value: €10
1.2 Various ticket web sites
If you wish to have a greater cancellation coverage or a neater approach to e book your ticket on-line, you should buy this e-ticket for €11 extra in comparison with the one on the official web site, providing a self-guided audio tour in your smartphone, that you need to use anytime, earlier than or after your go to.
When you obtain the audio tour in your telephone, you’ll be able to comply with it instantly out of your telephone, studying all of the historic data, unusual tales, and anecdotes of this palace.
One other plus? You possibly can cancel as much as 24 hours prematurely and get a full refund.
Value: €21
2. Take a guided tour of Quinta da Regaleira
As I already talked about a number of instances, taking a guided tour is certainly the finest approach to go to the Quinta da Regaleira Palace as a result of there are such a lot of particulars about its structure, hidden meanings, and historical past that you’ll miss in any other case. It’s these particulars that make this place so particular!
There are various completely different guided excursions you’ll be able to e book, such because the official tour, excursions from various web sites, or guided excursions from Lisbon, together with round-trip transportation.
I like to recommend the third choice as it’s the most handy, however let’s evaluate all of them to see why:
2.1 Official tour
If you wish to get to know Quinta da Regaleira extra in-depth and have a contextualization of the peculiar traits of the palace, you’ll be able to e book a 1.5 hrs guided tour on the official web site both in Portuguese and English.
The guided excursions on the official web site run solely from the fifth of July to the twenty fourth of September, and they’re obtainable each day aside from Sunday and Monday. If you wish to have a guided go to of the Quinta anytime exterior summer time, you’ll be able to take a look at the excursions within the following part, obtainable all 12 months spherical.
NOTE: you can’t buy guided excursions on-site, so be sure you e book them on-line a minimum of 1 week prematurely: for the language and time limitations, these excursions get booked fairly quick. Additionally, they’re NOT refundable and solely legitimate for the date and time indicated on the ticket!
Ensure you arrive quarter-hour earlier than the beginning of the go to to permit time to search out and be a part of your group!
Even when it is a higher choice than the self-guided tour ticket, you continue to should undergo the trouble of the difficult reserving technique on the official web site (which is sluggish and never user-friendly). Plus, you continue to need to get to Sintra by prepare, which might get a bit difficult (take a look at the part about the best way to get to Sintra!).
If you wish to keep away from these essential pains, take a look at the next guided excursions:
Value: €18.
Group measurement: most of 20 individuals
2.2 Various excursions
If there’s an excellent higher choice to the guided tour on the official web site, that is reserving a tour by the choice ticket web site Tiquets, which can also be extra user-friendly!
In truth, the guided tour supplied on Tiquets is obtainable all 12 months and each day of the week (Sunday and Monday included!), whereas official guided excursions solely run throughout summer time from Tuesday to Saturday.
Different pluses? The tour has a greater cancellation coverage, by which you can cancel or reschedule as much as 24h prematurely… and also you’ll additionally enter the attraction on a quick monitor!
This small-group guided tour lasts 1.5 h and is given by a pleasant dwell information, both in English, Portuguese, or Spanish, so you will have yet one more language choice in comparison with the official web site.
The assembly level is simply exterior Quinta da Regaleira: look out for the information with a crimson flag and be sure you are on time, he/she is going to wait as much as 5 minutes extra till the assembly time.
Value: €25
3. Full-day excursions from Lisbon
The most handy choice by way of worth and time is certainly taking a guided tour from Lisbon. Not solely will you get to go to Quinta da Regaleira with a information, however you received’t have to consider transport as round-trip transportation (each from Lisbon to Sintra and from Sintra to the palace) is included. Sure, you’ll pay somewhat extra, however belief me, it’s definitely worth the hustle!
I included 1 choice combining the two fundamental sights in Sintra: the Pena and Quinta Palaces, a must-visit within the metropolis.
In truth, I extremely suggest visiting each as they’re fantastic! Plus, in the event you had been to do it by your self (like we deliberate to do initially) if might want to work out the best way to get from one palace to a different and belief me, it seems it isn’t really easy – no taxies, no direct bus in between the 2… with a tour this received’t be an issue!
However there may be positively extra to see in Sintra than simply the castles: in its environment, you’ll discover unimaginable nature, lovely seashores, the westernmost level of Europe (Cabo da Roca) and the resort city Cascais… So why not discover most of them on a day tour?
There are various good guided excursions from Lisbon, so I chosen the perfect choices for you and put them on an inventory so you’ll be able to simply evaluate them.
