Citorah PickPark
Pena Park
Research-ledBuilt from current sources, not a visit. Checked .
Citorah says
Walk the Pena Park loop counter-clockwise: start at Cruz Alta (the highest point in the park, 528m, the view nobody photographs because the tour groups don't make it up there), down past the Chalet of the Countess of Edla, then arrive at the palace itself just as the 10am tour buses are still queuing to enter.
From Best Day Trips from Lisbon 2026: Eight That Are Worth the Train, under “Sintra”.
Good to know
- Price
- €20 for the combined park-and-palace
- Booking
- Book your timed-entry palace ticket the night before on parquesdesintra.pt
- Directions
- Google Maps Apple MapsLocation from © OpenStreetMap contributors
As the guide had it on 28 Jun 2026. Check prices and hours with the place itself before you go.
Where it is
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Pena Palace
Citorah says Pick two palaces, not all of them — Pena plus Regaleira is the strongest pair.
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Moorish Castle
Citorah says A hill town of palaces and gardens — Pena Palace, the Moorish Castle, Quinta da Regaleira.
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Quinta da Regaleira
Citorah says From Pena, walk down to Quinta da Regaleira (€15 entry, the initiation well is the only piece of Sintra that nobody manages to make look ordinary in a photograph) or take the 434 to the Moorish Castle ramparts.
Citorah PickRestaurant
Tascantiga
Citorah says Tascantiga on Escadinhas da Fonte da Pipa (twelve minutes uphill from the station) does proper petiscos — octopus salad €12, presunto plate €14, around €20 a head with wine — on a terrace over the old town.
The guide it’s in
Lisbon · Itineraries
Best Day Trips from Lisbon 2026: Eight That Are Worth the Train
Eight day trips from Lisbon in 2026 — Sintra, Cascais, Setúbal, Évora, Óbidos, Ericeira, Arrábida — plus the two everyone takes and shouldn't. Trains, fares, lunch.
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