Qué hay en Sintra, Portugal, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays en Portugal

• Naturaleza

  Camellia season

  15 Ene – 20 Mar · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The nineteenth-century estates were planted for winter, and the camellias at Monserrate and in the Pena park flower from January. Empty gardens, wet paths, everything in bloom.

Sigue en marcha: Out of season on the hill (15 Nov – 28 Feb), Christmas and New Year (24 Dic – 1 Ene)

Concurrido — Carnival holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Camellia season (15 Ene – 20 Mar (normalmente)), Out of season on the hill (15 Nov – 28 Feb)

Máxima afluencia — Pena Palace timed entry, Easter week

• Norma

  Pena Palace timed entry

  15 Mar – 31 OctReserva prontoMucha gente

  Entry to the palace interior is a half-hour slot bought in advance and enforced to the minute. From April to October the slots go days ahead, and the park ticket is not a way round it. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Easter week

  29 Mar – 5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  Good Friday is a national holiday and Easter Sunday a day for family lunches. Many Portuguese take the week around it off, so hotels fill and rates rise for the first busy spell of the year, and some shops and museums close on Friday and Sunday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Camellia season (15 Ene – 20 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Pena Palace timed entry, Easter week

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Pena Palace timed entry (15 Mar – 31 Oct), Easter week (29 Mar – 5 Abr)

Concurrido — Pena Palace timed entry, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Mist on the serra

  15 May – 30 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de nieblaRiesgo

  The ridge makes its own weather: Atlantic cloud catches on it and Pena can be inside a grey wall while Lisbon half an hour away is in full sun. Mornings are the worst of it.

Sigue en marcha: Pena Palace timed entry (15 Mar – 31 Oct)

Máxima afluencia — Pena Palace timed entry, Summer holidays en Portugal

• Festival

  Festival de Sintra

  1–25 Jun · normalmenteFestival de música

  Classical music and dance staged inside the palaces and gardens themselves for a couple of weeks in June, which is the one way to be in them after the day-trippers have gone. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Pena Palace timed entry (15 Mar – 31 Oct), Mist on the serra (15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Pena Palace timed entry, Summer holidays en Portugal

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Pena Palace timed entry (15 Mar – 31 Oct), Mist on the serra (15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Pena Palace timed entry, August day-trippers

• Temporada

  August day-trippers

  1–31 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  Portuguese holidays on top of the Lisbon coach trade. The 434 bus queue in the village runs past the station and the road up to Pena backs up; the 1.5 km walk is faster.

Sigue en marcha: Pena Palace timed entry (15 Mar – 31 Oct), Mist on the serra (15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Pena Palace timed entry, Summer holidays en Portugal

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Pena Palace timed entry (15 Mar – 31 Oct), Mist on the serra (15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Pena Palace timed entry, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Pena Palace timed entry (15 Mar – 31 Oct)

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Temporada

  Out of season on the hill

  15 Nov – 28 FebCierre de temporada bajaCierres

  Shorter palace hours, no queue for anything, and a village you can actually walk through. The trade-off is Atlantic rain and a serra that spends a good share of the winter in cloud.

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays en Portugal

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Dic – 1 EneNavidad y Año NuevoCierres

  Christmas is kept at home: from the afternoon of 24 December through the 25th most restaurants, shops and museums close, and 1 January is just as quiet. Restaurants that do open on New Year's Eve usually sell set dinners that book up ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Out of season on the hill (15 Nov – 28 Feb)