Quinta da Regaleira
Quinta da Regaleira
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This fairytale-like country estate and UNESCO World Heritage Site located near Sintra’s historic center is known for its beautiful architecture, landscaped gardens, and the eerie Initiation Wells. Take a guided tour of the property to learn more about its enthralling history, and explore other mysteries like the underground tunnels, grottoes, chapel, and more. The estate gets busy so visit once it opens for a quieter experience; tickets often sell out too so book early to secure your slot. Explore Quinta da Regaleira on a tour of Sintra, which often includes stops at other iconic sights like Pena Palace and Roca Cape. – Tripadvisor
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- JLMarietta120 contributionsWorth a VisitAs many of the reviews have suggested, this estate isn't that great on the inside (from what you can see), but the grounds are so large! We started out thinking we really weren't going to see much on the grounds other than trees, walking paths and bushes, but then a person said we really should stand in line to see the "well" (that wasn't really a traditional well, and we did. It was worth the wait that wasn't that long anyway. You go down the steps inside the well type thing and then enter the underground tunnels. It didn't take a lot of time, but it was quite neat and worth seeing. And there's also a cafe on the grounds where we ate lunch -- nice views, too!Visited September 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten 5 October 2023
- GAR970 contributionsWonderfully uniqueThe palace isn’t anything particularly special inside, but wow these grounds are stunning! The well and caves especially are a highlight. I arrived before opening time to join the queue, then headed straight to the famous well to enjoy it before it got busyVisited November 2023Travelled soloWritten 13 November 2023
- PS00011Sedona, Arizona276 contributionsGreat site to visit and not crowdedWhat an interesting site. Loved it. And, we went on a Saturday in November and really minimal crowds. We bought our tickets online and just walked in but the queue for tickets was just a handful of people. Then walked right into the well too, where we read about 1 hour lines in other seasons. Really fascinating grounds and building, and very pleasant walking. And, just a short 20 minute easy walk from the train and back. We will go back to see the other sites since we're in Lisbon for awhile, but this was a good one. Highly recommend.Visited November 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten 25 November 2023
- RooombiterIsle of Wight, United Kingdom828 contributionsEnchanting natural beautyWe visited here on a misty December day and it was gorgeous, the gardens are enchanting and beautiful in an ethereal way. We had a guide who explained the history of the place and how it became somewhere sought out by romanticists escaping from the noise of the Industrial Revolution and I can see why. There are towers you can climb if you are able and don’t mind steep winding staircases, you almost expect to see fairies out of the corner of your eye. The house is quite small but very interesting if you take time to read the information. We spent a couple of hours here and would have stayed longer if we could.Visited December 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten 21 January 2024
- PadrãoCaldas da Rainha, Portugal28 contributionsOne of the best Gardens i have been.If you want to have an great experience, i would recommend this one! Lovely garden with magnificent infrastructures. Plenty of things to do, places to relax and descend the Poço Iniciático. Poço Iniciático is an wonderful experience and enjoy the surprise when you reach the underground.Visited February 2024Travelled soloWritten 8 February 2024
- Ruth JLondon, United Kingdom175 contributionsMystical placeForget castles, visit Quinta da Regalia with it's mystical house and gardens. What a treat this place is to visit. Every corner in the garden built on the mountainside has a cave, grotto, waterfall or tower to see or climb on. Beautifully landscaped, make sure you climb down the well and to the top of the largest tower. Only about 20 minutes walk from the town of Sinatra you'll need to be reasonably active if you're going to fully enjoy the gardens. An absolute must to visit.Visited March 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 2 March 2024
- Ed CBirmingham, United Kingdom148 contributionsGothic splendourBeautiful gardens in a gothic / sublime style with hidden paths grottos and underground passages. Nice cafe. House is completely over the top gothic style - don’t get to see that much of it (only ground floor) but the info and story of the house and people is interesting.Visited March 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 19 March 2024
- Ann HYork, United Kingdom2,538 contributionsEnchantingThere are so many options to visit in Sintra and we had a day so we were really pleased with our choice of monument. The whole estate is like something out of a fairytale with towers, water, bridges grottos and beautiful gardens. So much to see, we spent at least 3hours looking around at everything. Weather was sunny, so perfect for photo opportunities. Would definitely return as we probably didn't see everything.Visited March 2024Travelled with familyWritten 24 March 2024
- Vincent C469 contributionsFavourite in SintraOur favourite stop in Sintra. Weather was gorgeous and the grounds were beautiful. Not bloomed but we explored and saw everything. The well was good as were all the nooks and crannies of this place. We spent a good couple hours here. Get tickets ahead of time.Visited March 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 25 March 2024
- Hester49 contributionsBest place to visit in SintraLovely place to visit, much better than any of the other sites and we wished we’d just spent time here. Lots to explore, and our two children (two and four) loved it. It’s a lot of walking and climbing, but great nonetheless.Visited March 2024Travelled with familyWritten 29 March 2024
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Paul K
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Feb 2020 • Couples
Like walking around the inside of a video game, with all the tracks, caves and the stairs bringing you between levels. Loved how there were very few dead ends.
