The updated facilities of the Moorish Castle in Sintra make the visit more fun for everyone from couples to families travelling to Sintra. Coffee shops, panoramic views, access to recently uncovered silos and areas of archaeological research, as well as a shop, availability of binoculars, and completely renovated paths. The Moorish castle is more engaging than ever, but still offering the best views in Sintra.  Choose the most enjoyable way to get around and cycle up to the Castle on our King of the Hill, No Sweat e-Bike Tour. 

We have had a lot of people ask us what an E-Bike is really all about - Is it not cheating? Where is the throttle? How fast can I go? Here's what you need to know.

In short, the E Bike makes hilly rides accessible to unseasoned riders, and allows seasoned riders to enjoy all the fun of cycling, without breaking a sweat - which is great if you want to visit multiple destinations on your day out without walking around in your cycle gear!  I say this as a seasoned mountain biker who loves nothing more that hitting the Sintra trails.

Our electric bicycles have been very carefully chosen to be easy and comfortable to ride along the scenic but sometimes steep and windy roads around Sintra.  With a low centre of gravity and wide, 26" tires, our e-Bikes offer a great cycling experience to riders of any level.

Why go electric?  Because it's fun, clean and easy!  The added power means you can easily cover any of our tour routes in a day, allowing plenty of time to visit the beautiful parks, palaces and monuments in between - all without breaking a sweat.

Sintra: a UNESCO World Heritage site, one of the most attractive royal towns in Portugal and certainly one of the most popular destinations.  

When the monarchs first put Sintra on the map, in their bid to escape the summer heat of Lisbon, cars were not even a distant dream - today they can be a real world nightmare in the town center.

If you are visiting from Lisbon for the day, consider taking a train to Sintra and going on foot instead of driving.  

If walking is not your favorite thing, you can always take the 434 bus to visit the beautiful Pena Palace and Moorish castle. Be warned that in summer time the 434 bus queue can be such that some visitors have to wait for the next bus.

Without any doubt though, the most environmentally conscious way to explore is on foot.

But the most enjoyable way to cover the distance between the parks and palaces is by bicycle! With an electric assisted E-bike, you get the all the fun and freedom of cycling without the effort of pedal pushing up the hills of Sintra, and you will have no trouble at all to find parking.  Enjoy!

Autumn and winter may be the very best time to visit Sintra! Sounds far fetched? Not really - here are 4 reasons why you should visit Sintra this winter:

1) Less People
These days it's hard to find a beautiful destination that no else has found yet and when the sun is out, so is everybody else.  The cooler temperatures of autumn and winter mean that sun chasers simply head to the tropics, leaving wonderful locations that have a lot more to offer than just the summer heat free for you to explore at your leisure.

2) Less Traffic 
Whether you like to walk, run or cycle on your travels, less people also means less traffic; less tour buses and fewer clusters of packaged tourists flocking about and that means more space and freedom for you. If you're a cyclist, low season means "low traffic" becomes "no traffic" and you can have the roads and lanes of Sintra to yourself.

3) Lower Prices
From flights and hotels to tour operators and outfitters, you can get great deals by picking low season travel dates to Sintra.  Almost all hotels and airlines offer substantial discounts on their standard rates.  Once you factor in lower prices and less crowds and hassle, you can be onto a great deal just for choosing to enjoy your vacation when everyone else is not.

4) Unique Sights
Naturally not all destinations are ideal for visiting during the fall, but Sintra is certainly one of them - ancient moss covered walls, mist shrouded palaces and cascading waterfalls are all part of the low season scenery.  If you want to go beyond the ordinary holiday snaps, some of the most exquisite sights can really only be seen during autumn and winter.

If you have been to Sintra in the Fall or Winter, get in touch and let us know what you thought!

I am delighted to announce that Park E Bike has just launched brand new Special Interest tours just for you! Why just for you? These new private tours are aimed at people who want to explore beyond the sightseeing tour and really want to have unique local experiences.

Following repeated inquiries for visits to the highly acclaimed but little known Colares wineries and their truly unique Sand Wines, we have created an all new Sintra Wine Route E-bike tour which will take you many of the most emblematic places of this ancient Denominated Wine Region. This is a private e-bike tour which will take you to the heart of the Colares DOC, where almost extinct, original vines grow in sandy soils, close to the the Atlantic ocean.

You will get the chance to taste some of the rarest wines in Europe in some of the oldest cellars in Portugal, cycling from place to place on our No Sweat e-bikes to make sure you can enjoy the whole day at your own pace. You can see all the details of our new wine route tour right here.

Posted by Martin - partner and e-bike aficionado.

Park E Bike offers the longest range of complete routes to explore the whole Sintra area but there are other excellent ways to get around the historic core of the old town or Vila de Sintra.

1. Walk - still one of the very best ways to explore the narrow cobbled streets of the town center. Take the train from Lisbon to save time money and stress. no parking trouble, no hassle, no emissions.
2. Cycle - if you love biking and don't mind cracking a sweat pedaling up and down the beautiful sintra hills, cycling-rentals provides bicycle hire and routes around the sintra area all the way to the beaches.
3. Electric Cars - Sight Sintra offers several tourist itineraries around town in their all electric mini cars which feature a self guided gps device.
4. Horse Carriage - the oldest and most romantic way around Sintra. SintraTur offers 6 distinct scenic routes in traditional horse drawn carriages. If slow travel is your thing, this zero emission choice is also fully biodegradable!
5. E-bike - Park E Bike offers travelers of all fitness levels a fun and active way to explore most or all of the main Sintra attractions in a single day. Fast enough that you can get to the sites with time to explore each but slow enough that you can savour the ride and stop to smell the roses.

Riding an E-bike in Sintra has more great things to recommend it than we can list but here are 5 excellent reasons to get pedaling an E-Bike in Sintra:

1 Good Weather Guarantee
Although we can't make the weather, we can make sure you only ride on a day that suits your taste: book anytime and if by 9:00 the morning of your booked E-Bike Rental or Day Trip tour you let us know you would prefer to take a rain check, we will fully refund you - Guaranteed!

2 Don't wait for the tourist bus
Save your patience, time and the environment and ride an E Bike instead of taking the Sintra tourist bus.  The Park E Bike office is just meters away from the  bus stop - drop by and ride a bike around Sintra instead.  It's not just better for the environment, it's way more fun too.

3 Beat the ticket queue
Buy a combined or single ticket at the Park E Bike counter in the clock tower in Sintra and jump the queue at any of the following Parks, Palaces and Monuments:

• National Palace 
  
• Pena Palace and Park 
  
• Moorish Castle 
  
• Monserrate Park and Palace 
  
• Chalet da Condessa D'Edla  
  

4 Excellent E Bikes
Park E Bike bicycles feature a low center of gravity for easy riding, wide tires for maximum comfort and grip, a wide gel saddle for a cushy ride and a single grip throttle for easy gear shifting.  The advanced Panasonic electric drive is safe and easy to use, automatically compensating for your pedaling style.  All you have to do is pedal.

5 Exceptional Reputation
Both Parques de Sintra and Cycling Rentals are leading companies in their fields and take your safety online and offline very seriously.  Click on the following links for more information on how we handle your data and how we run our e-bike hire and day trips.