Lisboa

Sintra

Discover the 15 parishes that make up the municipality of Sintra, Lisboa district.

15 Parishes

385,606 Inhabitants

175m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Sintra

Don't visit just one. Here's a route of 8 parishes ordered geographically for a perfect weekend getaway.

Algueirão-Mem Martins

Algueirão-Mem Martins

68,649 inh.

Pêro Pinheiro

Pêro Pinheiro

5,754 inh.

Montelavar

Montelavar

5,754 inh.

Terrugem

Terrugem

8,996 inh.

São João das Lampas

São João das Lampas

8,997 inh.

União das freguesias de Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim)

União das freguesias de Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim)

29,896 inh.

Rio de Mouro

Rio de Mouro

49,489 inh.

União das freguesias do Cacém e São Marcos

União das freguesias do Cacém e São Marcos

39,683 inh.

This route is calculated geographically to minimise travel. Perfect for discovering the municipality at your own pace.

02

Parishes
of Sintra

15 parishes

Algueirão-Mem Martins

Algueirão-Mem Martins

From 1380s horse-swap to commuter density, riverside paths and Baroque altars survive.

Almargem do Bispo

Almargem do Bispo

Sintra’s secret village where bishops gambled, ovens roast leitão and Roman ghosts guard springs

Belas

Belas

Limestone air, commuter pulse and 16th-century stone wedged between post-war blocks

Casal de Cambra

Casal de Cambra

In Sintra’s youngest parish, breeze-block streets end abruptly at eucalyptus-scented granite ridges.

Colares

Colares

Ramisco roots cling to Sintra’s dunes, yielding iodine-scented reds Europe forgot

Montelavar

Montelavar

Walk silent orchards, 16th-century plague chapel & beeswax-lit 1781 church above Atlantic mist

Pêro Pinheiro

Pêro Pinheiro

Limestone ridges echo with 800-year quarry songs outside Sintra’s palace belt

Queluz

Queluz

Salmon-pink rococo halls, azulejo-lined canals and custard-tarred mornings between Lisbon and Sintra

Rio de Mouro

Rio de Mouro

Concrete commuter town hides pine-scented trails and a forgotten watercourse beneath Sintra’s skirts

São João das Lampas

São João das Lampas

Between Sintra’s palaces and Atlantic surf, a hillside village where torch-lit beacons once watched

Terrugem

Terrugem

Granite windmills, rock-rose scrub and a 1753 nave glowing like candlelight above Magoito’s fossil c

União das freguesias de Agualva e Mira-Sintra

União das freguesias de Agualva e Mira-Sintra

Sintra’s unglamorous twin parishes trade castles for courgettes, balconies for palace views

União das freguesias de Massamá e Monte Abraão

União das freguesias de Massamá e Monte Abraão

Step off the commuter train into 3 km² where royal charters, Manueline gold and 1950s flats collide.

União das freguesias de Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim)

União das freguesias de Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim)

Feel Atlantic mist coil round royal palaces, banana leaves and 700 millennia of footprints

União das freguesias do Cacém e São Marcos

União das freguesias do Cacém e São Marcos

Climb the 182 m platform, taste sun-spotted Rocha pears, then step over a wall into pine-scented par

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