Sintra Trip Overview
Discover 2 fascinating regions in Portugal with our 2-day program.
All tours start in Lisbon at 09:00 and end in the same place, that is your accommodation in Lisbon.
This opportunity will give them a day to appreciate Fátima one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage sanctuaries in Europe, feel the peaceful atmosphere of the Sanctuary, we continue to Batalha, Nazaré and Óbidos.
Continue to discover Portugal the next day enjoying the wonders of the city of Lisbon, one of the oldest capitals in the world, and the oldest in Western Europe.
Travel in our vehicles with air conditioning, wi-fi and mineral water.
In order to better serve our customers, and make our private tours more pleasant and personalized, we flex the time in each location as you wish, according to a schedule of the day with our driver.
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* Duration: 2 days
* Starts: Sintra, Portugal
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Sintra, Central Portugal, Portugal
Discover 2 fascinating regions in Portugal with our 2-day program.
All tours start in Lisbon at 09:00 and end in the same place, that is your accommodation in Lisbon.
This opportunity will give them a day to appreciate Fátima one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage sanctuaries in Europe, feel the peaceful atmosphere of the Sanctuary, we continue to Batalha, Nazaré and Óbidos.
Continue to discover Portugal the next day enjoying the wonders of the city of Lisbon, one of the oldest capitals in the world, and the oldest in Western Europe.
Travel in our vehicles with air conditioning, wi-fi and mineral water.
In order to better serve our customers, and make our private tours more pleasant and personalized, we flex the time in each location as you wish, according to a schedule of the day with our driver.
Itinerary
Day 1: Fátima, Batalha, Nazaré & Óbidos
Stop At: Valinhos Sanctuary, Via Sacra, Fatima 2495-301 Portugal
Nowadays, the Valinhos are visited by thousands of Portuguese and foreign pilgrims who take the route of the Via-Sacra to the Hungarian Calvary, visit the Chapel of St. Stephen of Hungary and then visit the House of Lucy and the House of Francis and Jacinta Marto in the village of Aljustrel.
In Valinhos, the sculptures of the Angel of Portugal and the various stations of the Via-Sacra are all written by Maria Amélia Carvalheira da Silva.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Basilica da Santissima Trindade, Cova da Iria – Santuario de Nossa Senhora de Fatima, Fatima 2496 Portugal
Basílica da Santíssima Trindade
Monuments
The Church of the Most Holy Trinity is situated within the enclosure of the Sanctuary of Fátima, on the opposite side of the Basilica. It was inaugurated in 2007 but had been planned since 1973. In fact since then there had been the need to build a new church because the Basilica wasn’t large enough to accommodate the great number of pilgrims who wanted to attend services within the Sanctuary, on days of average turnout.
The Church is a modern, round, white building, the color of the stone that covers it, a local stone known as “white of the sea”. This huge building is 125 m in diameter, with no intermediate support; it has a volume of 130,000 m3 and 8,633 seats and it can be divided into two areas by a moving partition. There are 76 seats for disabled people.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Capela Das Aparicoes, Cova da Iria Santuário de Fátima, Fatima 2495-580 Portugal
Capela das Aparições – Fátima
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Capela das Aparições – Fátima
Monuments
The Chapel, in the heart of the current Fátima Sanctuary, was built by local people in 1919 in response to the request made by Our Lady during one of the apparitions.
The first mass to be held there was in 1921.
Although subject to certain changes, due to preservation and maintenance requirements over recent years, the modestly sized chapel retains its rough design similar to a simple hermitage.
The image of Our Lady marks the spot of the holm-oak tree, the site of the apparitions. The actual tree itself disappeared piecemeal as more fervent believers made off with it twig by twig. It was here that the shepherds came to say the rosary accompanied by other believers.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Basilica de Nossa Senhora do Rosario de Fatima, Rua de Rainha Santa Isabel 26, Fatima 2495-424 Portugal
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary (commonly called the Basilica of the Rosary) is a basilica that integrates the Sanctuary of Fatima, located in the place of the Cova da Iria, in Fatima, in the municipality of Ourém, Portugal.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Batalha Monastery, Largo Infante Dom Henrique 2440, Batalha 2440-484 Portugal
Monuments
Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória (or Monastery of Batalha)
One of the most fascinating places in the Iberian Peninsula.
A decisive event for the consolidation of the Portuguese nation took place on August 14, 1385, near the spot where the Monastery of Batalha stands: D. João, Master of Avis and the future king of Portugal, overcame the Castilian armies in the battle of Aljubarrota. This victory put an end to a dynastic crisis that had dragged on since 1383, since the death of King Ferdinand, whose only daughter was married to the King of Castile, an aspirant to the throne of Portugal.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Praia da Nazare, 1 Maria Alberta Praça, bairro, andar., Nazare 2450-505 Portugal
The Sítio da Nazaré offers one of the most impressive and wide views of the entire Portuguese coast. Largo de Nossa Senhora da Nazaré has one of the best balconies over the region: you can see the Serra de Mira de Aire and Serra dos Candeeiros, all the coast from Nazaré to Peniche
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Obidos Village, Obidos Portugal
The mediaeval town of Óbidos is one of the most picturesque and well preserved in Portugal.
Quite close to the capital and located on high ground near the Atlantic coast, Óbidos has had a strategic importance in the territory. It had already been settled prior to the Romans’ arrival in the Iberian Peninsula, and the town prospered after being chosen by the royal family. King Dinis offered it to his wife, Queen Isabel, in the 13th century, and it became part of Casa das Rainhas (Queens’ Estate), who improved and enriched it throughout the various dynasties. This is one of the main reasons for the high concentration of churches in this small place.