All of them supply lodge choose up and drop off, which could be very handy by way of money and time: in the event you had been to lease a automobile and go to all these locations alone, it will positively value you extra, and also you wouldn’t have the experience of a neighborhood information.
Let’s examine them out:
- Sintra + Quinta da Regaleira – Get pleasure from a guided go to to Quinta da Regaleira on this 5-hour tour, throughout which you’ll go to the Quinta da Regaleira with a information, have some free time for exploring Sintra’s historic heart and admire some sights on the coast, like Guincho seaside, and Cascais bay. €55 per individual.
- Sintra, Regaleira, and Pena Palace – Be a part of this 7 hours guided tour of the two most vital palaces in Sintra: Quinta da Regaleira and Pena Palace, and discover the historic streets of Sintra metropolis for €65 per individual.
- Quinta da Regaleira Personal Tour – If you wish to discover Quinta de Regaleira at your personal tempo and with a bunch of individuals , take a personal tour with a dwell information that may clarify to you all the pieces about Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra. The value begins from €70 for two individuals and adjustments based mostly on group measurement.
- Sintra, Pena Palace, Regaleira, Cabo da Roca and Cascais – If you wish to go to the Quinta da Regaleira palace and a few of the finest sights in Portugal, be a part of this superb day tour for €59. The tour DOESN’T embrace the tickets to the two palaces, however you’ll get to see Cabo da Roca and Cascais in your manner again to Lisbon.
4. Regaleira Gardens themed excursions
To acknowledge the significance of the classical Greco-Latin heritage within the Portuguese language and tradition, a bunch of academics organized some themed excursions of the Quinta da Regaleira Gardens (see part 5 of the vital data for his or her location).
The exhibitions within the gardens run solely on particular days all year long, they usually change yearly so simply examine the web site to be updated. In case you’re in Sintra lately, it might be a fantastic addition to your go to to the Quinta de Regaleira Palace!
There are numerous themed exhibitions all year long round completely different subjects similar to artwork, basic tradition, wine, nature and extra. However they do change annually so you’ll be able to see what’s on throughout your chosen dates right here!
To see the exhibitions, you don’t want to affix a tour, however you’ll want to purchase a particular ticket on-line or onsite the day of the exhibition: the ticket workplace will open on the place the place the go to takes place, one hour earlier than its begin.
NOTE: All of the themed excursions begin at 11a.m., final 1.5 h, and happen with a minimal of 5 individuals.
Value: €10
5. Evening Go to
If you wish to discover the palace underneath a unique (and much more mysterious) mild, it’s best to be a part of a guided night time tour of Quinta da Regaleira, taking place each day from April to October.
The tour lasts 1.5 hours and occurs with a minimal of 5 individuals and a most of 25.
The one draw back of the night time tour is that it’s solely in Portuguese, so in the event you don’t know the language, I don’t suggest you be a part of this!
In case you are on this choice, I counsel you spend the night time in Sintra, which might be a fantastic event to discover town and its environment the following day! Try the part on the place to remain in Sintra (sect. 9 of the vital data), the place I put some improbable lodge choices for various budgets.
Value: €10
6. Shopping for tickets on the entrance (not really useful)
You even have the choice to purchase tickets to Quinta de Regaleira on-site on the ticket workplace positioned on the right-hand aspect inside the doorway. However, I don’t actually suggest it due to the lengthy strains you’ll find.
There isn’t any ticket merchandising machine, so you should line up on the window. I used to be there round 2 PM, and the ready time was about half-hour, so within the morning (which is the height time), it was in all probability manner longer!
For a guided tour shopping for tixs on the entrance won’t work as a result of it’s important to e book it prematurely!
Necessary issues to find out about Quinta da Regaleira
1. How far prematurely do it’s worthwhile to purchase your tickets
This relies on which ticket you wish to purchase. If you wish to be a part of a guided tour, you actually need to e book prematurely (a minimum of 1 week earlier than) because the tickets at all times promote out, each on the official web site and on various ticket web sites.
If, as an alternative, you’re reserving a self-guided ticket, you’ll be able to simply purchase it on-line a number of days earlier than since they’re legitimate for 120 days, making them limitless.
2. Opening hours / Greatest time to go to
Quinta da Regaleira is open all 12 months from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to six.30 pm, with the final entrance at 5.30 pm.
The palace is closed solely on the next festivities: January 1st, December twenty fourth, twenty fifth, and thirty first.
Go to size: Count on to spend a minimum of 3 to 4 hours at Quinta da Regaleira if you wish to see all the pieces, the palace is so huge that you possibly can really spend an entire day visiting its floor, park, palace, and chapel. In case you are in a rush, you are able to do it in 2 hours.
