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Douro vs Sintra/Lisbon

We are traveling to Portugal with friends for a week in June, 2024, and need your advise as far as time allocation between destinations.

Right now, we got Porto-2days/Douro-2days/Sintra-3day. We plan to day-trip to Lisbon from Sintra to see Jeronimos. We love wine tasting, so we gave Porto/Douro 4 days total. We will have a car in Douro and we don't like big crowded cities. We plan to come back to see more of Lisbon, so Lisbon is not a priority at this time.

Would love to hear from someone who has done this before, please chime in!!!

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I would not take a day trip into Lisbon just for Jeronimos Monastery. It is beautiful, but it is a very quick visit, best combined with the other sights of Belém and best reached from Lisbon.
As an alternative, consider a half-day trip to Mafra - there are direct buses from Sintra, and Uber/taxi isn't crazy either.