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Schedules, prices and tickets of Capuchos Monks Convent

Schedules of Capuchos monks Convent

Open everydays.

Capuchos monks Convent tickets

18 to 64 yrs : 11,00 Euros.
6 to 17 yrs : 9,00 Euros.
+ 65 yrs : 9,00 Euros.
Tickets to Capuchos Convent

Free :
– Until 5 years.
– On Sundays and public holidays, for residents in Portugal.

Address: GPS: 38º 46’ 58.48” N 9º 26’ 8.86” W Sintra Mountain

Capuchos monks Convent history

The Convento dos Capuchos, also known as Convento da Cortiça, the conventual construction was promoted, in 1560, by Dom Álvaro de Castro, state advisor to King Dom Sebastião, who dreamed of building a simple temple on that site, dedicated to the practices of contemplation and of introspection. This convent, where cork was used in coverings and decoration. It was named Convent of Santa Cruz da Serra de Sintra. The philosophy and ideals of the Order of Saint Francis of Assisi were the search for spiritual improvement through isolation from the world and renunciation of the pleasures associated with life on earth.
For around 250 years, the convent remained a place of worship and pilgrimage, inhabited by Franciscan Friars who the local population considered “holy men”. One of the notable friars in the history of this house was Friar Honório who, according to legend, spent the last decades of his life isolated, in a small cave in the convent’s woods, after having given in to temptation. However, in 1834, after the extinction of the Religious Orders in Portugal, the convent was abandoned and was later purchased by the 2nd Count of Penamacor, who, in 1873, sold the property to the 1st Viscount of Monserrate, Francis Cook.

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Schedules, prices and tickets of Monserrate Palace

Schedules of Monserrate Palace and Park

Open everydays.

Monserrate Palace and Park tickets prices

18 to 64 yrs : 12,00 euros.
6 to 17 yrs : 10,00 euros.
+ 65 yrs : 10,00 euros
Tickets to Monserrate Palace and garden

Free :
– Until 5 years.
– On Sundays and public holidays, for residents in Portugal.

Address: Rua Barbosa Du Bocage. 2710-405 Sintra.

Palace and Park of Monserrate history

4 kilometers from the center of Sintra, are the Monserrate Palace and Park, from the 19th century, where the exotic and vegetal motifs of the interior decoration extend harmoniously outside. The lawn in front of the palace allows for a well-deserved rest while discovering one of the richest Portuguese botanical gardens and one of the most beautiful Romantic landscape creations in Portugal.
Quinta de Monserrate was leased by Gerard de Visme (1789), a wealthy English merchant, who built a house there in neo-Gothic style. William Beckford subleased Monserrate in 1793-1794 but, by 1809, when Lord Byron visited the property, the house was already in ruins. The sublime appearance of the property was a source of inspiration for the poet, who sang Monserrate in his work Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.
One of the famous visitors was Francis Cook, an Englishman later honored by King D. Luís with the title of Viscount of Monserrate in 1856. The Palace of Monserrate, which displays, in its decoration, medieval and orientalizing influences, is, with the Palace da Pena, one of the most important examples of romantic architecture in Portugal.
Species from all over the world were organized by geographic areas, from Mexico, reflecting the diverse origins of the plants and composing scenes along paths, among ruins, corners, lakes and waterfalls. Thanks to the painter William Stockdale and the master gardener Francis Burt and Francis Cook, we can find Monserrate Park as it is.
There are also species from Sintra (such as arboreal strawberry trees, holly trees and imposing cork oaks). Ancestral araucaria and palm trees, tree ferns from Australia and New Zealand and agaves and yuccas that recreate a scene from Mexico. On this tour of the five continents through botany, camellias, azaleas, rhododendrons and bamboo also stand out, evoking a garden in Japan.
Source: Parques de Sintra

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Schedules, prices and tickets of Quinta da Regaleira

Quinta da Regaleira Sintra – Timetables and Tickets

Schedules

January to March

October to December

April to September

Close:

Tickets price

18 to 64 years : 12,00 Euros.
6 to 17 years and 65 to 79 years : 7,00 Euros.
Tickets to Regaleira with Guide
Tickets Quinta of Regaleira + Castle of the Moors
Tickets Quinta of Regaleira + Pena Palace
“Lisboa Card” (adult holders) -20%.

Free :
– Sintra’s residents.
– Up to 5 years or 80 or +.
– Handicapped person +60% + 1 companion (required).

Address: Rua Barbosa do Bocage 5. 2710-567 Sintra.

Quinta da Regaleira history

Quinta da Regaleira, at 900 meters from the historic center of Vila de Sintra, was built between 1904 and 1910, at the end of the Monarchy.
The romantic domains that once belonged to the Viscountess of Regaleira, were acquired and expanded by Dr. António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro (1848-1920) to build the center of his own “world”. Having a great fortune, which earned him the nickname Monteiro dos Míveis. He hired the Italian architect and scenographer Luigi Manini (1848-1936) for the architecture and landscape project, as well as the mastery of the sculptors, stonemasons and carvers who had worked with him at the Palace Hotel in Buçaco.
A man with a scientific spirit, a vast culture, a notable bibliophile, collector and great philanthropist, he left on this stone farm the vision of a cosmology, a synthesis of humanity’s spiritual memory, whose roots go back to the Portuguese and Universal Mythical Tradition. The architecture and art of the palace, chapel and other buildings were designed in the context of a garden of Paradise, highlighting the Neo-Manueline and Renaissance styles. The garden is a place of magic and mysteries.
It contains references to mythology, the Order of Christ (former Templars) and Alchemistry.

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Schedules, prices and history of Piriquita Pastrys

Address: Rua das Padarias 1 and 18. 2710-603 Sintra.

Schedules of Piriquita pastrys

Piriquita 1
Close on wednesdays
From 09:00 until 20:00.

Piriquita 2
Close on tuesdays
From 08:30 until 20:00.

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Piriquita history

CASA PIRIQUITA
The bakery that would later be known as Piriquita was founded in 1862, about 160 years. Worked there Amaro dos Santos, a baker by trade and his wife Constância Gomes.
The name Piriquita comes from the nickname that King Carlos I gave Constância Gomes, based on her short stature. It was King Carlos I who encouraged the couple to bake the famous Queijadas, the sweet he enjoyed during his summers in Sintra. The success was immediate and fast the bakery turned into pastry.
Over the 160 years much has changed but too much remains the same, like the quality of the products and the family that is dedicated to serve its customers around the world. In the 40’s while much of the world was getting wrecked, in Sintra was born a new treasure. Constância Cunha, granddaughter of the founder, developed the Travesseiro, a pastry stuffed with sweet eggs and with a almond touch, but with the secret so well guarded that only the direct family has access to the stuffing recipe.
Today with the fifth generation this is a rare case of survival of a family project.
Source: Piriquita pastry