På gång i Sintra, Portugal under året

Mest folk — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays i Portugal

• Natur

  Camellia season

  15 jan – 20 mar · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Out of season on the hill (15 nov – 28 feb), Christmas and New Year (24 dec – 1 jan)

Mycket folk — Carnival holidays i Portugal, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Camellia season (15 jan – 20 mar (vanligtvis)), Out of season on the hill (15 nov – 28 feb)

Mest folk — Pena Palace timed entry, Easter week

• Regel

  Pena Palace timed entry

  15 mar – 31 oktBoka tidigtTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Easter week

  29 mar – 5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Camellia season (15 jan – 20 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Pena Palace timed entry, Easter week

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 okt), Easter week (29 mar – 5 apr)

Mycket folk — Pena Palace timed entry, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Mist on the serra

  15 maj – 30 sep · vanligtvisDimsäsongRisk

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 okt)

Mest folk — Pena Palace timed entry, Summer holidays i Portugal

• Festival

  Festival de Sintra

  1–25 jun · vanligtvisMusikfestival

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 okt), Mist on the serra (15 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Pena Palace timed entry, Summer holidays i Portugal

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 okt), Mist on the serra (15 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Pena Palace timed entry, August day-trippers

• Säsong

  August day-trippers

  1–31 augSkollovTrångt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 okt), Mist on the serra (15 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Pena Palace timed entry, Summer holidays i Portugal

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 okt), Mist on the serra (15 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Pena Palace timed entry, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Pena Palace timed entry (15 mar – 31 okt)

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Out of season on the hill

  15 nov – 28 febStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  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.

Mest folk — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays i Portugal

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dec – 1 janJul & nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Out of season on the hill (15 nov – 28 feb)