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

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

 

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!

 

The only critical junctions are 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 downhill, on your "hard" RIGHT (you need to make a "U-turn" to the right).  Drive slowly please and ensure you are not risking other cars behind you!​

 

If you are coming FROM THE BEACH, or COLARES / GALAMARES, then follow this path:

• First to Palacio Monserrate:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nn1W4H8KpJnQpR798 and then...

• ...then right after Palacio Monserrate's gate, pass the big red "one way" sign! Ignore it! Google will tell you that you cannot go, please ignore it, Google simply has not been updated. 

• Do not worry, you are not doing anything illegal!  You will see under this sign, a smaller 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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Please do let us know if you need any further assistance!