This is THE WAY to see Sintra if you’re a tourist and visiting the Lisbon for a limited time. Our guide, Rue, was excellent! He has a great range of knowledge and gave us the history/background of every place we visited. Before we started our journey, he clarified what exactly we wanted to see in Sintra and modified accordingly. In our day-long journey we visited 3 different ticketed palaces/houses, had a culinary experience trying liqueurs and lunch in the town of Sintra, and had 2 great scenic stops in the car drive home. I highly recommend having a guide and in particular this trip because they know when/where to go and how to navigate through these beautiful places to have a great day-long experience. There’s no way we could have done this on our own! Thank you Rue and Avenidas!