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Circular route in the hills of Sintra through the luxurious vegetation, coming from all over the world, planted from the nineteenth century onwards. Highlight the green Park and Pena National Palace, epitome of Romanticism in Portugal, the Moorish castle, with its interpretation center, the fountain of Sabuga and the view over the hill and valley with pine, oak, chestnut, plane, cypress, Australian cheesewood (exotic and invasive plant in Sintra) and palm trees, and the view over the valley, above the convent of Trindade, with araucarias, thujas, palm trees, Japanese cedars, walnuts and loquats.

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  • Circular route in the hills of Sintra through the luxurious vegetation, coming from all over the world, planted from the nineteenth century onwards. Highlight the green Park and Pena National Palace, epitome of Romanticism in Portugal, the Moorish castle, with its interpretation center, the fountain of Sabuga and the view over the hill and valley with pine, oak, chestnut, plane, cypress, Australian cheesewood (exotic and invasive plant in Sintra) and palm trees, and the view over the valley, above the convent of Trindade, with araucarias, thujas, palm trees, Japanese cedars, walnuts and loquats.

  • Lisbon and Tagus Valley

  • Sintra

  • Sintra-Cascais Nature Park

  • Moorish Castle (Castelo dos Mouros)

    Park and National Palace of Pena

    National Palace of Sintra

  • PTCON0008 Sintra / Cascais

  • Cultural Landscape - UNESCO World Heritage site

  • Câmara Municipal de Sintra (Sintra' Municipality)

  • Access to Sintra, from:

    - Lisbon - IC19 or N9 (the A5 / Cascais); or

    - Mafra - IC30.

    Train (CP) - Sintra line. There are buses that pass in the Sintra railway station and the historic center. From the train station to the historic center is 10-15 min walk.

  • Yes

  • Historic center of Sintra, near Sintra's National Palace.
  • Historic center of Sintra, near Sintra's National Palace.

  • 4.5 kilometers.

  • All year long

  • 2:30h

  • 221 meters.

  • Hard

  • Ring road

  • Todos os grupos

  • Informative signs, panels at the beginning, in 'Parque da Pena' (Pena's Park) and 'Castelo dos Mouros' (Moorish Castle).

Points of Interest

Visit the tourist office, near the beginning of the route

Access

Access to Sintra, from:

- Lisbon - IC19 or N9 (the A5 / Cascais); or

- Mafra - IC30.

Train (CP) - Sintra line. There are buses that pass in the Sintra railway station and the historic center. From the train station to the historic center is 10-15 min walk.

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