Easy-to-moderate walking with some ascents / descents, and occasional longer days.
The season for this holiday is:
01 April 2022 - 30 June 2022
01 September 2022 - 31 October 2022
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| °C | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 15 |
| mm | 123 | 121 | 78 | 70 | 46 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 89 | 122 | 120 |
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7 nights: 01 April 2022 - 30 June 2022 & 01 September 2022 - 31 October 2022
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - 30 Apr 2022 | £785 | £455 |
| 1 - 21 May 2022 | £820 | £495 |
| 22 May - 23 Jun 2022 | £845 | £510 |
| 1 - 14 Sep 2022 | £880 | £555 |
| 15 Sep - 24 Oct 2022 | £845 | £495 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£25 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £25 |
Includes accommodation, meals and services integral to the holiday as described, plus walking notes and maps, but no travel from the UK, nor any connecting travel from the airport unless stated below.
Book your flights through us and we'll find the best route and times to suit you. Please contact us to find out more about our flight booking service. We can also book connecting travel - see below.
Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
| Pergola House, Cascais | ||
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| Deluxe with balcony: 01 Apr - 30 Jun 2022 | £14 | |
| Deluxe with balcony: 01 Sep - 31 Oct 2022 | £14 |
| Quinta Vale da Roca, near Azóia | ||
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| Superior with sea view & terrace: 01 Apr - 30 Jun 2022 | £16 | |
| Superior with sea view & terrace: 01 Sep - 31 Oct 2022 | £16 |
| Lawrence's Hotel, Sintra | ||
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| Suite: 01 Apr - 30 Jun 2022 | £24 | |
| Suite: 01 Sep - 31 Oct 2022 | £24 |
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
| Pergola House, Cascais (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr - 30 Apr 2022 | £75 | £85 |
| 01 May - 31 May 2022 | £90 | £132 |
| 01 Jun - 30 Jun 2022 | £95 | £105 |
| 01 Sep - 30 Sep 2022 | £100 | £115 |
| 01 Oct - 31 Oct 2022 | £95 | £105 |
| Lawrence's Hotel, Sintra (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr - 30 Jun 2022 | £92 | £155 |
| 01 Sep - 31 Oct 2022 | £92 | £155 |
Travelling from the UK
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen - Lisbon (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
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| Birmingham - Lisbon | jet2 |
| Outward route | Airline |
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| Bristol - Lisbon | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
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| Glasgow - Lisbon | Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
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| Liverpool - Lisbon | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London City - Lisbon | TAP Air Portugal |
| Outward route | Airline |
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| Gatwick - Lisbon | Air Europa, Azores Airlines (SATA), easyJet, TAP Air Portugal |
| Outward route | Airline |
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| Heathrow - Lisbon | Azores Airlines (SATA), British Airways, TAP Air Portugal |
| Outward route | Airline |
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| Stansted - Lisbon | Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
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| Manchester - Lisbon | easyJet, jet2, Ryanair, TAP Air Portugal |
| Manchester - Lisbon (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Outward route | Airline |
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| Newcastle - Lisbon (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
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| Norwich - Lisbon (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
This list of flight options should be used as a guide only, and you should check each airline’s website for current routes, frequency and schedules. Not all flights operate daily, and may not run for the entire season. You should also heed the latest flight arrival time and earliest flight departure time stated in the connecting travel section, as it may not be possible to arrange connecting travel outside these times. Please do not book your flights until we have confirmed your accommodation to you. Alternatively, our expert reservations team will be happy to offer advice and to make flight bookings for you for any of the options listed above except those operated by Ryanair. We charge £35 per person for our flight booking service. Your flights are then covered by our package-booking conditions, which give you greater protection in the event of delay or cancellation, as well as providing ATOL cover.
