Magical Sintra Village Tour

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Sintra, Portugal

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5+ bookings last month.

2 hours 10 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

What's Included

Expert and passionate English guide.

Private transportation
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Câmara Municipal de Sintra (sede)
Largo Dr. Virgílio Horta, 2714-501 Sintra, Portugal
You can find the guide with the blue umbrella with the words "Free Tour" on it in the meeting point area. There's a small square in front of the Town Hall and we'll be there.

End point

Valverde Sintra Palácio de Seteais
R. Barbosa du Bocage 8, 2710-517 Sintra, Portugal
We finish in front of the gardens of the Seteais Palace. On a sunny day, we can see the Pena Palace in the background, at the top of the mountain.

Operating hours
.11:00 am

Itinerary

Camara Municipal de Sintra

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Liberdade Park

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Fonte Mourisca

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Igreja de Sao Martinho

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Sintra National Palace

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Casa Piriquita

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Lawrence Hotel

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Palácio e Parque Biester

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Fonte dos Pisoes

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Quinta da Regaleira

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Valverde Sintra Palácio de Seteais

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.9

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Sintra was so beautiful!...

Jacquelyn_G, Oct 2025

Sintra was so beautiful! Very clean and quaint. Our tour guide, Nir, pointed out interesting things that we would have walked right past. So much history and beauty at Sintra!

Excellent value

Carol_B, Oct 2025

Excellent 2 hour walking tour of Sintra for only 3 Euro! Very knowledgeable tour guide, giving just the right amount of historical information for many sights in Sintra.

Last minute cancellation

Diana_B, Aug 2025

The tour was canceled 30 min before the beginning of the tour by notifying with a message per WhatsApp, which I received one hour later. We were traveling to the meeting point at that time anyway . If you cancel a trip short term, at least it warrants the call to confirm people received the message.

Walking, Talking Honeycomb

Herb_G, Apr 2025

Claudia is a great tour guide. She has lots of information and delivers it in an interesting and amusing way, with a bit of drama thrown in. She is experienced and took good care of our relatively large crowd for 2 and one-half hours that went by quickly. Highly recommended.

Great tour, highly recommend.

Agnes_R, Mar 2025

Silverster was very knowledgeable, entertaining and personable. Covered a lot of ground in Sintra's history.

We enjoyed it! Great...

May_O, Feb 2025

We enjoyed it! Great tour, very informative and gives you a good overview of Sintra. But please do this ONLY if you’re fit-we had one lady in the group that had mobility issues and a bad back!!! please if you have mobility issues book a private tour. It took so much away from the experience of the rest of the group as we had to slow down/tweak the tour to accommodate that.

Disappointing short tour

Isabel_L, Feb 2025

The tour did say it would last for 2.5 hrs. Maybe it was there were only 4 people joining the tour, our guide cut the tour in less than a hour. He just gave us 5 mins to buy the pastries and go to the bathroom. How short the time was! To be fair, our guide was knowledgeable. Just the real experience time was far behind 2.5 hrs of the official tour time.for the real tour. I even didn’t know where is the Pene Sintra Palace was. Disappointing. I did have very good experience with free tour in other countries. The guides were knowledgeable and you could feel their passion. So at the end you were very willing pay them the gratitude that were more than I wanted to pay initially.

Great Tour - Great Guide

Harreld_W, Feb 2025

We had an outstanding tour of Sintra with our guide, Cata! She was not just knowledgeable but also deeply passionate about the history and charm of Sintra. She didn’t just recite facts, she brought the city to life with fascinating, lesser-known stories and hidden gems that made the experience even more enriching. Catalina made us feel like we were exploring the city with a friend, and by the end of the tour, we found ourselves in love with Sintra and eager to continue exploring on our own. If you’re visiting Sintra and want a guide who will immerse you in its magic, history, and beauty, Catalina is the one to book! Highly recommended.

Lovely Sintra

barbh20, Oct 2024

Joao vast knowledge of Portuguese history and how it related to Sintra was impressive. We enjoyed our small group tour immensely.

Great guide, great tour.

Julie_S, Sep 2024

The tour operator was extremely knowledgeable, very enthusiastic and passionate about Sintra. Great sense of humour. Thanks, Fernando

Great way to explore Sintra

Lorraine_L, Jul 2024

Claudia was an excellent guide and her knowledge and passion made for an amazing and enjoyable tour. Highly recommend this tour as a wonderful way to explore Sintra.