Private Half-Day Sintra Tour from Lisbon with Pena Palace Ticket

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This private half-day tour runs you out to Sintra from Lisbon — roughly four to six hours door-to-door — and includes your ticket into Pena Palace, so you skip that queue. Sintra sits in the hills west of the capital, and Pena is the hilltop castle everyone photographs: the yellow-and-red Romantic pile with the ramparts and the view. The tour format is private, meaning it's just your group and a driver-guide, not a coach full of strangers. Thirty-three Viator reviews give it a five-star average, which is unusually clean for a half-day product. The price starts around $170 per person, which for a private setup and included admission isn't outrageous if you're splitting it two or three ways. Half-day means you're back in Lisbon by early afternoon, leaving the rest of the day free.