Connecting travel options - flying via Lisbon
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi Lisbon airport to hotel (0h35) | £28 | flexible |
| rail Lisbon Cais de Sodre to Cascais (0h40), walk to hotel (0h02) | pay locally | 1800 |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi hotel to Lisbon airport (0h45) | £26 | flexible |
| walk (0h15) or taxi (0h05) hotel to Sintra station, rail Sintra to Lisbon Oriente (0h40) | pay locally | 1000 |
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Portugal is a beautiful country. We chose 2 very different walking routes (Palaces & Pathways of Sintra, and A Coast of many Colours) which complimented each other very well. Scenery was spectacular ! The walking was at our level and challenged us at times which was great. Walking poles and good boots/ shoes were a necessity and we needed good rain jackets during the first week. Can't undervalue good gear. This our third trip with Inntravel , we have come to appreciate their excellent choices of accomodation and good walk notes/ good choices of routes. This was our first experience using a GPX provided by Inntravel and it worked brilliantly and was invaluable....follow the blue dot ....became one of our catch phrases !
We very much enjoyed our walking holiday. The walking routes were very good and the scenery was wonderful. The guesthouses were mostly good. We definitely recommend Inntravel.
This was a fabulous vacation and everything we wanted and expected. The Inntravel staff were extremely helpful and responsive and the materials they provided were very comprehensive. I am looking forward to taking another vacation with Inntravel!!
Portugal is a beautiful country. We chose 2 very different walking routes (Palaces & Pathways of Sintra, and A Coast of many Colours) which complimented each other very well. Scenery was spectacular ! The walking was at our level and challenged us at times which was great. Walking poles and good boots/ shoes were a necessity and we needed good rain jackets during the first week. Can't undervalue good gear. This our third trip with Inntravel , we have come to appreciate their excellent choices of accomodation and good walk notes/ good choices of routes. This was our first experience using a GPX provided by Inntravel and it worked brilliantly and was invaluable....follow the blue dot ....became one of our catch phrases !
We very much enjoyed our walking holiday. The walking routes were very good and the scenery was wonderful. The guesthouses were mostly good. We definitely recommend Inntravel.
This was a fabulous vacation and everything we wanted and expected. The Inntravel staff were extremely helpful and responsive and the materials they provided were very comprehensive. I am looking forward to taking another vacation with Inntravel!!
Top of the list of highlights were the wild flowers which you see from the moment you get on the path from Guincho beach. Even when you are in country lanes you see masses of flowers - nasturtiums, poppies, all sorts of daisies - I can't name them all. Wonderful sea views. Our first hotel, Casa Vela, was excellent with a wonderful terraced garden and two swimming pools. Each room had its own terrace. [Inntravel note: our usual acommodation wasn't available here] The Quinta Vale da Roca was superb - I would go back there for a holiday. The Montserrate Palace was beautiful, as was the Regaleira Estate - don't miss the well - an amazing descent into a deep tower-like structure which descends to underground tunnels and caves lined with rocks taken from the seabed. We were lucky enough to be taken to the well and down into it, to a series of underground tunnels and caves, by one of the employees - a real adventure! It's a bit like a Tower of Pisa dug into the ground - absolutely extraordinary!
Restaurants - Mar do Inferno in Cascais - probably our favourite of the whole holiday. Just next to Boca do Inferno, walkable from centre. Also enjoyed Restaurant Marisco Na Praca in the market (a huge tent!) where you choose your crab of fish and it's weighed and priced for you. Not as elegant as Mar do Inferno but good fun and very good. All the restaurants on the walk were good. The Don Quixote Bar was a no no as it was absolutely heaving - maybe because it was the weekend. Both the 3 Gomes and Refugio de Roca in Azoia were fine - very friendly and food very good. In Almocageme, we were taken to Sisudo on our first evening, which was excellent. The other one, on our second night - I think it was Toca di Julio, not as good. In Sintra, I didn't like the look of the restaurants recommended in the notes near the hotel and asked Diana, the lovely receptionist at Lawrence's, for recommendations. We went to Romaria de Baco, Rua Gil Vicente, just down the road, which was fine, and the second night to Imcomum, which has a famous chef, about 15 minutes walk downhill in the new town. That was really excellent - a bit more expensive but well worth it.
This was our first Inntravel holiday and we were absolutely delighted with the whole experience. It's impossible to pick a particular highlight as every part of the experience was wonderful.
