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​​​How to drive to our Quinta:

Enter "Quinta da Bella Vista", on Rua Barbosa du Bocage, on Google Maps or on Apple Maps.

Be careful, "Bella" is with 2 "L"s, and please, do not enter the word "hotel", as you will end up somewhere else (yes, it did happen to a guest of ours who found himself on the island of Madeira!).  Then use the map application that is closest to your heart!

There are two ways to reach us:​
 

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A. THE FASTEST (not in the peak hours of visitations to the sights of Sintra):

If you are coming FROM LISBON to Quinta da Bella Vista, no worries, it is a very simple, almost-straight line way whichever highway you are on, A16, A5, or IC19.  In normal traffic, the average time is about 25-35 minutes from the center of Lisbon. 

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Click on this Google Maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/LVR8u939tBzVs4fc9

After you pass the BP gas station on your left, the junctions are as follows mostly inside the old town Sintra: 

• First one is a fork right after a hotel under construction (on your left - no name yet), KEEP LEFT on the fork. If you veer right and downhill, you will end up at the historic village! In peak times, there is a "GNR" officer stopping cars and trying to direct them to the right, just tell him you are heading to us. 

• Second point is another fork where, on your left, the road goes UP to the Pena Palace. KEEP RIGHT and downhill.  (There is also a big sign with a red circle and white inside - that is the European sign for "no-pass").

• Last point is at the historic Quinta da Regaleira - there is a traffic light (will be green - it has not worked for ever): KEEP LEFT (and uphill) and ignore the traffic light if it is red!  

• Then, after the Palacio Seteais Hotel (on your right), continue, ...in about 100 meters, pass under a small stone bridge,

• Immediately after the little bridge, on your left, you will see an old fountain in yellow color.

• Continue, our gate is about 100 meters (300 ft) downhill, drive slowly as you will need to make a "hard" RIGHT (you need to make a "U-turn" to the right).  Please ensure you are not risking other cars hitting you from behind!​

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​B. GOING "AROUND" - Adding some distance to avoid traffic and road closures:

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In case of closure of the access through the village of Sintra because of an event in the town square, of if you are coming FROM THE BEACH, drive to GALAMARES first and then follow this path:

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• Click on this Google Maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HiY65M2msxkCaDMd8
  First to Palacio Monserrate,

• ...then right after Palacio Monserrate's gate, pass the big red "one way" sign, please ignore it, 

• Do not worry, you are not doing anything illegal!  You will see attached on the same pillar under this red sign, a smaller white sign with "1500 m" on it. This little sign invalidates the "one way" sign, explaining that the real one way starts in 1500 meters. This is the exact distance to our gate, which you will find in front of you on your left at the end of this 1.5 km.

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