Yes, and it is the most-booked day from Lisbon. Inside Lisbon’s van of 8 gives Pena two hours inside, Cabo da Roca 30 minutes and Cascais 90, with the rooms ticket in the price, from €79 per adult. Rushed is a number, and the eight tours we compared print theirs: Pena 60 to 120 minutes, the cape 30 to 60, Cascais 30 to 90.
On your own it is the one Sintra day we would not build by bus: three timetables, and the last leg into Cascais on a half-hourly bus. It can be done, from the 08:01 train; the clock is below the tours.
Tours that do it
These three do Pena, the cape and Cascais in one day with the Pena rooms ticket in the price. The other five we compared are on the coast page, linked under the cards.
Inside Lisbon · 4.8/5 · 4,706 reviews
Pena inside, 30 minutes at the cape, 90 in Cascais
Rooms and park tickets included. Guided exterior visit. Lunch extra.
From €79 per adult · “Tickets Park & Pena Palace”
Tugatrips, Tours & Events · 4.6/5 · 418 reviews
Both palaces inside, then an hour in Cascais
Pena rooms ticket and Regaleira ticket included. Meals and drinks extra.
From €86.24 per adult · “English: All Tickets Included”
Ó turista! Tours and trips · 4.8/5 · 203 reviews
Rooms ticket, lunch in Colares, the cape, Boca do Inferno, Cascais
Pena Essential ticket included; rooms self-guided. Lunch extra.
From €100 per adult · “Small Group with Pena Palace Tickets”
All 8 compared: Sintra, Cabo da Roca and Cascais tours →Bookings go through Viator at the same price; we earn a commission.
Why we would book one
- One clock instead of three: the van leaves Pena when the listing says, and the cape and Cascais get their minutes without a bus to wait for.
- The Pena slot and ticket are held for the group. On your own, the three bus legs are the part of the day that goes wrong.
- You choose how rushed: 30 minutes at the cape on most tours, 45 on Sintra Lovers, an hour on walkborder. The minutes are in the comparison.
On your own: the clock that works
It can be done without a tour, on a weekday, with Pena’s slot booked: three buses and two trains, €38.60 per adult before the two Carris Metropolitana bus fares and lunch. The day stands or falls on the 13:50 bus to the cape.
| Time | What | Why it works |
|---|---|---|
| Train from Rossio | In Sintra at 08:41 for €2.55. The :01 trains take 40 minutes, the :31 trains 54. | |
| Bus 434 to the Pena gate | About 20 minutes. The 24-hour 434/435 pass is €13.50 and covers the ride down too. | |
| Pena, timed slot | Rooms, terraces and the park: two and a half hours. The park walk is the thing to shorten if your slot was 10:00. | |
| Bus 434 down to the old town | Lunch in the old town, an hour, or a sandwich for the cape. | |
| Bus 1253 from Sintra station | To Cabo da Roca in about 41 minutes. The 1253 runs two or three times an hour through the day. | |
| Cabo da Roca | Forty-five minutes: the cross, the viewpoint and a piece of the cliff path. The cape is free; only the lighthouse courtyard is ticketed. | |
| Bus 1624 to Cascais | About every 30 minutes at the cape from mid-morning to 19:00, 33 minutes to Cascais terminal. | |
| Cascais | Ninety minutes: the bay, the old streets, an ice cream on the front. | |
| Train from Cascais | Every 20 minutes on weekdays, 40 minutes to Cais do Sodré, €2.55. The last train leaves at 01:30. |
- Rossio to Sintra
- €2.55
- Bus 434/435 pass, 24 hours
- €13.50
- Pena Essential ticket, adult
- €20
- Cascais to Cais do Sodré
- €2.55
- Trains, bus pass and Pena ticket
- €38.60
Plus the two Carris Metropolitana bus fares, bought on board, and lunch.
If the 09:30 slot is gone, or three timetables is not your idea of a holiday, the tours above run the same day on one clock from €79.
Train times and fares from CP: the Sintra line checked Aug 29, 2026, the Cascais line timetable of June 20, 2026 and the price list of January 2026 read Sep 18, 2026. Bus 434 pass from Sintra 434. Buses 1253 and 1624 from the Carris Metropolitana open API, read Sep 18, 2026. The minutes at each place are the editor’s own timing.
What to change if
- You want more than half an hour at the cape
- Sintra Lovers gives the cape 45 minutes and adds Azenhas do Mar; walkborder’s private day gives it an hour and Boca do Inferno another. Both are in the coast comparison. On your own, take the next 1624 half an hour later: the day still ends in Cascais before 18:00.
- You would rather have the coast than Cascais
- Skip Cascais. Cabo da Roca and Azenhas do Mar are both on bus 1253 from Sintra station, both free, both better in the late afternoon, and you go back to Lisbon from Sintra, every 30 minutes until 23:50.
- You only have half a day
- One palace and no coast. The half-day tours from Lisbon do Pena or Regaleira in four to six hours; the coast needs the full day.
- It blows a gale
- Drop the cape first: in a strong wind there is nothing to do on it but hold your hat, and Pena closes its outer terraces on those days too. The rooms, the old town and Cascais stay.
Questions
Pena first or the coast first?
Pena first on your own, because its slot is the fixed point and the morning ones are the most booked; the coast has no slots. Most tours do the same. Lisbon Native runs the coast first and Pena at 14:30, and says so.
How long is enough at Cabo da Roca?
Thirty minutes for the cross and the view, forty-five with a walk along the cliff, an hour and a half if you go down towards the beach. The tours give it 30 on most, 45 on Sintra Lovers, 60 on walkborder.
Can I do it by public transport?
Yes, with three timetables: bus 434 up to Pena, bus 1253 from Sintra station to the cape, bus 1624 from the cape to Cascais, and the train from Cascais to Cais do Sodré. The 1253 runs two or three times an hour, the 1624 about every 30 minutes, the train every 20. The clock above is the version that fits.
Do I go back to Lisbon from Cascais or from Sintra?
From Cascais if you do the whole loop: 40 minutes to Cais do Sodré, every 20 minutes, €2.55. From Sintra if you skip Cascais: every 30 minutes to Rossio, €2.55, until 23:50.