While this palace is nowhere as popular as Pena Palace, it still made for a nice visit if you have time in Sintra. The highlight was the Coat of Arms or Heraldry Room with its beautiful ceiling and azulejos. We bought our tickets on site and there was only a short wait. Unlike Pena Palace, you do not need a timed ticket to see the interior and there are far fewer visitors making for a much quainter experience. You can purchase an audio guide to use on your own phone. While the guide was informative, the app was unstable on our Android device, and we found it challenging to listen to without headphones. Going from the palace to SIntra’s train station was a 10-15 minute walk.

Visiting the Palacio Nacional de Sintra is a must for lovers of beautiful things and ancient walls! You can see countless works of art in a very nice ambience. Most rooms are decorated with fantastic azulejos and have elaborate wooden ceilings with just such chandeliers. The many beautiful outdoor areas and the huge kitchen we particularly liked. The heart of the Palacio is probably the kitchen with the two high deductions that can be seen from afar! After lunch we visited the Palacio relaxed, without a queue outside the entrance or a rigid guide, on our own and at "our" pace...

The Palace is in the center of the village and the ticket office is at the entrance to the building. I missed a guided visit, as the Palace has a lot of history that deserves to be well told. They provide a tour purchased by app by adding one euro to the value of the ticket, but as I was with cell phone downloading I could not use. It has some totens and boards that can be used by visitors to get the basic information. Despite these shortcomings, it is still worth visiting by showing the day-to-day of an administrative palace.

The Sintra National Palace is a beautiful palace in the heart of the colorful town of Sintra, Portugal. The palace was my first stop on my tour of Sintra and I recommend coming here. I stopped here in the morning and it was cloudy with not a lot of people which was nice. The architecture of the palace is so interesting and I loved strolling around the gardens. I highly recommend stopping at the Sintra National palace.

Compared to Pena Palace there is so much to see here. Also for some reason it was not crowded at all. There were very few people in during our visit in the afternoon (it's not timed entry). Lots of rooms, Great variety of decoration and use. Easy to spend a lot of time here.

My wife and I were here on a Gate1 tour, Optional Tour to Sintra. We were coming from Lisbon just for a tour before returning. We toured the Sintra Royal Palace (Palácio Nacional de Sintra), aka Town Palace, a 15th century royal residence and now a museum. It contains one of the largest tile collections in Portugal. Gads, there were tiles in every room, on every wall! It is the best-preserved medieval royal residence in Portugal, being inhabited more or less continuously from at least the early 15th century to the late 19th century. It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. There was also a Royal Garden, but to be honest, most of us could do much better than this, given the time and money.

Beautiful Sintra you can not avoid visiting this beautiful palace full of rooms with decorations and furnishings dating back to the royal era (15th century) Entrance fee 15 euros It is advisable to book in advance

Crazy palace, eclectic architecture with exceptional view! Get your tickets in advance and arrive at least a quarter of an hour early because from the park entrance, where the bus or tuk tuk leaves you, there is a steep climb (the sign says half an hour, then it depends on your pace ). The turnout is enormous, the visit is done in line, there are many groups with guides, then they disperse into the courtyards, terraces, walkways with spectacular views.

A palace built for kings, added on to several times, so there is no simple style or comprehension to the architecture. Dominated by the iconic pointed white chimney stacks. Inside you will find lots of rooms, some furnished, some not so much. I was most impressed with the big kitchen.

Well-preserved and maintained Medieval palace dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries. The palace was used as a summer palace by King Joao I and Queen Philippa of Lancasterin the early 1400s. The palace is fairly plain from the outside, but includes lots of beautiful rooms (the Swan Room and the Magpie Room especially notable), tiles, ceramics, furniture, and more. Two massive white chimneys in the restored kitchen boggle the mind (what could they possibly have needed such chimneys for?). Views of the town and castle on the hill above from the palace grounds are fabulous.