We will absolutely be travelling with Inntravel again and would recommend them to anyone.
Another delightful holiday with Inntravel. This was our first time in Portugal for 19 years. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and as always, the entire journey went well thanks to the excellent service provided by Inntravel. We have been on four Inntravel walking holidays and will be looking to book another in the future.
We thoroughly enjoyed this holiday - it was such a joy to be away again. The spring flowers along the coastal walks were in full bloom and our walk up the coastal valley through blankets of rock roses listening to the song of nightingales will be a treasured memory. We highly recommend making time to visit Monserrate Palace and Park with its extensive gardens as well as the gardens at Peña Palace in Sintra.
We found some lovely places to eat: fabulous fish at Dom Pedro in Cascais; the cafe at the far end of Guincho beach is a busy bustling beach cafe; Dom Quixote at the end of the 1st day's walk offers so much more than a beer and we returned there for our first night's dinner; possibly our best meals were taken at Pensao Sisudo in Almocageme (lunch stop on our way to Colina Flora and dinner the following evening); Restaurante Tulhas is located just behind Lawrence's hotel in Sintra and offered another wonderful fish supper.
Our Highlights:
Pergola House - A very warm welcome in a lovely old building & one of the best breakfasts I have ever had.
The view from Quinta Vale da Roca - you could see down the coast to Cabo Raso where the walk started.
The Spring flowers in April.
Convento dos Capuchos and the Gardens at Monserrat Palace.
We greatly enjoyed the walk along the stunning coast and hills. The hotels were all very characterful.
Lovely hotels, varied walking with some spectacular views especially along the coast. In Sintra we thought the National Palace was a highlight - much more interesting than Pena Palace and strangely neglected by tourists.
We generally ate very well but note that Restaurante Paulinha in Cascais has moved - I think it may now open in the evenings but we didn't go there. Restaurant Dom Pedro in Cascais was our least good meal of the trip. Taberna Clandestina in Cascais was excellent - as were Sisudo in Almocageme (very good value) and Bacalhau na Vila in Sintra.
As a solo female traveler, I appreciated the expert-level knowledge of my route, the detailed accuracy of my walking instructions, and the variety of experiences offered along the way. The personalized hospitality provided at all my accommodations put me at ease and the amazing food -- wow! Such a wonderful and relaxing way to see a slice of Portugal!
Our Palaces and Pathways of Sintra walking holiday exceeded our expectations in every way. Inntravel came highly recommended from an acquaintance but the trip was even better than hoped. The Inntravel staff were friendly, knowledgeable and easy to deal with. Very easy to get hold of despite a five hour time difference, and very responsive and accommodating. The lodgings were all superb, and each was very different with a different character, but all very high quality in every way. The walking instructions were amazingly detailed and accurate, so we felt comfortable that we were always on the proper route, and the chosen routes offered variety, beauty and a very diverse number of lovely and historically interesting sites to stop and explore along the way. Of course, we were able to proceed at our own pace, but we found our walking pace to be a bit faster than the typical predicted time for each walk. That gave us plenty of time to explore when we found something interesting, and still get to our destination with plenty of time to relax before dinner. We really feel like we got to experience Portugal in a very intimate way during our tour. We are 100% sure that we will do additional Inntravel tours in the years to come, and will bring along friends. Thanks for organizing such a great vacation for us!
We loved the variety of accommodation and the helpfulness of our hosts. Sintra can get (and did) very wet in October on occasion. We would definitely recommend a waterproof cover for rucksacks for when it pours down. Weather ideal for walking most of the time though.
We loved Portugal. Everyone was so friendly and the scenery was stunning. We will definitely be back and not leave it so long. 47 years since our first visit
I wouldn’t bother again with the most westerly point v v touristy. 1/2 km further and it is fantastic. Also Pena Palace in Sintra was a nightmare - shuffling round with literally hordes of people! The other Palaces were much more enjoyable to visit - especially the first one we came to on the outskirts of Sintra (sorry, name eludes me)
INNTRAVEL NOTE: The Pena Palace visit does benefit from being done early, and we recommend an early start. The Palace passed en-route to Sintra is the Monserrate Palace.
