Cycling around Lisbon

Cycling in Lisbon

Morning transfer to starting point

Do you know other major city that combines such excellent outdoors, exquisite gastronomy with the rich heritage and history?

The Lisbon Bike Tour is the best way to see Lisbon.

This cycling city break will take you to our secret spots. Suggest you the great places to eat and share with you our ancient and exciting legacy.

Starting in the Monsanto Park, you will learn about the famous Lisbon aqueduct and its quarries and mills. Here you will also learn about the most important local trees and vegetation.

We will cover the major historical areas and tell you about some of the small corners of this cosmopolitan and vibrant city.

Visits

• Parque Eduardo VII, for great views
• River Tagus
• Torre de Belém, where you’ll learn about the discoveries period
• Praça Marquês do Pombal
• Restauradores
• Rossio
• Praça da Figueira
• Praça do Comércio
• Docas Area

Food & Tasting

• Tasty snacks along the way - stop at different places for local tastings - possible to book, extra cost
• Ginginha (typical liqueur)
• Pastel de nata (cake)

Accommodation

Same hotel


Cycling Details

Difficulty: Easy

Terrain: All downhill and flat

Cycling in Sintra

In the beginning of the day we will be transferred to the starting point.

On our way to our bike trip we will stop in the center of Sintra. You can have a little walk and feel the “chic” atmosphere of this old village which was the first choice for the Portuguese aristocracy. The village has plenty of beautiful manor houses and breaths “glamour”.

After we drive up to the Pena Palace, from where you can enjoy a beautiful view. Visit to the palace is optional but highly recommended!

From here we’ll start our bike tour, through magnificent green forest which opens your lungs. The granite boulders dot the landscape and in misty days there is a fairy tail atmosphere.

Arriving to the forest border we suddenly see the coastal sand dunes and its all downhill until the beach!

Have a swim and continue riding along the coast until the famous village of Cascais.

After this you will have a transfer to Palmela.

Visits

• Sintra city center
• Village of Cascais

Food & Tasting

• At a beach bar we will stop for a lunch of toast and beer
• We dare you to try a Santini Ice cream! 
• Local sweet (included in PLUS tours)
• Dinner (included in PLUS tours)

Accommodation

Pousada de Palmela, a recovered beautiful convent.

Cycling Details

Difficulty: Easy

Terrain: All downhill and flat

Cycling from Palmela to Sesimbra

Start the day on the historical center and the castle of Palmela. It was built in between the Sado and Tejo river basins. Very little is known about Palmela before Dom Afonso Henriques conquest of Lisbon, but the hill and the surroundings had human occupation since the pre historic times.

Before you arrive to Sesimbra, pass through the Arrábida Natural Park and is incomparable natural beauty. In here the blue of the sea mix with the green vegetation that covers the mountain range.

In the end of the day visit the Sesimbra Castle, originally built in the 9th century during the Moorish occupation. In the end of the 12th century, after the Christian conquest of the castle, the walls were rebuilt and the village gain more importance with the fishing and sailing industry.

Visits

• Azeitão village
• Tile factory (included in PLUS tours)
• You can also bike a little more visiting the cape Espichel and its sanctuary

Food & Tasting

• Local cake Torta de Azeitão (included in PLUS tours)
• Winery of José Maria da Fonseca (included in PLUS tours)
• Dinner (included in PLUS tours)

Accommodation

Hotel do Mar, 4*, with swimming pool

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Sana Park Hotel, 4*, with swimming pool


Cycling Details

Difficulty: Medium

Distance: 38km + 20km to cape Espichel and back

Departure

Transfer to Lisbon airport (included in PLUS tours)