Concelho (Municipality) in Lisbon, Sintra & Tagus Coast · Lisbon, Sintra & Tagus Coast
Sintra & Cascais (Lisbon, Sintra & Tagus Coast) Travel Guide 2026
Sintra & Cascais is a concelho (municipality) in Lisbon, Sintra & Tagus Coast (Lisbon, Sintra & Tagus Coast), Portugal, with a population of 450,000 and regional transit links via Sintra & Cascais Central Station and Lisbon Airport (LIS) & Oriente / Santa Apolónia CP Stations.
Province / StateLisbon, Sintra & Tagus Coast
Population450,000
Rail HubSintra & Cascais Central Station
Airport GatewayLisbon Airport (LIS) & Oriente / Santa Apolónia CP Stations
Highlights & What to See in Sintra & Cascais
- Park and National Palace of Pena (Palácio da Pena) — Vivid red-and-yellow Romanticist castle crowning a 528m peak in the Serra de Sintra (€20 timed-entry ticket; book the 09:30 slot online!).
- Quinta da Regaleira & The Initiation Well (Poço Iniciático) — Descend the 27-meter spiral stone staircase into subterranean grottoes and Templar gardens (€12).
- Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish Castle) — 8th-century granite ramparts snaking along high forest ridges overlooking the Atlantic (€12).
- Sintra National Palace (Palácio Nacional de Sintra) — Medieval royal residence in Sintra town center famed for its twin white conical kitchen chimneys and 15th-century mudéjar tiles (€13).
- Palace of Monserrate — Exquisite Indo-Gothic botanical villa with fewer crowds than Pena (€12).
- Cabo da Roca & Cascais Bus 1253 / 1624 Loop — Stand at the westernmost point of mainland Europe before taking the coastal bus down to Cascais bay.
Transit & Getting There
Connect to Sintra & Cascais via Sintra & Cascais Central Station (Comboios de Portugal (CP) Alfa Pendular & Intercidades) and local transit using Lisbon Navegante / Viva Viagem & Porto Andante.