Greatest time to go to: I strongly counsel you go to as early within the day as attainable, when the positioning is much less crowded and extra tranquil. The height hours are from 11 am to three pm, the place the queues may be very lengthy and make you lose some treasured time!
3. How one can get to Quinta da Regaleira
Getting from Lisbon to Quinta da Regaleira is form of a trouble as a result of the general public transport connections don’t actually work effectively. Public transport received’t take you on to the palace however to Sintra, the place you’ll need to take a bus or stroll… Except you e book a guided tour from Lisbon!
Right here beneath I put all of the attainable methods of transport obtainable, so you’ll be able to select based mostly in your journey wants:
Be a part of a tour:
One of the simplest ways to get instantly from Lisbon to the palace is by becoming a member of a guided tour from Lisbon, together with spherical journey transportation and a guided go to each to Quinta da Regaleira and different sights.
Practice:
In case you take a prepare to Sintra, please estimate that the entire journey will take you round 2 hours. The prepare experience itself takes 40 minutes however you can’t purchase tickets on-line, so that you’ll have to get to the prepare station prematurely, and there are at all times strains there (yay, we use that phrase loads on this put up!).
On the prepare station, you’ll be able to both purchase tickets on the machine or on the money register, the strains had been equally lengthy in my expertise – about 15-20 minutes. The value is €7. In my case, I used to be there on Monday, so on weekends ready in line takes longer for positive.
PRO TIP: Come a minimum of 20-25 minutes earlier than the prepare departure to be sure you catch your prepare!
As soon as in Sintra, the stroll to Quinta da Regaleira is a couple of 25-minutes from the prepare station (all uphill). Alternatively, you’ll be able to take the next transport choices:
- Bus – Take bus 434/435, they each depart a number of ft from the prepare station, go away each quarter-hour, take quarter-hour to succeed in the citadel and value €7 for a spherical journey.
- Hop On Hop Off Bus 24 Hours ticket – It permits limitless rides on all Scotturb buses in Sintra and Cascais for that day for €15.
- TukTuk – Hop on a Tuk tuk and be a part of a small tour on the way in which to the palace. The experience needs to be about €15 per individual (may be greater as effectively relying on who you’re asking) and it lasts about 20 minutes
- Taxi – A taxi experience will take you about 10 minutes and value you €5, I at all times suggest utilizing Bolt, or Uber, the apps. In any other case there are taxis proper there too, however it’ll in all probability be dearer
Automobile:
Driving from Lisbon to Sintra on the quickest route will take you round 40 minutes following the A37. However, if in case you have a rented automobile, I counsel you are taking the highway N6 on the coast, which is somewhat bit longer but it surely gives you panoramic views of the Atlantic ocean… You can even spot dolphins!
As soon as in Sintra, comply with the indicators for Quinta da Regaleira (on Maps: R. Barbosa do Bocage 5, 2710-567 Sintra) and attempt to park the automobile in one of many few spots obtainable near the doorway.
It’s fairly onerous to search out parking there, so if there’s nothing obtainable I counsel these choices:
- Depart your automobile in a free automobile park on the entrance to the city, after which take the bus or simply stroll there.
- Park the automobile on the personal car parking zone Quinta dos Lobos, a 10-minute stroll from the Palace, however it’s fairly costly (€4/h).
4. What to convey to Quinta da Regaleira
BRING:
✅ Tickets – digital tickets in your telephone are sufficient
✅ ID – The may ask you to point out your ID (they didn’t for us tho)
✅ Snug footwear – You’ll have to stroll loads, so higher be comfy!
✅ Water & Snacks – The restaurant is kind of costly and is positioned on the entrance, so it could be far once you’re contained in the complicated and you’re hungry, refillable water bottle can be a fantastic answer too, there are fountains with drinkable water!
✅ Sweater – positioned on a hill, Sintra has peculiar climate. It’s practically at all times coated by clouds and a bit colder than Lisbon
✅ Cameras – Provided that you don’t use flash
DON’T BRING:
❌ Massive suitcases, trolleys, and backpacks – you’ll be able to go away them in lockers on the entrance
❌ Lunch (simply convey small snacks)
❌ Animals aren’t allowed, aside from guided canines
❌ Tripods
❌ Drones each inside and out of doors the palace
5. Quinta da Galeria Format
The Quinta da Regaleira complicated is kind of huge, that includes a 5-floor palace, the well-known initiation effectively (an octagonal tower), a chapel, and a fascinating backyard of 4 acres… No marvel why they took 6 years to construct all the pieces!
