Three of us thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Queluz Palace today. We went to Pena and Regaleira Palaces in Sintra two days before. In contrast to the insane crowds of Pena Palace, we had Queluz Palace almost entirely to ourselves when we arrived around 1 pm via Uber from central Lisbon (an easy 25 minute, 16-17 euro Uber ride) to the front entrance gate. Queluz Palace was very ornate (not on the scale of Versailles though), with beautiful furnishings, gilt trimmed mirrors, elaborate ceilings, and numerous chandeliers made from handblown Venetian glass. There was one room decorated completely in hand painted tiles. Outside there are beautiful, formal, sculpted gardens in the French style, and there is a long, tiled set of walls behind the palace with a small stream of water running in between the two walls. After dealing with the crowds of Sintra and fellow tourists in Lisbon, we were extremely happy to stroll through the palace and grounds of Queluz at our leisure. It deserves the same attention as Pena Palace and Regeleirs Palace. Just lovely.

They nickname the National Palace of Queluz as the Portuguese Versailles. Queluz is half way between Lisbon and Sintra. Take the train. From the station, walk 10 minutes on the well marked streets. RE: the inside of the Palace, quickly go through the first few rooms, then the amazing stuff begins. Mirrors and mirrors in all shaped and sizes. RE: the outside gardens, allow at least one hour to get lost strolling the gardens. Water fountains are specular, the water canal is not only unique but beautifully tiled, the horse stables are open to view, the herb garden is a must. Note to staff: PLEASE put your cell phone in your pocket, don't look at movies with the volume on high or chat online. Please greet your visitors as they walk from room to room, maybe even tell your visitor about the importance of the room or even a special item displayed.

Palace of the Portuguese Royal family, very inspired by the Palace of Versailles. It has some beautiful rooms that are worth a visit, but it still needs important restoration work. There's a huge queue to get in, but it doesn't get complicated during the visit, as visitors spread out. For Brazilians, the main thing is to know the references and dependencies of Dom Pedro I, who is known as D. PEDRO IV of Portugal

When I visited it was very quiet. I was virtually only visitor in Palace at times, which was wonderful as you got to appreciate the rooms. Its untouched since beginning of 19th century as Royal family preferred to live elsewhere. This means the interiors are untouched. The marvellous walls and ceilings are painted and original contents being renaissance are much lighter and delicate. Interpretation of rooms and objects marvellous. They were cleaning the chandeliers in the great hall so conservation in action a bonus. The stunning 18th chinese and Meissen dinner tea coffee and chocolate services they used (most sets are fully intact despite being used) are wonderful. Its very much the Palace of Queen Maria II so you learn a lot about her and her family. The gardens with their fountains and bronzes are amazing especially when you read how they were created. Its so mesmerizing I am definetly going back again!!

Queluz Palace is very beautiful Both the Palace and the gardens. It brings a resemblance to the Palace of Versailles in France. Pray the legend that was used by the same architect.. I say pray the legend because unfortunately there are no signs identifying most rooms .There is no information system via audio, which you receive in most museums outside the world, when purchasing the ticket. Either you go with a Guide or you search to inform yourself The rooms have no current surveillance and will hardly have a monitoring via cameras. The Impression is that there is no investment to preserve and maintain it. It is also not sufficiently disclosed . What is a pity, because the Palace is beautiful and, in addition to being one of the summer palaces of the Portuguese imperial family, it was where our dear Don Pedro I (Don Pedro IV in Portugal) was born and died

I totally recommend visiting this Palace, it is beautiful in and outside. It is not well advertise and can easily be missed. All rooms are well kept with a beautiful layout easy to navigate all room also have a brief description of its function. It is a short 15min train trip from Lisbon and another 10min walk.

This is a stunning historic site with exquisite artwork and pieces. There is a downloadable self-tour guide that gives the background to all of the different rooms in the palace. There was no one there when I visited so I felt like I had the entire palace to myself.

This palace is amazing, we were advised that it was better than anything at Sintra and less crowded. So it turned out, because the train from Lisbon was full and it seemed all were going to Sintra. At Queluz we virtually had the place to ourselves and the palace rooms are remarkable as were the gardens. Unless you get up at the crack of dawn to be first at Sintra don’t bother go to Queluz, and even if you go to Sintra catch Queluz on the way back to Lisbon.

Good place to visit and understand the monarchy. The palace is in good shape, and so are the gardens, but the staff, they are terrible. The guards are actually way more helpful than the people at the ticket desk. No need to book a tour. Just buy a ticket to Queluz-Beiras from Rossio, and you are done. The gardens are well-maintained, and there's no extra fee to see the gardens. Much more beautiful and quiet than Versailles or any other similar European palace.

Very nice experience a magnificent palace with many rooms Beautiful decorations on the ceiling as on the walls With very large very quiet and beautiful gardens with fountains and many sculptures Do not hesitate to bring in 13 euros A small Versailles