Sintra: Wine Tasting & Cabo da Roca Private Day from Lisbon

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Duration8h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Two Wineries, Five Villages & the Edge of Europe in One Day

You're driven from your Lisbon hotel through Sintra's UNESCO-protected region, tasting wines at two traditional wineries—one rebuilt from scratch, one a century-old cooperative—then visiting five coastal villages and standing at Cabo da Roca, Europe's westernmost point. The private format means no group waits, and pickup and drop-off mean you never arrange transport yourself.

Step-by-step itinerary

The Experience

You're standing in a 19th-century winery in Colares, wooden barrels stacked three stories high, and your guide is pouring a red wine that hasn't been made here in a hundred years—until the owners brought the vineyard back to life. That's the moment you realize this isn't a generic wine tour. The Sintra wine experience picks you up from your Lisbon hotel and takes you through a region that UNESCO protected for a reason: it's genuinely strange and beautiful in ways that don't photograph well.

The day moves through Sintra itself first—the historic town with its palaces and fountains—then to a family-run wine shop where they've rebuilt their production from scratch using local soil and French expertise. After that comes the Adega Regional de Colares, the cooperative winery founded in 1931, where you taste wines from vines that grow nowhere else on earth. The Colares appellation is small and specific; the soil, the microclimate, the way the vines root themselves—it all matters. Your guide explains this while you're tasting, not in a lecture but in the way someone who knows the place talks about it. Then you drive to Azenhas do Mar, a village that tumbles down a cliff to the ocean, and Praia da Maçãs, a beach with golden sand where locals still swim in the saltwater pool. The final stop is Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of continental Europe, where you stand on a cliff and the Atlantic stretches out in front of you with nothing between you and America.

On the way back, you pass Guinho beach with its famous dunes—a real sanctuary for surfers and windsurfers if you want to stop and look—and end in Cascais, the old fishing village that became a royal retreat and now hosts restaurants, boutiques and beaches. The whole route is private, meaning it's just you and your driver-guide, no group schedule to follow, no waiting for strangers to finish their photos. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, so you don't navigate Portuguese roads yourself or figure out how to get back to Lisbon at the end of the day.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off in Lisbon, private transportation throughout the region, a driver-guide, wine tastings at two traditional wineries (the family-run shop in Sintra and the Adega Regional de Colares cooperative), and visits to Sintra's historic town, Azenhas do Mar, Praia da Maçãs, Guinho beach, Cabo da Roca, and Cascais. Alcoholic beverages are included with the tastings.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Lisbon on Wheels

Is this one for you?This tour suits travelers who want to taste wines in their actual place of origin rather than in a tasting room, and who'd rather not drive or navigate the Sintra region themselves—the private format and included transport mean you focus on the stops, not the logistics.