Built in the 1840s for King Ferdinand II on the ruins of a hilltop monastery, Pena Palace is Sintra’s single most visited sight, holding 4.4 on Google across more than 107,000 reviews for the palace, terraces and surrounding park.
Its riot of colour and mixed Moorish, Gothic and Manueline styling was designed deliberately to be theatrical, and the terraces give some of the best views over the Sintra hills towards the coast.
The skip-the-line entrance ticket sold through GetYourGuide holds a 4.3 rating across more than 20,000 verified bookings and covers the palace, park and terraces.
Local tip: Book the earliest available entry slot — the palace interior gets genuinely crowded by mid-morning once the day-trip coaches from Lisbon arrive.
Good to know
- Where: Estrada da Pena, 2710-609 Sintra, Portugal
- City: Sintra
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