• The Route of Romanticism

The Route of Romanticism

  • Type: Walk Wine
  • Duration: 09:00 am to 09:00 pm (with the dinner option)
  • Price from: 160€

Our walk will start with a real time travel, first, a thousand years of history in the visit to the renovated “Moorish Castle”. Step back further in time, we will see the remains of villages from the Neolithic period to about five thousand years ago.

Moving forward in the future, more precisely in the nineteenth century, our Romanticism route will take us into the hart of the “Cultural Landscape of Sintra – UNESCO World Heritage Centre” and its fabulous architectural monuments. We´ll start with the intimacy of the romantic botanical gardens of the “Parque da Pena” and his large Victorian lakes. Our participants will be amazed with the gorgeous architecture of the Pena Palace, the most important center of the Sintra Cultural Landscape. It will be here that we will have or buffet lunch.

Afterwards the Pena Park visit we will have a wine experience in one of the oldest wine regions of Portugal, created in the year of 1752 by Sebastião Melo, Marquis of Pombal a kind of Prime Minister and a very powerful men who became famous for being the responsible for the reconstruction of Lisbon after the 1755 terrible earthquake. This high quality fortified wine born in the Carcavelos Certified Wine Region and it will be here where we will visit the vineyards and two wineries. In the end, inside the original Winery, a beautiful building of the 19th century ordered to be built by the Marquis of Pombal, we will try 3 of this fine wines.

Optional Experience: After this interesting experience the dinner will be in a restaurant located in a 19th century building, which, through an excellent work of architecture has an excellent harmony between the past and the present. The quality of its food, the excellent service and the rare quality of its wine cellar are the best way to end this first day.

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Table Price per Person With Dinner

2 to 6 persons – 210€

Table Price per Person Without Dinner

2 to 6 persons – 160€

 

For more than 6 people price is on request.

For families with children up to 15 years the price is on request because we have a discount on the table price.

At these prices is added the VAT rate applicable.

 

Every Day*

*Dependent on the number of people and walks already booked for the desired day, and as such subject to confirmation by the WHP.

 

Table Price Includes

  • All Transfers
  • Park and Palace of “Pena” entrance ticket + certified guide + Moorish castle entrance ticket + guide
  • Visit to vineyards, the cellar and wine tasting experience
  • Dinner in a local restaurant (until 35€ per pax)
  • Professional guide
  • Personal and Liability insurances

 

Advised Equipment

(depending on weather)

  • Comfortable shoes
  • Hat for sun or umbrella
  • Waterproof / wind stopper jacket
  • Sun glasses
  • Sunscreen
  • Comfortable clothes
  • About 15€ per person for the lunch inside the Palace or a picnic lunch

7 Reasons

  • The most western vineyard in Europe and it´s salty wines.
  • The strong savory sea notes wines.
  • The rustic and cozy restaurant in Colares village.
  • “Monserrate”, one of the most beautiful creations of the Romanticism landscape.
  • The very beautiful “Monserrate” Palace.
  • The beautiful sun set in the beach.
  • The dinner in Adraga Restaurant, considered by Sergi Arola (2 Michelin stars), one of the most known Chefs in the world, as “the best beach fish restaurant in the world”.

 

Meeting Points

The customers hotel pick-up time depends on the number of hotels
we have to go.

 

Details

Beginning: 09:00 am
Duration: 09:00 am to 09:00 pm (with the dinner option)

 

 

 

 

 

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