Let’s see them one after the other:
The Initiation Nicely
The initiation effectively is an octagonal and round tower with a mysterious design and construction. They are saying it was used for initiation rites, however nobody is aware of its actual objective!
You in all probability understand it for its spiral staircase of 9 flooring, akin to the 9 circles of hell from Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy (9 circles of Hell, Paradise, and Purgatory)!
If you enter the effectively, you’ll stroll down all the steps till the very backside, which is a round ground embellished with coloured tiles. Right here, in the event you take a look at the round patch of sky above, it appears to be like just like the tower is constructed into the bottom… The optical impact is simply superb!
Since it’s the most well-known attraction within the complicated and one of the crucial fashionable ones in the entire of Sintra, there may be an inside line to entry it (I needed to wait about 10-15 min). There may be additionally an individual ensuring you don’t keep too lengthy inside taking pics, in any other case, the road can be a minimum of 30 min.
To exit the Nicely, you’ll comply with a magical pure path on stepping stones within the water, and as soon as out, you’ll stroll the Promenade of the Gods, that includes stone statues of Greek gods and goddesses, till the attractive Chapel of the Quinta da Regaleira.
Regaleira Foremost Palace
Simply beneath the chapel, you’ll discover a “secret” tunnel that may lead you straight to the primary palace.
The principle palace was constructed between 1892 and 1910 by the Italian artistic genius Luigi Manini, a stage designer who specialised in theatrical set items, for the Portuguese businessman António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro, who was additionally an artwork collector, entomologist, and philanthropist.
FUN FACT: António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro was the most well-liked citadel proprietor, the rationale why the constructing can also be referred to as “The Palace of Monteiro the Millionaire”.
Quinta da Regaleira is one among Manini’s most superb works, merging mystical components from numerous ages and Manueline, Renaissance, and Classical types.
You’ll discover simply gazing at its exteriors, adorned with gargoyles, turrets, carved particulars, ornate columns, and battlements, whereas the interiors are manufactured from interval furnishings, frescoes, painted ceilings, and an ornate fire.
After Monteiro died, many cultural males, drawn to the Palace’s artistic vitality, went to dwell within the Quinta da Regaleira, just like the literary legend Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes.
The palace is split into 5 flooring, every one internet hosting magnificent rooms:
Gardens
Quinta da Regaleira is nestled in lovely gardens/forest, one of the crucial spectacular components of the complicated. Situated on the slopes of the Sintra Mountains, the gardens additionally characteristic a really mystic and mysterious ambiance!
The gardens lengthen on a minimum of 4 hectares of land (you higher put on some cozy sneakers!) with statues of mythological figures, esoteric symbols, grottoes, and extra.
Right here you’ll discover tree species from all around the world: sequoias from North America, Magnolias from South East Asia, and Norfolk Island Pine from Australia.. Monteiro was an avid traveler and managed to convey the world into his backyard!
There are 30 factors of curiosity in the entire space, however one of the crucial vital ones is certainly a monument constructed within the late 18th Century to specific the golden age of discovery… Ensure you don’t miss it!
6. Audio guides
You should buy the audio guides for Quinta da Regaleira solely on the ticket workplace onsite. They’re obtainable in Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Russian. As I mentioned, I didn’t discover them to be significantly participating, however you’ll nonetheless get to know the historical past and symbolism of the Palace higher.
Scattered across the complicated (the Palace, Chapel, and Gardens) one can find 30 listening factors, when you get to every one, simply press the black button on the audio information, and it’ll begin enjoying. You don’t want headphones!
P.S.: They even supply a youngsters’s model in Portuguese, with each audio descriptions and Portuguese signal language!
Value: €3
7. Services inside/close by the attraction
- Meals – There’s a cafeteria/restaurant with a nice terrace on the entrance, however it’s fairly costly (€15-17 per dish).
- Present store – Contained in the place, open from 10 am to 12 pm, and from 1 pm to six pm each visiting day
- Coin lockers – Across the ticket workplace, there are lockers that may even match a big suitcase
- Parking – Quinta da Regaleira doesn’t have parking, however you’ll be able to go away your automobile on the Quinta dos Lobos personal park, at 10 minutes strolling from the Palace
- Bogs – There are solely 3 bogs in the entire complicated (1 on the entrance, 1 near the palace and 1 throughout the gardens) and receiving many vacationers there may be at all times numerous line
- Sights Close by – Seteais Palace, at solely 10 minutes strolling from Quinta da Regaleira and, after all, Pena Palace, is completely price your time! 🙂
8. Hikes in Sintra
Situated within the hills close to Lisbon, Sintra is a part of the Sintra-Cascais Pure Park and presents quick access to many mountain climbing trails nestled in inexperienced forests and connecting the attractive castles of the realm.
