Hva som skjer i Sintra, Portugal gjennom året

Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays i Portugal

• Natur

  Camellia season

  15. jan – 20. mar · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Out of season on the hill (15. nov – 28. feb), Christmas and New Year (24. des – 1. jan)

Travelt — Carnival holidays i Portugal, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Camellia season (15. jan – 20. mar (vanligvis)), Out of season on the hill (15. nov – 28. feb)

Toppsesong — Pena Palace timed entry, Easter week

• Regel

  Pena Palace timed entry

  15. mar – 31. oktBestill tidligMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Easter week

  29. mar – 5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Camellia season (15. jan – 20. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Pena Palace timed entry, Easter week

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Pena Palace timed entry (15. mar – 31. okt), Easter week (29. mar – 5. apr)

Travelt — Pena Palace timed entry, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Mist on the serra

  15. mai – 30. sep · vanligvisTåkesesongRisiko

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Pena Palace timed entry (15. mar – 31. okt)

Toppsesong — Pena Palace timed entry, Summer holidays i Portugal

• Festival

  Festival de Sintra

  1.–25. jun · vanligvisMusikkfestival

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Pena Palace timed entry (15. mar – 31. okt), Mist on the serra (15. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Pena Palace timed entry, Summer holidays i Portugal

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Pena Palace timed entry (15. mar – 31. okt), Mist on the serra (15. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Pena Palace timed entry, August day-trippers

• Sesong

  August day-trippers

  1.–31. augSkoleferieMye folk

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Pena Palace timed entry (15. mar – 31. okt), Mist on the serra (15. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Pena Palace timed entry, Summer holidays i Portugal

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Pena Palace timed entry (15. mar – 31. okt), Mist on the serra (15. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Pena Palace timed entry, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Pena Palace timed entry (15. mar – 31. okt)

Rolig — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Sesong

  Out of season on the hill

  15. nov – 28. febStengt utenfor sesongStengninger

  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.

Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays i Portugal

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year

  24. des – 1. janJul og nyttårStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Out of season on the hill (15. nov – 28. feb)