I saw a previous post on a day trip to Sintra but wanted to know if spending just a day there from Lisbon is it worth getting a tour guide of the area where they include the Outside area of the gardens only of the Peña Palace (read elsewhere not really worth going inside).
Or Is this area are you able to navigate yourself and not hire a guide? Enough to spend a day here?
Thanks!
We spent a day there and did not use a guide. We had read about what we would see and had a good guidebook with us.
Thanks. Appreciate it
We had a guide with car that did not include the Peña Palace because she said that was easily done on our own. There’s more to Sintra than the Peña Palace area.
My wife and I are going to Lisbon in Oct. We will be there for 5 days and will travel to Sintra daily for 2 days, without a guide. There are 5 or 6 main attractions and we plan to visit 2 per day: Pena Palace, Moorish Castle, Regaleira Palace, Monserrate Palace. You should have zero probelm finding enough to do for one day, assuming that you like gardens and medieval palaces as well as hikes in the nature.
Based on what I have found in my research, the main reason to get a guide is to avoid the hassle of transportation -- they will pick you up from your lodging in Lisbon and take you to each places, vs yourself taking a metro or bus to the train station, then take the train to Sintra, then take another bus to Pena Palace.
I plan to visit Sintra in late October and have questions regarding which ticket to purchase. I want to visit Quinta da Regaleira and know that I need a ticket and choose a specific time. But what about other sites? I want to walk the grounds of Pena Palace and the Moorish Castle, but I do not plan to go inside. I have read that I do not need a ticket for Pena Palace if I am only walking the outside walls. I do not see a "park only" ticket on the official website. Any help clarifying this would be greatly appreciated. Cheers!
