Sintra
Sintra is a town in Greater Lisbon, Estremadura, Portugal. Its spectacular setting, 28 km from Lisbon, houses a Royal Palace, used by generations of Portuguese royalty prior to the 1910 revolution. Wikivoyage
Population 385,606 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Portugal
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Sintra National Palace Attraction · 50 m -
Museu de História Natural Museum · 100 m -
Castle of the Moors Castle · 550 m - Museu de Arte Moderna Museum · 990 m
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NewsMuseum Museum · 110 m -
Anjos Teixerira Museum Museum · 290 m -
Antigo repuxo da vila de Sintra Attraction · 50 m - Sintra Marmòris Palace Hotel · 530 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 46 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.