Solve riddles from the neo-Manueline Town Hall via Liberdade Park to the Sintra National Palace and hear the stories of the Romantic town below Pena Palace, all on your phone, at your own pace and without a guide. 4.7 · 9 reviews✓ Instant access✓ Start any time✓ No guide needed
New for Sintra: six interactive city guides to food, sights, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. See the guides →
Scavenger hunt 4.7 (9)
Best for first-timers, couples and families: solve a riddle at each of the 10 stops and unlock tales of kings, poets and Sintra’s legends.
5 € - 11 €See details and book →
Outdoor escape game
For friends, colleagues and escape room fans: solve a separate puzzle at each landmark, with no storyline to follow and three hint levels as a safety net.
5 € - 11 €See details and book →
Self-guided audio tour
For a relaxed walk without puzzles: listen to the stories and background at each stop and simply enjoy the streets at your own pace.
4 € - 9 €See details and book →
The Sintra scavenger hunt starts at Sintra train station and leads to the ornate Town Hall, a stop dedicated to urban art and Liberdade Park. Past Palácio Valenças you reach the Sintra National Palace with its two giant chimneys and St Martin’s Church, then the Carlos França landmark, the Fonte dos Pisões and finally the Pisões waterfall.
The 10 stops cover about 2.5 km, roughly 34 minutes of walking. Start anywhere or change the order in the app; Google Maps guides you. No entry tickets needed: every riddle uses the outside of the buildings.
Sintra’s cultural landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, mixes royal palaces, forested hills and Romantic villas that drew kings and poets; Lord Byron called it a “glorious Eden”. In the historic centre, the Sintra National Palace with its two conical chimneys served Portuguese royalty for centuries, while Pena Palace and the Moorish Castle crown the hills above.
A city game turns sightseeing into a shared challenge. You have to observe to find each answer, so you remember far more than from a guidebook, and the stories and local legends bring every stop to life. There is no tour time to meet: start, pause and finish whenever it suits you.
The Sintra scavenger hunt takes about 2 hours: 10 stops and about 34 minutes (2.5 km) of actual walking, the rest is riddles and stories. You can pause at any time and continue later.
It starts at Sintra train station, convenient if you come from Lisbon, and finishes at the Pisões waterfall. In the app you can choose a different starting stop or change the order.
No, you need neither a guide nor a time slot. After booking you get a reference by email; enter it in the World City Trail app and start whenever you like.
Yes, it works well for families. The riddles need observation and logic, not prior knowledge, so children can join in with an adult. The route is not suitable for wheelchairs and is difficult with strollers.
You can play the Sintra scavenger hunt in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese. Audio narration is also available for the stories.
Yes. Buy one ticket per player and form teams of up to 5 people; larger groups split into several teams. For team building, the outdoor escape game with its independent puzzles is a great fit.
Book the Sintra scavenger hunt now and spend two hours solving riddles between palaces, parks and fountains, starting whenever you are ready.
Play the scavenger hunt →
