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Byron Queens Mist and Mysteries Self Guided Tour of Sintra
Sintra
Important Information
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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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 ...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
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
Meeting Points
Departure
Sintra
This is a self-guided audio tour on our self-guided tour app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from us sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for our company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
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Tivoli Palácio de Seteais
Byron Queens Mist and Mysteries Self Guided Tour of Sintra
Sintra
About
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 ...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
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
Meeting Points
Departure
Sintra
This is a self-guided audio tour on our self-guided tour app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from us sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for our company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
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Tivoli Palácio de Seteais
Itinerary
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Sintra Railway Station
Step off where a forty-minute train ride once transformed a royal retreat into everyone's afternoon.
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Café Saudade
Look up at a ceiling where a Roman god shares space with the logo of a cheese tart.
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Camara Municipal de Sintra
Spot the tiled spire that was built to pick a fight with the palace chimneys across town
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Queijadas da Sapa
Notice a shop that packed up its entire recipe when the train station stole its customers.
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Freedom Park
Feel the temperature drop five degrees as you step into a park planted to cure a civic embarrassment.
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Moorish Fountain
Stand before a Moorish fountain that has no actual Moors in its story.
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Casa Piriquita
Taste the pastry a king called a pillow, named for a baker he called a parakeet.
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Largo Rainha Dona Amélia
Pause in the square where Portugal's last queen once tried to shield her sons with flowers.
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Sintra National Palace
Decode a ceiling of 136 magpies holding roses that nobody can actually explain.
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Igreja de Sao Martinho
Enter the church a king ordered rebuilt because he was tired of passing its ruins on his commute.
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Lawrence Hotel
Consider the hotel where Byron may or may not have slept, and why the uncertainty only makes it famous.
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Fonte dos Pisoes
Search the tiles for cherubs drinking water beside a Latin word meaning hail.
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Quinta da Regaleira
Cross the gate into the estate of a millionaire whose single key opened his home, his palace, and his tomb.
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Capela Da Quinta Da Regaleira
Look down at a chapel floor where a Templar cross sits among pentagrams and sunwheels.
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Initiation Well
Descend nine flights into an inverted tower that may or may not have hosted blindfolded initiates.
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Tivoli Palácio de Seteais
Walk through a triumphal arch praising a king who would flee his country within five years.