Duration: 1 minute
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Lisbon
Stop At: Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, Praca do Imperio Belém, Lisbon 1400-206 Portugal
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
Monuments
On the banks of the Tagus is an apogee of Manueline architecture.
In the spot where the Jerónimos Monastery stands today, next to the old Belém beach, was originally a small hermitage dedicated to Santa Maria that had been built by the Infante D. Henrique, in 1452. At the start of the 16th century King Manuel I’s intention to have a large monastery erected there was acknowledged by the Holy See, and which was donated to the Order of the Friars of St. Jerome. The epitome of Manueline architecture and intrinsically linked to the Discoveries, this monastery is the most remarkable Portuguese monastic ensemble of its time and one of the main European churches.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Torre de Belem, Avenida Brasilia – Belem, Lisbon 1400-038 Portugal
Torre de Belém
Monuments
The harmony and delicate ornamentation of the Tower of Belém suggests a finely cut jewel to all laying eyes on her. a formidable and imposing bastion defending the entrance to the Tagus and capable of combining firepower with the St Sebastian tower on the other bank of the river. Its construction was ordered by king Manuel I (1495-1521) and it was built by Francisco de Arruda between 1514 and 1521. The tower was built on a basalt island that was close to the right bank of the Tagus in front of Restelo beach. However, with the gradual change in the course of the river, the tower has ended practically swallowed up by the bank.
In 1983, the Tower of Belém was classified World Heritage by UNESCO
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lisbon District, Lisbon District, Central Portugal
Pastéis de Belém
At the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, in Belém, next to Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (the Heironymite Monastery) there was a sugar cane refinery attached to a small general store. As a result of the 1820 liberal revolution, all convents and monasteries in Portugal were shut down in 1834, the clergy and labourers expelled.
In an attempt at survival, someone from the monastery offered sweet pastries for sale in the shop; pastries that rapidly became known as ‘Pastéis de Belém’.
At that period the area of Belém was considered far from the city of Lisbon and mainly accessed by steam-boats. At the same time, the grandeur of the monastery and the Torre de Belém (the Belém Tower) attracted visitors who soon grew used to savouring the delicious pastries originated in the monastery.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Padrao dos Descobrimentos Avenida Brasilia Belem, Lisbon 1400-038 Portugal
Padrão dos Descobrimentos
Monuments
The imposing Monument to the Discoveries stamps its mark on the riverside at Belém. It was designed in 1940 to commemorate the “Exposition of the Portuguese World”, promoted by the Salazar government to celebrate the eighth and third centenaries of the founding and restoration of the Portuguese nation (1140 and 1640 respectively). However, it was only built in 1960 for commemorations marking 500 years since the death of Prince Henry the Navigator.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Parque Eduardo VII, Av. Sidonio Pais, Lisbon 1070-051 Portugal
Parque Eduardo VII
Gardens, Parks and Forests
The Eduardo VII Park lies in the north from Avenida da Liberdade, and offers panoramic views over the city. Originally known as Parque da Liberdade, the gardens were rechristened with the name of the British King Edward VII on his visit to Lisbon in 1903.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Se de Lisboa, Largo da Se, Lisbon 1100-585 Portugal
Sé Catedral de Lisboa
Monuments
Dedicated to the Mother of God since 1147.
Dedicated to the Mother of God, Lisbon Cathedral is one of the city’s gems and one of the most significant monuments in the country, due to its historical, religious and artistic value. Its construction began in 1147, when the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, reconquered the city from the Moors. It was built on a Muslim mosque – which in turn, as the archaeological excavations confirmed, had been built on a previous Visigothic Christian temple.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Miradouro de Santa Luzia, Largo de Santa Luzia Alfama, Lisbon 1100-487 Portugal
The Mirador de Santa Luzia has a wide view over Alfama and the Tagus River. The characteristic points, from left to right, are the dome of Santa Engrácia, the Church of Santo Estêvão and the two white towers of the Church of São Miguel.
The south wall of Santa Luzia has two modern panels of tiles, one of the Praça do Comércio before the earthquake and another with the Christians attacking the castle of St. George by António Quaresma and manufactured at the Lamego Widow Factory.
Here is the Church of Santa Luzia and São Brás, head of the old commendation of St. Brás of the Lisbon term and current national seat of the Assembly of Portuguese Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
Stop At: Rossio Square, Praca Dom Pedro IV, Lisbon 1100-026 Portugal
Rossio Square
Reborn out of the wreckage of the 1755 earthquake, this lovely Lisbon square marks the northern reach of the Pombaline Downtown. It stretches out in a quadrilateral form dominated by the neo-classical harmony of the D. Maria II Theatre, built on the site of the former House of the Inquisition.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Miradouro da Senhora do Monte, Largo do Monte, Lisbon 1170-253 Portugal
Mirador de Senhora do Monte is located in the parish of São Vicente (Graça), in Lisbon.
The belvedere develops in front of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount. From it you can see, to the south, the sea of the Straw, the Castle of São Jorge, part of the Baixa of Lisbon and the estuary of the Tagus river, to the west, from the Bairro Alto to the Forestry Park of Monsanto and to the north , the valley of Avenida Almirante Reis.
Next to this belvedere is the small old Hermitage of Our Lady of Monte (classified as Property of Public Interest), founded in 1147 and consecrated to St. Gens, bishop who second the tradition here was martyred. It was in this ancient Monte de São Gens that D. Afonso Henriques installed the camp to conquer the city.
Duration: 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
