Museums of Sintra
Air Museum
Museum's entrance
Located at the Air Base Nº 1, the Museum exhibits over 100 aircrafts and 9,500 pieces.
The 3,000 sq/m main hall hosts 42 aircrafts, presented in a chronological order and including some rarities such as the Junkers JU-52 and the de Havilland Dragon Rapide .
The 700 sq/m TAP (National Airlines) hall exhibits the history of the company since its incorporation in 1945 and features its first flight simulator.
The Pioneer's Room displays the navigation instruments, maps and personal belongings of the first Portuguese pilots such as Sacadura Cabral , Gago Coutinho and Sarmento de Beires .
The ANA (National Airports) hall of 700 sq/m contains the original model of Lisbon's airport when opened in 1942 as well as the equipment and furniture of the first Air Traffic Control Tower.
Three thematic halls are dedicated to the colonial war , the civil aviation, and the Airforce pilots training.
Main Hall
| Opening Hours: | Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 until 17:00 Closed on Mondays; Dec 24, 25, 31 & Jan 1; and Easter Sunday. |
| Entrance: | € 3.00 |
| Telephone: | +351 219 678 984 |
| Address: | Granja do Marquês 2715-021 Pêro Pinheiro |
| Coordinates: | 38.8372025; -9.3426382 |
F16 in the open air exhibition
São Miguel de Odrinhas Archaeological Museum
Inaugurated in 1955, in the village of Odrinhas, 11 km from Sintra, the museum integrates the ruins of a Roman villa featuring a polychrome mosaic, a megalithic sanctuary, an imposing paleo-Christian apsidal monument and remains of a necropolis from the Middle Ages.
It covers an area of 15,000 sq/m out of which 3,500 are covered.
Its epigraphic collection, considered the most complete and important in the country, counts over two hundred Etruscan, Roman, Visigothic and Medieval artefacts.
In addition to the exhibition, the museum also features a specialised library, an auditorium, a restoration workshop and a leisure area.
Roman Villa ruins
Tours, which are guided by technicians of the museum, include a visit to the nearby ruins.
| Opening Hours: | Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 until 13:00 and from 14:00 until 18:00 Closed on Sundays, Mondays and Holidays The library is closed in August |
| Entrance: | € 2.00 |
| Telephone: | +351 219 613 574 |
| Address: | Avenida Prof. Dr. D. Fernando de Almeida 2705-739 São João das Lampas |
| Coordinates: | 38.8865837; -9.3663704 |
Sintra Arts Museum
Hosted in a building dating back to 1920, former casino of Sintra, the museum displays the county's collection of contemporary art.
| Opening Hours: | Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 until 20:00 and Saturday & Sunday from 14:00 until 20:00 Closed on Mondays and Holidays |
| Entrance: | € 1.00 |
| Address: | Av. Heliodoro Salgado 2710-575 Sintra |
| Coordinates: | 38.8032351; -9.3817985 |
| Telephone: | +351 219 243 794 |
Natural History Museum
An extraordinary collection of thousands of fossils of exceptional scientific value gathered during 50 years by the Portuguese writer and painter Miguel Barbosa.
The museum is located in the historical centre of Sintra in a building erected in 1893.
| Opening Hours: | Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 until 18:00 and Saturday & Sunday from 12:00 until 18:00 Closed on Mondays and Holidays Last entry at 17:00 |
| Entrance: | € 1.00 |
| Address: | Rua do Paço, 20 2710-602 Sintra |
| Coordinates: | 38.7979137; -9.3899416 |
| Telephone: | +351 219 238 563 |
Live Science Centre
Located in the former trams depot, the centre let the visitor use 37 hands on units related to: water, human body, physics and chemistry phenomena, environment and astronomy. Learning by practice.
| Opening Hours: | Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 until 18:00 and Saturday, Sunday & Holidays from 11:00 until 19:00 Closed on Mondays; Dec 24, 25, 31 & Jan 1; and Easter Sunday. |
| Entrance: | € 3.50 |
| Address: | Rua Carlos de Oliveira Carvalho, 19 2710-540 Sintra |
| Coordinates: | 38.802131; -9.3949949 |
| Telephone: | +351 219 247 730 |
Bus 403 Cascais Terminal - Sintra Estação
Cascais Bus Terminal - Sintra Train Station
7 minutes to and from Sintra Train Station
Frequency:
Every 30 minutes, from 09:00 until 19:10
Detailed timetable
Bus 403 Itinerary Diagram
Itinerary:
Sintra Train Station <-7 min-> Live Science Centre (Ribeira Sintra) <-30 min-> Cabo da Roca <-22 min-> Cascais Bus Terminal
Route Calculator | Scotturb, Cascais Sintra Busses Website
Public transportation in Sintra
Anjos Texeira Museum
'The Chased' statue in the museum garden
Settled in the historical centre of the city, in a recovered building which includes an old water-mill, the house/museum contains an important collection of sculptures, sketches in plaster and other works by Artur Anjos Teixeira (1884-1935) and his son Pedro Anjos Teixeira (1908-1997), who lived and carried on their work there.
| Opening Hours: | Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 until 18:00 and Saturday & Sunday from 12:00 until 18:00 Closed on Mondays and Holidays |
| Entrance: | € 1.00 |
| Address: | Azinhaga da Sardinha, Volta do Duche 2710-631 Sintra |
| Coordinates: | 38.7965256; -9.3872380 |
| Telephone: | +351 219 238 827 |
Ferreira de Castro Museum
Located right in the historical centre, the museum contains the private, literary and artistic heritage left by the great Portuguese novelist Ferreira de Castro (1898-1974).
| Opening Hours: | Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 until 18:00 and Saturday, Sunday & Holidays from 12:00 until 18:00 Closed on Mondays. |
| Entrance: | Free |
| Address: | Rua Consiglieri Pedroso, 34 2710-550 Sintra |
| Coordinates: | 38.7956643; -9.3927741 |
| Telephone: | +351 219 238 828 |
Leal da Câmara Museum
A journey into the artistic imagination of the internationally renowned caricaturist and painter Tomas Leal da Câmara (1876-1948) in his last residence which has been transformed into a museum.
| Opening Hours: | Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 until 18:00 and Saturday & Sunday from 12:00 until 18:00 Closed on Mondays and Holidays Last entry at 17:00 |
| Entrance: | Free |
| Address: | Calçada da Rinchoa, 67 2635-312 Rio de Mouro |
| Coordinates: | 38.7919516; -9.3230152 |
| Telephone: | +351 219 164 303 |