In case you love the outside, you can’t miss this chance, so I gathered right here a few of the finest hikes in Sintra, examine them out:
- Santa Maria Path
In case you comply with this mountain climbing path, you’ll begin in Sintra historic heart (by the Palacio Nacional), stroll on its cobbled avenue passing by notable monuments, and preserve going into the inexperienced forest till you get to 2 of crucial monuments in Sintra: the Moorish Fortress and Palace of Pena, the place you’ll be able to stare upon spectacular panoramic views. The hike is 2.4 km lengthy, lasts 1h (you’ll find yourself the place you began), and is kind of simple, so it’s appropriate for all ages! - Sintra Palace – Fortress Of The Moors – Pena Palace
This 11-kilometer hike begins and ends at Sintra Palace and can take you thru Sinatra’s prime three sights: Sintra Palace, the Fortress of the Moors (ruins of a Moorish fort) and the majestic Pena Nationwide Palace. The path lasts 4 hours (so it isn’t for everybody), however I counsel you make it a day journey and go to the three sights. Keep in mind you’ll want to purchase a separate ticket for every of them. - Cabo da Roca to Azenhas do Mar
In case you simply wish to benefit from the tranquility of nature and views of the ocean, this 11-kilometer coastal hike is for you, lasting about 5 hours! The path begins on the well-known Cabo da Roca lighthouse and viewpoint and passes by 4 beautiful seashores: Praia da Aroeira, Praia da Ursa, Praia da Adraga, and Praia Grande, to complete within the picturesque village of Azenhas do Mar, the place you’ll be able to catch a taxi again to Sintra city.
9. The place to remain in Sintra
If you wish to expertise the mystic and distinctive vibe of Sintra and have extra time to discover its different sights and pure environment, why not spend the night time in Sintra?
Listed below are 3 choices for various budgets, examine them out:
- Luxurious (€250 and up): Sintra Marmoris Palace – This elegant property, a former Nineteenth-century manor home, is cut up throughout 2 enormous buildings and positioned in Sintra metropolis heart. Right here you’ll get a welcome drink, stare upon views of the Moorish Fortress and have entry to a swimming pool!
- Mid-range(€150 – €250): Storytellers Villas – These villas have a tremendous location in Sintra, inside strolling distance of the Quinta da Regaleira, the Sintra Nationwide Palace, and the Moors Fortress! Right here you’ll have entry to a panoramic terrace, a breakfast buffet each morning, and free wifi.
- Finances (as much as €100): Villa das Rosas – If you wish to keep on a price range, take a look at these cozy villas set in Nineteenth-century buildings, excellent for households! They’re nestled in landscaped gardens with native vegetation and have entry to an outside pool.
FAQs about Quinta da Regaleira tickets
💲How a lot is to go to Quinta da Regaleira?
In case you purchase the conventional ticket on the official web site, it’ll value you €10 (+ 3€ if you would like an audio information), whereas in the event you be a part of a guided tour it’s 18€. However, the best choice is to e book a guided tour from Lisbon like this one, costing €55.
🕖 How a lot time do you want at Quinta da Regaleira?
It’s best to spend a minimum of 2 to three hours at Quinta da Regaleira if you wish to see all the pieces. The palace complicated is so huge that you possibly can really spend an entire day visiting its Initiation Nicely, grounds, park, and palace.
📍Is there parking at Quinta da Regaleira?
There’s no parking at Quinta da Regaleira. In case you’re fortunate you’ll find a spot near the doorway, however it’s higher to go away it on the free automobile parking on the entrance to the city or to the Quinta dos Lobos, a 10-minute stroll from the Palace.
✅ Is Sintra a day journey from Lisbon?
Conclusion
You lastly reached the top of my intensive information on Quinta da Regaleira tickets!
We went by all of the completely different ticket choices and attainable excursions, however I nonetheless counsel you go to it as a day tour from Lisbon, so that you received’t have to fret about transportation or dropping time staying in line. By the way in which, there are a lot of different cool day journeys from the Portuguese capital you’ll be able to be a part of, examine them out!
I additionally gave you some helpful tips about the best way to get there, opening hours, amenities, locations to remain in Sintra, and delightful hikes within the environment… so you will have all the pieces at your fingertips!
But when I forgot to say some vital data, please let me know within the feedback beneath, and I’ll reply you immediately!
Have a magical go to!
Yulia
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