Sintra-Cascais Complete Tour: Explore 2 Palaces and More in a Day
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Lisboa
Embark on the Sintra-Cascais Complete Tour, voted the Best of the Best by TripAdvisor! Explore 2 palaces, avoid queues, and immerse yourself in Portuguese music, history, and culture. Join us for a day full of surprises and lifelong memories!
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Park and National Palace of Pena - We visited the Interior of the Palace with explanations about its construction, its interior and exterior, as well as its historical-cultural context!
- Centro Historico de Sintra - We drove through the city center.
- Quinta da Regaleira - House of a Lord who belonged to Freemasonry. He created a house with an enchanted garden that is a Masonic metaphor with caves, initiatory wells, mazes, Masonic temples and caves! A unique experience!
- Praia das Macas - Lunch at a local restaurant.
- Praia das Azenhas do Mar - Visit from the viewpoint overlooking the Azenhas do Mar cliff
- Guincho Beach - Passage along the Portuguese coast to admire several beaches such as Praia do Guincho, Praia De Carcavelos, Oeiras, Parede, Caxias and Santo Amaro.
- Cabo da Roca - Visit to the westernmost point of the European Continent
- Boca do Inferno - Visit of this rock that has an opening through which the sea violently enters
- Cascais Marina - Passage in the Bay of Cascais, the fortress and admire its hills with authentic palaces!
- Casino Estoril - Discover the city of Estoril with the biggest Casino in all of Europe. its imposing mansions and beaches. Always travel along the coastal area to Lisbon where our tour will end.
- Praia de Carcavelos - Driving the coast line passing by several iconic beaches where you can see many surfers enjoying the waves!
What's Included
- Experienced local guide
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Tickets for the Palaces to visit
Additional Information
- Named as the #1 Tour in the Travelers Choice Awards Best of the Best for 2022 by TripAdvisor!
- This comprehensive 10-hour long excursion is the only tour that includes visits to two palaces in Sintra and all significant locations in between Sintra and Cascais in a single day!
- You can skip the long 2-hour queues at the Palacio da Pena with us!
- A deep-dive into the culture, history, architecture, and music of Portugal.
- Enjoy the company of a guide inside the monuments and all the points of interest throughout the day for a guided tour!
- We provide professionally clicked pictures to all our tourists!
- As a token of gratitude, we provide a small gift at the end of the tour!
- Our transport includes two luxurious Mercedes cars.
- We’ll handle the ticket purchases for both the palaces, so you can relax and enjoy!
- Brace yourself for an exciting day filled with surprises and fun!
- We aspire to be not just your guide, but a lifelong friend! :)
- Attention: the pick up will always be at the hard Rock Café at 7:15 am.
- Attention: We have a limited number of tickets for 9.30 slots! The places for 9.30 slot will be filled according to the booking order! But even without the tickets for 9.30 the tour will be done anyway and we’ll visit the Pena Palace in another slot.
- Attention: If you have any problems walking or you walk slowly, we don’t advise you this tour!
Location
Hard Rock Cafe Lisboa
Avenida da Liberdade
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Patrick_k
Apr 4, 2024
An unforgettable experience - Although it was foggy and rainy throughout our visit - we had a blast. We learned a ton about all of the locations and our tour guide (Lukas) was the most informative, funny, and Jack-of-all-trades-ish (photography, knowledge, etc…) that we’ve ever traveled with. Peña palace, the famous well, and the beach/shoreline landmarks were all amazing!
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Lily
Apr 3, 2024
Excellent tour, would recommend - Excellent tour with Gui. Very knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide who made sure we were looked after. Would highly recommend
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P3077lqandrewg
Apr 2, 2024
Nice way to experience Portugal outside Lisbon - Wonderful, informative tour with great coastal and mountain scenery, the soggy weather notwithstanding. We had an amazing guide (Lukas) who shared interesting tidbits of Portuguese history and culture—including singing along to fado music—making it a memorable trip.
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Mamafiero
Apr 1, 2024
Wonderful exploration of palaces and beaches near Lisbon! - Our tour of Sintra and Cascais with Lukas was absolutely wonderful. The Pena palace was lovely and we left with great memories and family photos. Enjoyed our next palace, but the line was too long to see the initiation well. Lunch was tasty. Cascais and the mouth of hell rock formation was a great taste of the beach area outside of Lisbon. Would highly recommend this tour and our guide Lukas!
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Diane_f
Apr 1, 2024
Wonderful time exploring palaces and the beach! - Our tour of Sintra and Cascais with Lukas was absolutely wonderful. The Pena palace was lovely and we left with great memories and family photos. Enjoyed our next palace, but the line was too long to see the initiation well. Lunch was tasty. Cascais and the mouth of hell rock formation was a great taste of the beach area outside of Lisbon. Would highly recommend this tour and our guide Lukas!
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B5310ontomw
Mar 31, 2024
Excellent tour highly recommended! - Gui was an awesome tour host and made the experience far exceed our expectations. Both palaces are breathtaking, yet there is so much more to see and enjoy on this terrific tour. Book it, you won't be disappointed!
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N267fcmariap
Mar 31, 2024
Great! - I highly recommend Happy Tours! Lucas, was simply outstanding. His expertise about the various destinations we explored was impressive, and his storytelling skills added an extra layer of enjoyment to the experience. Lucas's vibrant personality made the tours lively and engaging. The lunch venue we visited was also delightful. Additionally, Lucas doubled as our personal photographer, capturing memorable moments with ease. I cannot recommend Happy Tours enough!
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Stevee194
Mar 31, 2024
Great way to see Sintra and other coastal towns - Great way to see Sintra and other coastal towns. Our guide Lukas did a good job of explaining what we were seeing. Unfortunately, it was rain off and on so we couldn’t enjoy everything to the fullest.
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Matteorz6875mp
Mar 29, 2024
Great tour in fantastic places - Amazing tour and amazing guide! Lukas has been extremely nice, friendly and supportive with a lot of information in all the places visited! The combination of palaces + waves of the ocean are a must see when you are here! Strongly recommended!
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Dr_n
Mar 31, 2024
On auto pilot - Not organized terribly well. The tour guide was hard to understand, even though he was well intentioned. I would explore other options next time.
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