Cosa c'è in programma a Sintra (Portogallo) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays in Portogallo

• Natura

  Camellia season

  15 gen – 20 mar · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  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.

Ancora in corso: Out of season on the hill (15 nov – 28 feb), Christmas and New Year (24 dic – 1 gen)

Affollato — Carnival holidays in Portogallo, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Camellia season (15 gen – 20 mar (di solito)), Out of season on the hill (15 nov – 28 feb)

Folla al massimo — Pena Palace timed entry, Easter week

• Regola

  Pena Palace timed entry

  15 mar – 31 ottPrenota prestoAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Easter week

  29 mar – 5 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Camellia season (15 gen – 20 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Pena Palace timed entry, Easter week

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 ott), Easter week (29 mar – 5 apr)

Affollato — Pena Palace timed entry, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Stagione

  Mist on the serra

  15 mag – 30 set · di solitoStagione della nebbiaRischio

  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.

Ancora in corso: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 ott)

Folla al massimo — Pena Palace timed entry, Summer holidays in Portogallo

• Festival

  Festival de Sintra

  1–25 giu · di solitoFestival musicale

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 ott), Mist on the serra (15 mag – 30 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Pena Palace timed entry, Summer holidays in Portogallo

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 ott), Mist on the serra (15 mag – 30 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Pena Palace timed entry, August day-trippers

• Stagione

  August day-trippers

  1–31 agoVacanze scolasticheAffollato

  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.

Ancora in corso: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 ott), Mist on the serra (15 mag – 30 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Pena Palace timed entry, Summer holidays in Portogallo

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 ott), Mist on the serra (15 mag – 30 set (di solito))

Affollato — Pena Palace timed entry, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 ott)

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

• Stagione

  Out of season on the hill

  15 nov – 28 febChiusura di bassa stagioneChiusure

  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.

Folla al massimo — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays in Portogallo

• Festività

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dic – 1 genNatale e CapodannoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Out of season on the hill (15 nov – 28 feb)