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The Royal Route - Private Tour

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Do you love history, culture and architecture? If yes, this is your tour! We'll present you the Royal Palaces in Lisbon and it's surroundings, which are filled with stories, myths and legends. Allowd us to introduce you this wonderful monuments were you can spend an amazing day!
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Bottled water
  • Private tour
  • Tour escort/host
  • Transport by private vehicle
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Lunch
Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered

Pick-up and Drop-off at your address in the city of Lisbon, if you are outside the city
of Lisbon you will have added costs of the transfer or else you will find a meeting
point in Lisbon

Traveler pickup
  • Lisboa Airport, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Praça do Rossio, 1100-200 Lisboa, Portugal
  • Doca Jardim do Tabaco Terminal de Cruzeiros de Lisboa, Av. Infante Dom Henrique, 1100-651 Lisboa, Portugal
  • National Palace of Queluz, Queluz, Portugal
    The Palace of Queluz and its gardens, represents one of the finest examples of late 18th-century Portuguese architecture. Built at the orders of Pedro III, the husband of D. Maria I (1734-1816), and used as a royal residence, this palace is one of the finest examples of Portuguese architecture in the late 18C. It has been further enriched by an important museum of decorative art, whose collections mostly belonged to the royal family and are exhibited in an appropriate setting. Many of the rooms are decorated in the rocaille style, such as the superb Throne Room, its walls lined with mirrors and magnificent carved gilded woodwork. The surrounding gardens are embellished with fountains and ornamental ponds, where sparkling water spouts forth from mythological figures. Particularly impressive is the group of sculptures around the Neptune Basin.
    120 minutes
  • Park and National Palace of Pena, Sintra, Portugal
    ena National Palace The fantastic Palácio da Pena is one of the best examples of 19th-century Romantic revivalism in Portugal. Situated at the top of the Monte da Pena, the palace was built on the site of an old monastery belonging to the Order of St. Jerome. It was the fruit of the imagination of Dom Fernando of Saxe Coburg-Gotha, who married the queen Dona Maria II in 1836. After falling in love with Sintra, he decided to buy the convent and the surrounding land to build a summer palace for the royal family. The king consort adopted Portuguese architectural and decorative forms for the palace, which he built according to the revivalist taste (neo-Gothic, neo-Manueline, neo-Islamic, neo-Renaissance), and, in the surrounding area, he decided to make a magnificent woodland park in the English style, with a wide variety of exotic tree species. The interior of the palace is still decorated according to the tastes of the kings and queens who lived there, and its great highlight is the chapel, where it is still possible to see a magnificent alabaster altarpiece attributed to Nicolau Chanterenne (one of the architects of the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, in Lisbon). Special reference should also be made to the painting of the walls with a trompe l’oeil effect and the azulejos. A restaurant has now been installed in one of the wings of the palace, with a terrace that offers a beautiful panoramic view over the Serra de Sintra and the coast.
    120 minutes
  • Palacio Nacional de Mafra, Mafra, Portugal
    The sheer magnificence of the monumental architectural design of the palace, convent and basilica of Mafra bears witness to the opulence of the court of king João V (1707-1750). It was king João V who ordered the building of what proved to be the defining landmark of the Portuguese Baroque era. The design was by Frederico Ludovice who incorporated an architectural language and style Italian in inspiration. The summer residence of the royal family, the Palace includes various collections featuring works by mainly Portuguese, Italian and French artists working to royal order including Baroque painting and sculpture, religious vestments and ornaments and mural paintings by leading Portuguese artists including Cirilo Volkmar Machado and Domingos Sequeira. The Basilica houses a set of six organs, unique worldwide and they come in addition to two carillons totalling 114 bells - 57 in each tower. Made in Antwerp in the 18th century, they are also the largest of their kind worldwide. The Rocaille Library must be seen. On the eastern wing of the Convent of Mafra, the library is housed in an 83-metre main room, the longest in the complex. It is by far the most important monastic-royal library of the 18th century in Portugal. The Monks from the Convent of Arrábida organised the some 40,000 18th and 19th century volumes into a system that has survived to this day. They drew up a catalogue featuring the titles of all books acquired through to 1819. This valuable collection includes, 16th, 17th and 18th century books, many of them highly rare, such as the 22 foreign incunabula and 41 maps.
    120 minutes
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Dress code is smart casual
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
rpascal5
12 Aug 2022
We had a wonderful experience touring several palaces in Sintra (Queluz, Biester, and Monserrate) as well as the Mafra Palace and Convent. Our guide, John, was incredibly helpful and he offered suggestions for how we could customize our itinerary. We highly recommend the ABC Travel company because they were able to accommodate us even though we booked the tour on such short notice. The tour was an excellent day trip from Lisbon. We were pleased with how the company responded to our questions prior to our departure and how John ensured that we had a relaxing and enjoyable day!
This tour in Lisbon is organized by abc Travel

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