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Cascais Fishing village, you will have free time to stroll and visit the village center.
We continue to Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of Continental Europe, located on a cliff over 140 meters high with unforgettable views to remember later.
We continue our tour to the romantic village of Sintra endowed with a unique Romanticism.The village of Sintra enchants us with its Palaces, landscapes and a unique beauty.With a vast historical past and a mystical microclimate.Sintra is also evident for gastronomy and rich sweets, such as cheeses and pillows that will make your day a magnificent experience. As the highest point of our day we will visit the Pena Palace, you will have the opportunity to visit the interior of a Palace built in the 19th century, a maximum exponent of Romanticism in Portugal, with architectural references of Manueline and Mourisca influences. It has been classified as a World Heritage Site since 1995.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Lisbon, Portugal
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Cascais Fishing village, you will have free time to stroll and visit the village center.
We continue to Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of Continental Europe, located on a cliff over 140 meters high with unforgettable views to remember later.
We continue our tour to the romantic village of Sintra endowed with a unique Romanticism.The village of Sintra enchants us with its Palaces, landscapes and a unique beauty.With a vast historical past and a mystical microclimate.Sintra is also evident for gastronomy and rich sweets, such as cheeses and pillows that will make your day a magnificent experience. As the highest point of our day we will visit the Pena Palace, you will have the opportunity to visit the interior of a Palace built in the 19th century, a maximum exponent of Romanticism in Portugal, with architectural references of Manueline and Mourisca influences. It has been classified as a World Heritage Site since 1995.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Sintra, Sintra, Sintra Municipality, Lisbon District, Central Portugal
Our tour begins in the city of Cascais, then we will go to Cabo da Roca, stop for lunch in a typical Portuguese restaurant. We will continue to the romantic village of Sintra and then we will visit the Pena Palace.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Park and National Palace of Pena, Estrada da Pena, Sintra 2710-609 Portugal
We continue our tour to the PALÁCIO DA PENA. The fantastic Pena Palace is one of the greatest examples of the romantic revival of the century. XIX in Portugal. Located in Monte da Pena, the Palace was built on the site of an old convent of friars of the Order of São Jerónimo. It was the result of the imagination of D. Fernando de Saxe Coburgo-Gotha, who married Queen Maria II in 1836. In love with Sintra, he decided to acquire the convent and the surrounding lands to build the summer palace of the royal family. The consort king adopted Portuguese architectural and decorative forms for the palace, in the revivalist style (neo-gothic, neo-manueline, neo-islamic, neo-renaissance) and in the surroundings he decided to make a magnificent English-style park, with the most varied tree species exotic.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Estrada Cabo da Roca, Colares 2705-001 Portugal
Cabo da Roca is the most westerly point on the European continent or, as Luís Vaz de Camões wrote, the place “Where the Earth ends and the sea begins” (Os Lusíadas, Canto VIII). A stone pattern with a headstone marks this geographical feature to all who visit this place. Cabo da Roca is also called “Focinho da Roca” by people linked to things of the sea, and more poetically by “Promontório da Lua”, It is integrated in the Sintra Cascais Natural Park, which encompasses a vast area of natural interest and beauty landscape. From Cabo da Roca it is possible to follow several eco-trails. In Cabo da Roca, the visitor is faced with a spectacular landscape, an imposing lighthouse. It is also in this place that one of the rarest plant species is found, the “armeria pseudoarmeria”.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Boca do Inferno, Northern section of Cascais, Cascais 2750-642 Portugal
The incredible Boca do Inferno, Cascais. The fascinating Boca do Inferno is a unique formation in the rocks by the ocean and is one of the most famous visit points in Cascais. It is believed that in the past this place was a cave that with time and the strength of the sea ended up giving way and gave rise to the scenario as it is known today. Currently, Boca do Inferno is an open pit, with a kind of arch through which sea water enters. On more agitated days you can hear the sound of the water hitting the rocks, a noise so unique that it makes an analogy to the name of the place.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Cascais, Cascais, Lisbon District, Central Portugal
Upon arriving in Cascais, a fishing village that over the centuries managed to maintain its originality. Having a bay as a gateway to the Atlantic Ocean is one of the most charming Portuguese towns. Cascais combines the blue of the Atlantic Ocean with the green of the Sintra mountains, a unique landscape.
Duration: 45 minutes
