Top Sintra Shore Excursions - page 5

Our drivers – guides/interpreters – are competent professionals who guarantee the quality of our services. We provide ‘Transfers Services’ with comfort, security and free wi-fi from and to the airport, hotel or other destiny, with an experient driver in car or van depending on the number of passengers or extra needs. Our cars are Mercedes with capacity for 8 passengers, with air conditioning and internet. We always look forward to Lisbon airport arrivals with a board or tablet to improve reception and reception in our country. Transfers are carried out by drivers who speak Portuguese, English, Spanish and French. Any time starts at your hotel, accommodation, airport, station or seaport in Lisbon District

If you like History? If yes this is the tour! The 4 most stunning Palaces in Lisbon and surroundings! We present these wonderful monuments full of stories, myths and legends. Where you can spend an amazing day! We start this tour by passing non-stop by the Palaces of Lisbon Palace of Belem, official presidential residence and Palace of Ajuda, we continue to Palace of Queluz, one of the most beautiful monuments in Portugal and one of the last great Rococo palaces in Europe, we continue to Sintra, Palace National da Pena also known as Pena Palace and Pena Castle, one of the main expressions of 19th century architectural Romanticism, in Sintra we also pass by the Sintra National Palace and end your tour in Mafra, National Palace and Convent of Mafra.

This tour takes you away from the busy areas of Lisbon and Sintra, still so close and you feel like you are in the middle of a totally different area of Portugal! It will show you a lost Portugal, areas that today are coming back to life because of Tourism but still maintaining their own identity! You will see how the local people used to live and in some cases, still do live and you will learn about our culture and ways of life!! It is amazing how so close to big busy centers we have communities like these and it is a communion between the old and the very old since we can visit one or two monuments which are from our Neolithic period, almost 5000 years ago!!

Alentejo is an area of Portugal where time stops or at least slows down a lot... the perfect place for a stroll and to travel in time, allowing yourselves to be taken to far way times of knights and damsels in distress... but also to enjoy Portugal wonders and many beautiful monuments and again, a lot of the tour is your guide - we aim to provide you with insightful tips, facts and legends known to just a few! Évora is a places old with so more than meet the eye... Like the dragons we will show you or the University Cistern. Places not so often explored by others and which are of extreme beauty and importance! We will show you an Évora known by locals rather then foreigners Look forward to seeing you soon!

We start our Fado Tour for a stroll in Lisbon in the evening, visiting the most emblematic monuments of our city, the Torre de Belém, the Gardens of the Monastery of the Jeronimos, the Terreiro do Paço, with a visit to various points of view where you can enjoy the city and the river Tagus. Then we will dine at the typical Alfama restaurant with a professional Fado show. Fado is the result of a historical and cultural fusion that occurred in Lisbon in the second half of the nineteenth century is a song that does not need a language because the sensation is the voice of those who sing along with the Portuguese Guitar. The Fado was elevated to the category of Cultural and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. It is typically Portuguese and sung all over the world, but only feels in Portuguese.

This is a full day experience in Obidos, Fatima and Nazaré. We pick you up at your hotel and we finish the tour back in your hotel again or other place near by. We are local guides and we will drive to the best spots and views around the cities. This is a PRIVATE TOUR and we can accomodate from 2 to 6 people in the same car. If you are a bigger group, we can accomodate till 10 persons with Téo 4x4. The only thing you need to do is to book the same tour twice for the same day.

This Marian pilgrimage center evokes the apparitions of Our Lady to the three shepherd children, Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta, which occurred in 1917 and were recognized in 1930. The Menu publisher was a rural property called Cova da Iria, belonging to Lucia's parents, who donated it to the sanctuary. Five of the six apparitions took place here. The Sanctuary includes the Chapel of the Apparitions, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Prayer Area, and the Basilica of the Holy Trinity. Aljustrel, 4 km from the Sanctuary of Fatima, is where the three visionaries of Fatima were born. In this village, we can see firsthand the essence of simplicity that guided the lives of Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta.

The Sanctuary includes the Chapel of the Apparitions, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Prayer Area, and the Basilica of the Holy Trinity. Take a photo atop the Nazaré cliffs with stunning views over the Atlantic Ocean and learn about the famous legend of D. Fuas Roupinho. The village retains a strong and long tradition of fishing activity since its origin. It has a huge variety of fish and seafood restaurants. Relax at lunch (free time) with a wide variety of regional restaurants. Enjoy the sea breeze as you drive along the Atlantic coast on your way to your next stop in Óbidos. Fall in love with this romantic medieval village founded over 2,000 years ago. Its winding streets and medieval structures, castle walls and craft shops make this stop a highlight of the trip for many people.