We also visited in off season (with good weather) so it was not too busy. I can imagine it might be harder to appreciate when it is very busy, due to narrow staircases etc.
Overall had an amazing time
We also visited in off season (with good weather) so it was not too busy. I can imagine it might be harder to appreciate when it is very busy, due to narrow staircases etc.
Overall had an amazing time
Written 23 February 2020
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Shigamm
London, UK1,521 contributions
Aug 2023 • Couples
We purchased our tickets online but be aware that you still have to queue - this includes any tours also. When you get to the top and near to the entrance there was another separate line that on this occasion would have been the quicker option of gaining entry. If you are going to purchase tickets once there by pass the long line of people who already have tickets and go up to the entrance. Once you purchase your tickets at the entrance you can enter straight away rather than having to join the queue.
Once inside, if you want to go and see the well I would recommend going directly there as on the day we visited the queues for this were around 90 minutes. However, it was worth the wait as the well and the tunnels are impressive. You get a great view of the well as you move your way down and then once you reach the bottom the series of tunnels are impressive. When you come out of the well go in and out of all the tunnels as there are different parts to view. You can explore the rest of the park at your leisure as there are lots of different things to see. A must visit when in Sintra.
Once inside, if you want to go and see the well I would recommend going directly there as on the day we visited the queues for this were around 90 minutes. However, it was worth the wait as the well and the tunnels are impressive. You get a great view of the well as you move your way down and then once you reach the bottom the series of tunnels are impressive. When you come out of the well go in and out of all the tunnels as there are different parts to view. You can explore the rest of the park at your leisure as there are lots of different things to see. A must visit when in Sintra.
Written 15 August 2023
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Guillerme P
Pontevedra, Spain167 contributions
Aug 2024 • Couples
It is the most beautiful and well-preserved Palace of Sintra, even if the Pena takes fame. A palace in romantic and modernist style, among others, had built by a Brazilian landowner. Both the palace and the estate is a wonder for the senses, with labyrinthine grottoes, waterfalls, fairytale pits that turn into inverted towers (9 stories towards the center of the earth), Masonic symbology, towers, etc. But to make good use of the visit to this or other palaces, you have to take a Prussian organization and a good dose of patience, to calculate climbs to the palaces, schedules, entrances, meals, etc., given the enormous mass of the small town. The Recommendation, if you go by car, is to leave this in the free parking around Avenida Alvaro de Vasconcelos and forget about it. The ticket is best bought in advance or at the information venue (Sintra Tickets & Tours) opposite the train station (which is not the same as the tourist information office inside the station, whose attention leaves much to be desired). For the Quinta da Regaleira you can go on bus 435 (in the office mentioned you can buy a ticket for 24 h that is valid for all buses, 13 €), but I recommend walking (about 30 minutes from the center) since you are likely to arrive before the bus, given the mass and the number of cars that mistakenly intend to reach the palace, where there is hardly room to park; and it must be kept in mind that the tickets have a marked time and that you can not arrive after that time. In the Palace there is a place to eat, if you do not have time to do it in Sintra (better outside the old town, where everything is more expensive). If you plan to visit other palaces, you have to keep in mind that at most you can see 2 in the day (Palace of Pena and Quinta da Regaleira, with difficulty, because they are the most crowded).
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Written 7 September 2024
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Barbs25
Staffordshire, UK3,860 contributions
Jul 2021 • Couples
If you only see one thing in Sintra then visit this place. It’s a stunning real life fairytale land and well priced at 10 euros per adult.
All the buildings and gardens are so beautiful, loved walking round and taking it all in. Only annoyance was the queue for the well which was about 30+ people long we didn’t wait for, and a queue for the place inside I imagine due to covid to limit numbers but that went quick enough.
There was also a comedy play with some seating in one of the areas, quite funny and unexpected.
Just loved it all and can’t recommend it enough
All the buildings and gardens are so beautiful, loved walking round and taking it all in. Only annoyance was the queue for the well which was about 30+ people long we didn’t wait for, and a queue for the place inside I imagine due to covid to limit numbers but that went quick enough.
There was also a comedy play with some seating in one of the areas, quite funny and unexpected.
Just loved it all and can’t recommend it enough
Written 11 August 2021
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Andrew D
Milan, Italy181 contributions
Sept 2021 • Solo
I visited mainly for the palace.
I queued for twenty minutes and was back out in under five minutes, most of which was spent waiting for my turn to peer into a room briefly.
You pass through one room, look at the lobby, look at the recital room, look into another, pass through a second room and you’re out. (The rest of the place is being renovated).
I stood at the entrance of the chapel and looked in.
After that, I simply couldn’t be bothered to wander round the rest of the grounds.
Is anything else open? Even if it is, are you restricted to peering in from the door? Who knows?
To cap it all, the lady in the bookshop did her best to prevent me buying some of the books I wanted (picture souvenir books, but in Portuguese), then insisted on putting them all into separate paper bags. I had to fight to avoid her giving me a plastic carrier bag. So much for reducing waste.
I queued for twenty minutes and was back out in under five minutes, most of which was spent waiting for my turn to peer into a room briefly.
