Hans Christian Andersen Memories - Sintra Walking Tour

Sintra Walking Tour: The Hans Christian Andersen Memories

Hans Christian Andersen Memories - Sintra Walking Tour

By Miguel Boim O Caminheiro de Sintra

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Overview

Walk and feel the H.C. Andersen places
Learn which details in Sintra were different by then
Hear about the beliefs and tales Sintra had by then
Discover how life in society was in Sintra at that time
Observe engravings comparing the now and then

Activity location

- 2710, Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

Largo Rainha Dona Amélia, facing Sintra National Palace (the one with two big white conical chimneys)
- 2710-616, Sintra, Lisboa, Portugal

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Sorry this activity isn't available on Sat, Jan 18

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What's included, what's not

Private Guided Walk from Sintra's Village to significative places to understand Andersen in Sintra
Historian (and local from the Natural Park Sintra-Cascais) as guide
Hans Christian Andersen's Sintra Memories explained
Facts and unusual tales from Sintra's History conveyed by Sintra's History foremost researcher
Stopping points to rest and hear accounts and memories from the past
Possibility of asking anything related with Sintra's History and Heritage
Inside access to the monuments is not part of the programme.

Know before you book

Booking needed until 48h prior to the desired date.
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 walk has about 3,5 kilometres in around 3h30 hours (circular route; 3h30 hours including stoppings at specifical points).
This walk will take place between 15h00 and 18h30.
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

In 1866 Hans Christian Andersen travelled to Portugal. After a few months in Lisbon and Setúbal, he reaches Sintra. Sintra was at that time a very charismatic place, full of small details related with religion and nature. Some of those details and places were where Andersen walked and have noted down his impressions.

The peasants and the high society believed something strange around the Moorish Castle. And you will know it. Not only that but also the reason for Andersen to have jumped like a little faun full of joy.

All of this and much more will be transmitted to you by an Historian who studied the memories of Andersen in Sintra, as well as Sintra in the 19th century.

You will start your walking tour in Sintra's Historic Centre and from there you will pass through a number of places - in the Village and around it - where Hans Christian Andersen also walked, as well as significant spots, untraceable nowadays due to the man-made development that followed Andersen's time in Sintra.

The walking tour will have a duration of around 3h30 (regular terrain) and the effort implied is equivalent to spending a whole afternoon strolling around touristic areas, with its ups and downs.

Cleaning and safety practices

Enhanced cleanliness measures

Vehicles and venues kept vacant between travelers