Sintra And Cascais Day Tour (Via Belém).

Sintra and Cascais are two paradises near Lisbon, in this fantastic tour you will be able to visit both places and pass in the historical zone of Belém and by Cabo da Roca, the most western point of Europe.

Sintra – Land of the True fairy tales.

The history of the small town of Sintra is extraordinary, very fertile and has inspired many novels and served as backdrop for numerous movies.

Since the foundation of Portugal Sintra has always deserved the greatest attention of the Portuguese kings, some of whom were actually born and died here. However, Sintra stood out because it was, for many hundreds of years, the place chosen for the holidays of the Portuguese royal families, something that helped attract many people from all over Europe and that was decisive for the development of the history and architecture of this area.

The Castle of the Moors, the Palace of Vila, Pena, Seteais, Regaleira, Monserrate and Queluz are indeed places to be visited, but what is most impressive is to see the harmony with which everything has developed and the way Sintra has grown to look as if it has been designed for a wonderful fairy tale scenario.

Cascais – Kings and Queens Beach.

This whole area, Estoril, Cascais, Guincho, is known as the Gold Coast, a name that comes from the high number of days that the sun shine with grand intensity.

It was due to this sun, an immensely blue sea, several very beautiful beaches and an extraordinary climate, that this zone became in the last century one of the most famous bathing areas of Europe and also the place chosen by many European royal families to live.

The large and luxurious houses, the many palaces and castles existing here, all very well integrated with the natural landscape, lend a greater beauty to the whole region, which we suggest you visit on your next trip to Lisbon.

Belém District – Lisbon.

Belém is where the Tagus ends, the river which bathes the city and crosses Portugal. This is where the sea begins and for this reason it was, for hundreds of years, a port of enormous importance for the city of Lisbon. It was from here that the caravels that discovered, among many other routes, the sea route to India (1498) and to Brazil (1500), a glorious time of the History of Portugal, departed for their adventures and here that they came back.

To evoke these achievements and this time, various monuments such as the famous Belém Tower, the Monument to the Discoveries and the Jerónimos Monastery have been built since then, many other points of interest (Monuments, Museums, Palaces), which makes the whole area of ​​Belém a must visit.