You pass through one room, look at the lobby, look at the recital room, look into another, pass through a second room and you’re out. (The rest of the place is being renovated).
I stood at the entrance of the chapel and looked in.
After that, I simply couldn’t be bothered to wander round the rest of the grounds.
Is anything else open? Even if it is, are you restricted to peering in from the door? Who knows?
To cap it all, the lady in the bookshop did her best to prevent me buying some of the books I wanted (picture souvenir books, but in Portuguese), then insisted on putting them all into separate paper bags. I had to fight to avoid her giving me a plastic carrier bag. So much for reducing waste.
Written 22 September 2021
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aeeleewee
Goshen, IN25 contributions
Feb 2020
Amazing place. I highly recommend you hire a tour guide that is a local to take the trip and will give you insight and experiences. There is a lot to see, the place is amazing, and the history is very deep. FlaminGo Experiences was our guide and they did an amazing job and made the experience unique and personal.
Written 28 February 2020
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Leo S
New York City, NY25 contributions
Apr 2019
It is a beautiful Portuguese garden with a real sense of calm (at least when we went when there weren't too many tourists. It has a number of bizarre touches that are quite imaginative. Many of them have reference to Masonic rituals that apparently used to occur here.
Written 13 March 2020
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Tami K
Roseville, Ca5 contributions
Sept 2021
This place is a must see while in Sintra. The grounds and gardens are other-worldly. I saw the well and tunnel online, and knew I had to see it. It turned out to be even cooler than I imagined. The rest of the grounds are equally impressive and grand, in a quirky sort of way that was just fun. Only downside is the limited access to the main palace house, and the insanely authoritarian approach of security involving masking while outdoors on the grounds. One of our group put her mask on while walking up to the entry turnstile, and the tiny little excuse for a security guard insisted she go back to the door, take the mask off, and put it back on before walking back! People like this have no place in tourism. Hopefully once Covid passes, his kind will be stripped of this shred of power they try to wield. Regardless of security and their issues, this tour is worth every Euro!
Written 11 October 2021
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RIBIT
Venice, United States47 contributions
Oct 2019
Delightful fairy tale palatial estate that is a short walk from the central square. Extensive grounds feature footpaths that lead you into dimly lit labyrinths, inverted towers, balustrades and circular stairways. Fantastic imagination brought to life throughout. Interiors are lavishly ornamented with woodwork, tile mosaics, stained-glass windows, tapestry and art. Sintra is amazing and this spectacular palace is not to be missed during a visit.
Written 2 January 2020
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Wander_The_W0rld
Bristol, RI193 contributions
May 2023 • Couples
It was very crowded, difficult to take photos without people in them. We got there at opening time and there was already a long line of people with tickets (the line was shorter for purchasing tickets). We headed directly to the well and glad we did because later on the line was extremely long. We wandered around and got lost but enjoyed seeing everything. Most of the interesting parts are in the lower areas. The mansion was beautiful inside and you can read about the history as you walk through. You can pick up a free audio guide to hear about the various sites although at times when the crowd pushes you along it can be difficult to stop and listen.
Written 23 May 2023
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καλημέρα,αν ήταν να διαλέξω μόνο,μεταξύ Κουίντα ντα Ρεγκαλέρια και παλάτι Πένα ποιό μου συστήνετε να επιλέξω.....ευχαριστώ πολύ, Ηλίας από Ελλάδα
Written 29 November 2023
Both places are worth visiting but if you only have time for one, I would pick Pena Palace because of its unique architecture. However Quinta da Regaleira is a better choice if you don't like queues and waiting,
Written 30 December 2023
We were there in May and bought the tickets there. Hope that’s still the case. To be safe, maybe buy them online, the day your going before you get there.
Written 9 October 2023
we got ours at the box office on the day
Written 5 November 2023
hola. alguien me puede decir si es posible visitarlo con un gato dentro de su transportín? no encuentro nada en sus páginas de compra de billete
Written 3 July 2023
Guide12549513740
Antwerp, Belgium
we would like to visit quinta da regaleira, pena palace and moors castle. Can i take a tuk tuk at each of them? what is de best option, which we visit first...
Written 1 July 2023
I agree with Michael K above.
We took Uber to Pena Palace, and Uber to Quinta de Regaleira (skipped the Moors Castle only because we were running out of time). We actually got our Uber from Pena Palace to Quinta right outside the Moors Castle. If you exit the castle through the gardens, it’s a short walk uphill to Moors Castle.
The reason we did Uber was tuk tuks did not take card—cash only, so be prepared if you want to take the tuk tuks.
The bus from the train station does go to all three, if I remember correctly!
Written 8 October 2023
Sylvie Koeppl
Earlwood, Australia
Do you have to purchase tickets to enter? I dont think I want to do a tour as I have a toddler with me. Just go in and look around.
Written 29 July 2022
Yes tickets required for entry to the grounds. It is interesting and a bit quirky but wouldnt go out of my way with a toddler in tow.
Written 31 July 2022
is it better to buy a ticket in advanced or when I get there? if its better advanced, where is the best place to buy them from?
Written 25 May 2022
Better to book in their web, particularly if you want a guided visit which I recommend
Written 26 May 2022
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