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Private Forest Walk: "Sintra Mountains Inbetween Wolves"
Private Forest Walk: "Sintra Mountains Inbetween Wolves"
Private Forest Walk: "Sintra Mountains Inbetween Wolves"
Private Forest Walk: "Sintra Mountains Inbetween Wolves"

"Sintra Mountains Inbetween Wolves" - Private Forest Walk

By Miguel Boim O Caminheiro de Sintra
Features
Overview
  • Walk in the forest at night accompanied by History and tales
  • See the sunset with the Atlantic Ocean in the distance
  • Admire Sintra's past through the words of an Historian
  • Feel Sintra Mountains in total silence
  • Run the risk of hearing the hoot of the owl in the night

Activity location

    • 2710, Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Main entrance of Sintra Train Station (the last train station)
    • Avenida Doutor Miguel Bombarda
    • 2710, Sintra, Lisboa, Portugal

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Sorry this activity isn't available on Mon, Jan 20
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate Guided Night Walk inside Sintra's forest, starting before the sunset
  • What's includedWhat's includedHistorian (and local from the Natural Park Sintra-Cascais) as guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedFacts and unusual tales from Sintra's History conveyed by Sintra's History foremost researcher
  • What's includedWhat's includedStopping points to rest while listening to accounts and memories from the past
  • What's includedWhat's includedPick up and delivery at Sintra Train station
  • What's includedWhat's includedSilence and tranquility
  • What's includedWhat's includedPossibility of asking anything related with Sintra's History and Heritage
  • What's includedWhat's includedSafety vest
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedInside access to the monuments is not part of the programme.

Know before you book

  • Booking needed until 72h prior to the desired date, in accordance to the Natural Parks legislation and mandatory reporting to authorities.
  • Minimum age: 14.
  • This walk is not recommended for people with limited mobility, cardiac conditions, or pregnant women.
  • No smoking allowed.
  • Since it is in the mountains you will find ups and downs (in regular terrain) in the route.
  • The terrain will be irregular in some parts, but nothing a person with no movement impairment can't handle.
  • The walk has about 5 kilometres in around 4 hours (circular route; 4 hours including stoppings at specifical points).
  • You will be picked up at Sintra train station around two hours before the sunset.
  • This walk will occur under almost all weather conditions (being the exception the ones that may imply any risks for the participants or warnings from the Civil Protection) so please have the proper clothing and footwear (no need to be technical equipment for hiking).

What you can expect

Two hours before the sunset (from the last week of October to the last week of March this activity starts at 3:30 p.m.) you will be picked up by car at Sintra's train station. On your way to where this evening walk will start you'll be able to see in the distance Sintra's Castle, Pena Palace and the forest gradually beginning to surround you.

Once arrived to the western part of Sintra Mountains, your walk will begin, as well as your journey to a distant past, through the words of the Historian M