Efficient, Pleasant Day Trip - On-time, organized, pleasant guide Ana. Good balance of narration and quiet time. Van was clean. I liked that there was enough (not too much) time to explore sites on our own before coming back together with the group and guide. The tour was 8 hours long-- any longer would have been exhausting.

Get your walking shoe on 😊 - Had a wonderful tour with your company, because Sergio is a well informed and very pleasant tour guide. I so enjoyed my day trip to Sintra, Cascais and Cape Rock.

Fantastic day out in beautiful Sintra with Benny, the most excellent guide - It was an excellent experience through and through! Our guide, Benny was absolutely great! Helpful, resourceful and very pleasant and polite, always looking for ways to enhance the experience. We travelled with a small van as if we had paid for a private tour! We visited the magical palacio Pena with my 84 year old mother and Benny made sure she was comfortable all the time, parking close to the shuttle bus, getting us tickets for the bus too. He was very prompt and never delayed a minute from our appointments, giving us lots of free time. It is fantastic day out, to palacio Pena , to mystic Regaleira and then on to Cabo da Roca and Cascais! You will be very lucky if your guide is Benny! He is also very enthusiastic and has very good knowledge of the history, in an interesting -not school lesson- way!

Fantastic day out in beautiful Sintra with excellent guide (Benny) - It was an excellent experience through and through!our guide, Benny was absolutely great! Helpful resourceful and very pleasant and polite always looking for ways to enhance the experience. We travelled with a small van as if we had paid for a private tour! We visited the magical palacio Pena with my 84 year old mither and Benny made sure she was comfortable all the time, parking close to the shuttle bus, getting us tickets for the bus too. He was very prompt and never delayed a minute from our appointments, giving us lots of free time. It is fantastic day out, to palacio Pena , to mystic Regaleira and then on to Cabo da Roca and Cascais! You will be very lucky if your guide is Benny! He is also very enthusiastic and has very good knowledge of the history, in an interesting -not school lesson- way!

My wife and I celebrated... - My wife and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary and Ana Narisco made it so special. She was an outstanding tour guide and she did her job well. She was so kind and friendly. She even sang a beautiful fala song for my wife and I. We will never forget Anna and how she made our trip so special. She is dedicated, passionate and punctual. We especially liked that she called us friends at the end. In short, the tour with Ana was awesome!

Great Douro River Cruise & Tour - We really enjoyed the Efun Douro River tour provided by Pedro! The cruise was enjoyable and scenic and the two small wineries were a great experience. The provided lunch exceeded our expectations too with multiple courses of tasty dishes.

100% Worth It - The tour was all encompassing and our Tour Guide Hugo did an excellent job at immersing us into the history of the Palace , taking photos, kept us interested 👌🏾 (HU607)

Excellent tour with superb guide and tickets all included! - This tour was wonderful and included beautiful sights from a comfortable van with sound system to hear our awesome guide/driver, Sergio. It also turned out we were the only 3 on this tour (up to 8 in high season). The stops in Cascais, Cape Rock, and lunch / shopping in Sintra were well-paced and we still had ample time in Quinta and Peña Palace. (Sergio reversed the itinerary due to closed roads with a bike race/marathon held today.) I chose this itinerary because all the (timed) tickets were included plus the guide gave us so much interesting history and details while touring the Peña Palace. I would not hesitate to book an Inside Lisbon tour and this particular itinerary! My 9 year old was engaged the whole time of the tour, which we booked for the day after arrival in Lisbon. There is a bit of uphill steps at the palace so flat shoes and some fitness is required (the palace also has a shuttle bus).

Fabulous day trip with superb guide! - This tour was wonderful and included beautiful sights from a comfortable van with sound system to hear our awesome guide/driver, Sergio. The stops in Cascais, Cape Rock, and lunch / shopping in Sintra were well-paced and we still had ample time in Quinta and Peña Palace. (Sergio reversed the itinerary due to closed roads with a bike race/marathon held today.) I chose this itinerary because all the tickets were included plus the guide gave us so much interesting history and details while touring the Peña Palace. I would not hesitate to book an Inside London tour and this particular itinerary! My 9 year old was engaged the whole time. There is a bit of uphill steps at the palace so flat shoes and some fitness is required (the palace also has a shuttle bus).

Go see Pena Palace - Our tour got started about an hour late because of traffic on the highway due to an accident. The tour company, Inside Lisbon, had people at the pickup site who updated our group on what was going on. Despite the delayed start, the day went smoothly, with no apparent negative consequences. Our group consisted of six people, plus our guide Benny. The vehicle was clean and comfortable. We started in Sintra, entering the Quinta da Regaleira around 10AM. Benny took us to the entrance of the palace, but did not go in with us. He gave us some pointers and suggestions before we entered, but otherwise allowed us to roam the grounds on our own for about 90 minutes. The grounds are extensive and interesting, and one could easily spend several hours (or longer) wandering around if so inclined. At this time of year, when it wasn’t very crowded, 90 minutes was enough to get the flavor of the place. After the Regaleira, we left Sintra and drove to the coast to the western most point in continental Europe at Cabo da Roca. Extremely windy. Nice view of the coast below. Worth the 25 minutes we took to stop there. From there we headed to Cascais for lunch. We had a bout 90 minutes there. That was basically enough time to sit down and eat lunch, and get some gelato afterwards. We didn’t really explore the town at all. It was kind of rainy at that point in the day anyway, so just as well. However, if you want to walk around the town at all, eat lunch on the go. After Caiscais, we drove back to Sintra to tour the Pena Palace. I’d say this was the highlight of the day. Our entry time was 4PM. A fog/mist had rolled in by the time we got up there, so we didn’t have any views of the countryside. In my opinion, the fog added to the ambiance of the palace and enhanced the experience. Benny guided us through the large palace for about an hour. It wasn’t too crowded, so moving around was relatively comfortable. There is a lot to see, and a lot of information to absorb. Benny did an excellent job of moving us through the palace and describing the highlights. Here again, like the Regaleira, I felt that one could spend an entire day exploring the Pena Palace and grounds. Everyone has different tolerances for that kind of stuff. What we did was good, but I could have taken in a little more. I would not recommend doing the Pena Palace unguided — unless you just like looking at stuff without any context. You won’t get much out of it. And the roads, parking, and general logistics around Sintra seemed like it could be a lot for the uninitiated, especially at more crowded times of the year. After the palace we made another quick stop in the town of Sintra to have a brief look around. At Benny’s recommendation, we picked up some travesseiro pastries from a cafe called Piriquita. They were very good. I prefer them to the pastel de nata. We arrived back in Lisbon around 6:30PM. Overall, a full and worthwhile day. Benny was an excellent guide. He is young, personable, and enthusiastic about being a guide. He is well versed in the history of Portugal, and able to convey the main points clearly. I’m glad we had Benny as our guide, and would highly recommend him, and this tour. It might be a different story in the summer, when things are much more crowded. But on October 31, 2025, it was an excellent day.