4Day SmallGroup Portugal Tour Lisbon Sintra Cascais and the Estoril Coast

4Day SmallGroup Portugal Tour Lisbon Sintra Cascais and the Estoril Coast

Make the most of your time in Portugal with this 3-night/4-day tour of Lisbon and its surrounding region. Spend all three nights in a Lisbon hotel, and enjoy tours in and around the city with an expert guide, in addition to having plenty of free time to explore on your own. Discover top Lisbon attractions including the Alfama, Chiado and Bairro Alto districts, and see famous sights such as São Jorge Castle and Our Lady of the Hills. Outside of Lisbon, visit Sintra, Cascais and the Estoril Coast on a full-day trip. All tours are small-group, ensuring a personalized and valuable experience.

Itinerary

Day 1: Full Day Sintra Cascais & Estoril

Stop At: Park and National Palace of Pena, Estrada da Pena, Sintra 2710-609 Portugal
Start your tour with the journey to Sintra. Visit Pena Park, where you will be amazed by the variety of trails, trees and other plants. Next, feel like Portuguese royalty as you enter the romantic Pena National Palace at the top of Sintra Mountain. See the Great Triton, the guardian of the palace, inspired by Manueline art. Inside the palace, admire the attention to detail in the bedrooms of the king and queen and the Arab Room.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Centro Historico de Sintra, Sintra 2710-616 Portugal
Leave the palace and follow your guide to the historical center of Sintra, where you’ll have free time to explore the town, to visit Sintra National Palace (where the Portuguese royalty of the 15th and 16th centuries used to spend the summer months) or have some lunch (own expense). For dessert, try a travesseiro or a queijada, two delicious local pastries.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Estrada Cabo da Roca, Colares 2705-001 Portugal
Next, admire the landscape of Sintra Natural Park on the way to the next stop. Enjoy a photo opportunity at the cliffs of Roca Cape (Cabo da Roca), the westernmost point of Europe.
Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Guincho Beach, Parque Natural Sintra-Cascais, Cascais Portugal
Pass by the surfer's paradise of Guincho Beach.

Pass By: Boca do Inferno, Northern section of Cascais, Cascais 2750-642 Portugal
Pass the cliff at Hell’s Mouth (Boca do Inferno), before stopping to stretch your legs along Cascais’ bay.

Stop At: Centro Historico de Cascais, Cascais Portugal
Wander around the center of Cascais, a former fishing village and today a popular holiday spot. Follow your guide through narrow alleyways and see the traditional Portuguese white houses or enjoy some time relaxing at the beach.
Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Casino Estoril, Praca Jose Teodoro dos Santos, Estoril, Cascais 2765-237 Portugal
On the drive back to Lisbon where your tour concludes, soak up the scenic views along the Atlantic coast and in the town of Estoril.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Experience Lisbon Walking tour

Stop At: Praca Martim Moniz, Rua de Senhora da Saude, Lisbon 1100-586 Portugal
The tour starts in this square in front of Hotel Mundial's main entrance
Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Monumento Mouraria Berco do Fado, Rua Capelao gather to nº1, at confluence with da Mouraria street, Lisbon 1100-341 Portugal
Go into Mouraria's alleys, and have the first tasting of this tour with pastry and coffee
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Chiado, Lisbon Portugal
One of the most emblematic quarters of Lisbon. From there we will have an amzing view from the city and enjoy a refreshing beer
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Rua Cor de Rosa, Rua Nova do Carvalho, Lisbon 1200-161 Portugal
A pedestrian street better known as “Pink Street,” after an urban renewal project in 2013, when the pavement between the terraces, bars and clubs was painted pink. It has become one of Lisbon’s most popular destinations at night
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Pontal de Cacilhas, Largo Alfredo Diniz (Alex) 7, Almada 2800-252 Portugal
This waterfront district on the southern bank of the Tagus offers one of the most beautiful views of Lisbon. That journey is made on a "cacilheiro," a single-hull ferry that does the public transportation service between the two sides of the river.
Here we will have our lunch tasting Seafood rice with a glass of green wine.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Relogio do Cais do Sodre, Cais do Sodre 46, Lisbon 1200-450 Portugal
The "Wharf of Sodré" is a terminal of the ferries that link Lisbon to Cacilhas and Almada across the river, and is also a train and subway station as well as a major bus stop.
Here where we'll finish the tour.
Duration: 10 minutes

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.