Sight
Quinta da Regaleira
Early-1900s estate near Sintra's centre with grottoes, tunnels and the spiral 'initiation well'. Timed tickets; 2026: adult €20, youth €15, family €60, under-6s free.
- Address
- Quinta da Regaleira 9, 2710-567 Sintra
- Hours
- Oct–Dec and Jan–Mar 10:00–18:30, Apr–Sep 09:00–19:30; last admission 17:30, entry slots every 30 min from 10:00 to 17:00. Palace, chapel and exhibition rooms close 30 minutes before the garden. Check before you go.
- Price level
- €€
Great with kids
Tunnels, grottoes and the well are an adventure for school-age kids; uneven paths and stairs. Research.
The notes
What the sources say (research)
- Entry has a maximum grace period of one hour after the ticket time; tickets online at regaleira.byblueticket.pt. [regaleira.pt, 9 Oct 2026]
- Prices valid from January 2026, unchanged on 26 October 2026: adults (18–64) €20, youths (6–17) €15, seniors (65+) €15, children up to 5 free, family (2 adults + 2 youths) €60, a visitor with a disability and one companion €12; audio guide €5 at the ticket office. Sintra residents and tourism professionals enter free on proof. Tickets are valid only for the date and time shown. [regaleira.pt/en/visitas, 9 Oct 2026]
- Hours, re-read 26 October 2026: October–December and January–March 10:00–18:30, April–September 9:00–19:30, last admission 17:30 in every band, entry slots every 30 minutes from 10:00 to 17:00. The palace, the chapel and any exhibition rooms close 30 minutes before the garden. Snacks are not permitted inside. [regaleira.pt/en/visitas, 26 Oct 2026] The separate summer-hours notice for 10 August–30 September 2026 has been taken down.
- Built 1904–1910 for António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro to designs by Luigi Manini; a 4-hectare estate with a palace, chapel, lakes, grottoes and wells; part of the UNESCO ‘Cultural Landscape of Sintra’. [Wikipedia, rev. 23 Sep 2026]
- About 1 km north-west of Pena Palace as the crow flies, but downhill near the town centre (OSM points). [OSM]