Sintra Tour
Praia Grande in Colares with waves and bathers
Themed routes

Dinosaur footprints at Praia Grande

A cliff face with dinosaur footprints next to one of the best-known beaches in Sintra.

The tour

A natural-heritage route: the dinosaur track site at Praia Grande, on a limestone slab now standing vertical, reached by the stairs at the southern end of the beach. The guide helps you read the tracks and links them to the geological story of the coast.

Stops

  1. Praia Grande
  2. Stairs to the track site
  3. Dinosaur footprints

What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes
  • A light jacket for the coast
  • Water
Praia Grande in Colares with waves and bathers
Photo: pedrik, CC BY 2.0
Cabo da Roca cliffs above the blue sea
Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0

Other tours

Peninha Sanctuary on top of the Sintra hills
4x4 jeep

Sintra hills and coast by 4x4 jeep

From the dirt tracks of the hills to Cabo da Roca, stopping at viewpoints a coach cannot reach.

Sintra hills and Atlantic coast€70 per person 4 h
Ursa Beach seen from the lookout, with sea stacks
4x4 jeep

Wild coast by jeep: Ursa to Magoito

The coastline next to our base in Fontanelas: cliffs, dark-sand beaches and the Ursa Beach lookout.

Sintra coast, Colares to São João das Lampas€65 per person 3.5 h
Magoito Beach and its sandstone cliffs
Walks

Cliff walk at Magoito

A walk along the clifftops with the ocean always in view, and down to the beach.

Magoito, São João das Lampas€35 per person 3 h