This walk covered every type of terrain and experience, from amazing west coast beaches and stormy seas, through stony headlands and valleys, to idyllic backwaters of small, typical villages, and on again to the grand palaces of Sintra! Arriving in Sintra, the prospect of climbing to the great heights of the Moorish Castle and the Pena Palace seemed daunting, but there is a gradual climb and a pleasant return back to town, which enabled us to stand proudly on the highest point of the Moorish Castle and survey the wide area we had traversed the previous six days. A great feeling of satisfaction!
Some stunning accommodation, each place with its own character, but all comfortable and welcoming. Aasta's picnic, in its gingham bag, was a delight to eat, a voyage of discovery in itself!
A rewarding week, with mostly clear blue skies, and the many trees showing their first promise of Autumn colours.
Great trip. Very happy that we spent an extra day in Lisbon and in Sintra. All the walks were good, with the exception of the walk up to the chapel above the convent.
This is an excellent holiday. It takes in some beautiful scenery and some lovely places. It all ends on a high in Sintra, but even then the walk route manages to find a quieter route out from Pena Palace and back into the busy town of Sintra. The accommodation was varied and interesting, some quirky places with character and characters! Thoroughly recommend.
Found some of the ascents rather steep but managable if you take your time. We don't bother too much if our timings don't match the notes, we just regard those as a guide. I think that the Monastery at Pe da Serra is not really worth visiting. Parts of it are under reconstruction, the cafe is closed (they may be building another one, not sure) and if you take the audio you have to leave your driving licence or similar as security! The audio is only 3 Euros but it is very wordy and if you listened to it all, you'd be spending all day there.
We found a nice Italian restaurant near Sintra called Toccante, it is fairly new and you do need a taxi to get there (about 6 euros each way) but we wanted a change of cuisine.
The 4 course meal at Colina Flora was absolutely delicious and we would certainly recommend other Inntravellers try it. In fact we liked the 'longtable, everyone eat together' meals at both this place and the Convent, we met fellow walkers, not all with Inntravel but all very pleasant and sociable.
Excellent and well researched holiday / lot of fun / challenging and stimluating with wide variation of places to see.
We would suggest you strongly recommend an extra night in Sintra to enable sightseeing to be less intense and therefore more enjoyable. We were able to therefore visit national museum and castle on one day then spend a very enjoyable day at Pena Palace and various sights within the extensive grounds.
There was a great variety of walking, from coastal paths, to wooded areas and visiting various palaces. The hotels were generally excellent, some a bit quirky but very good nonetheless. We would thoroughly recommend the holiday. Recommendation - On our last day we walked up to Pena Palace in Sintra and were met by an hour long queue to visit the inside of the palace. The slow queue continued throughout and in our opinion was a waste of time. Visiting the external galleries would have been sufficient for us.
This is a beautiful area and we loved the variety of the walks, the wide far-reaching views, and the excellent choice of accommodation on this holiday. We were made to feel very welcome at all the hotels, and the hosts went out of their way to make us feel at home. Jonathan and Sharon [Convento de São Saturnino], and James and Aasta [Colina Flora] provided delicious picnics, and recommendations and lifts to restaurants. We particularly liked Adega Vadia in Colares, and the fish restaurant on Adraga Beach. We also had a very enjoyable evening eating with the other 8 guests in the dining room at São Saturnino.
On Day one, we negotiated an earlier pick up from Cascais, which worked well, and we enjoyed a late-ish lunch in the pretty Don Quixote garden.
On Day three, we enjoyed a great glass of wine at Flores de Cabo (recommended in the notes) knowing that we only had a further 400m to walk!
In Sintra, we took an early tuk-tuk up to the Pena Palace and managed to beat the crowds.
In Lisbon, we would recommend Quermesse restaurant, just 300 metres from the hotel.
Finally, Inntravel's background notes on the history of the area, and the food and drink were very comprehensive.