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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
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Hi! I am Diogo Valente Ribas, I am a graduate in Art History, graduated from the University of Coimbra. :) I have been a tour guide since 2014. I love meeting new people and teaching our history, culture, food, traditions, architecture, and lifestyle, among many other topics. Discover Belém and Sintra with me.
We begin the visit in Portela D. Afonso Henriqques and we climb the Sintra mountain to the parish of S. Pedro de Penaferrim. We will pass through the most beautiful views of Sintra and enjoy a perspective of the magnificent Pena National Palace with a view over the old Monastery of Nossa Senhora da Pena that, today we see decorated with the color red. Arriving at the parish of S. Pedro de Penaferrim we have the Moto Clube de Sintra. One of the points of interest to understand, also, the dynamics and life of the population and the visitors who come from different parts. The St. Peter's Basilica is decorated inside by one of the most prodigious artists of Portuguese-style ceramic painting. The interior contrasts with the rigor of the exterior. The scenes from the life of S. Pedro acquire a dimension that values the art of ceramic painting itself. When the Patriarch of Lisbon was appointed in 1730, he decided to rebuild the church of S. Pedro. On the threshold of the main door we can see the symbol of the Patriarch, in low relief. On the way back we go down to the center of Sintra.
In the center of the Plaza Portela D. Afonso Henriques, in front of the train station. Tall in a suit and tie.
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
