Byron Queens Mist and Mysteries Self Guided Tour of Sintra

Duration2h - 4h

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LanguagesGerman, Russian, Portuguese, English, Italian, Polish, French, Dutch, Spanish

Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

A Brazilian millionaire once had a single key that opened three locks: his front door in Sintra, his palace in Lisbon, and his tomb. He is one of five outsiders drawn to this mist-wrapped mountain forty minutes from Lisbon, and somehow none of them ever really left. An English poet. A German prince. An Italian opera designer. A Dutch consul. This self-guided audio tour walks you through their stories in the Tourific app, no live guide required.

Over two to three hours, you will pass a palace ceiling of 136 painted magpies, a bakery nicknamed by a king, a Moorish fountain that isn't Moorish, and an inverted tower spiralling nine storeys into the earth. You will hear which Sintra legends are true and which ones locals quietly debunk.

Start whenever you like, pause for a travesseiro, resume when ready. The Sintra walking tour works offline once downloaded. Over 20,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours, and this one comes with a full refund guarantee.

What's included

100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation

Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location

What to expect

Sintra Railway Station
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Step off where a forty-minute train ride once transformed a royal retreat into everyone's afternoon.
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Look up at a ceiling where a Roman god shares space with the logo of a cheese tart.
Camara Municipal de Sintra
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Spot the tiled spire that was built to pick a fight with the palace chimneys across town
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Notice a shop that packed up its entire recipe when the train station stole its customers.
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Feel the temperature drop five degrees as you step into a park planted to cure a civic embarrassment.
Fonte Mourisca
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Stand before a Moorish fountain that has no actual Moors in its story.
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Taste the pastry a king called a pillow, named for a baker he called a parakeet.
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Pause in the square where Portugal's last queen once tried to shield her sons with flowers.
Sintra National Palace
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Decode a ceiling of 136 magpies holding roses that nobody can actually explain.
Igreja de Sao Martinho
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Enter the church a king ordered rebuilt because he was tired of passing its ruins on his commute.
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Consider the hotel where Byron may or may not have slept, and why the uncertainty only makes it famous.
Fonte dos Pisoes
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Search the tiles for cherubs drinking water beside a Latin word meaning hail.
Quinta da Regaleira
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Cross the gate into the estate of a millionaire whose single key opened his home, his palace, and his tomb.
Capela Da Quinta Da Regaleira
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Look down at a chapel floor where a Templar cross sits among pentagrams and sunwheels.
Initiation Well
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Descend nine flights into an inverted tower that may or may not have hosted blindfolded initiates.
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Walk through a triumphal arch praising a king who would flee his country within five years.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

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Additional information

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

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