点评:Carlos is an excellent and knowledgeable tour guide, offering customizable tours of Sintra for a very reasonable price!
After taking the short journey from Lisbon to Sintra around 12h00, my mother and I stepped off the train with no plan ahead of us. We crossed the street from the train station and were greeted by Carlos, who warmly invited us to take a tour of Sintra with him. Carlos offered to take us at our own pace, and promised that our tour would be customizable, allowing us to stop wherever we would like, for as long as we’d like. After some skepticism on our end, Carlos reassured us that we were doing the right thing by having our guard up, and even told us that if his tour did not meet our expectations in the end, we would not have to pay him.
We finally agreed to go, but needed to grab a quick lunch before heading off. Carlos took us to a great little lunch spot called Cafe Saudade, explaining that Saudade is a word only found in Portuguese, meaning to miss someone deeply. After this, we began our journey up the mountain to Pena Palace. Carlos offered great insight and history on the Palace, the Moorish Tower, several water fountains, and the microclimate of Sintra.
Touring with Carlos allowed us to bypass the stress and hassle of figuring out where and how to get tickets, and queuing to visit the Palace.
After our tour of Pena Palace, Carlos took us to Sintra’s Historic Center where he gave us a thorough walking tour, including taking us to some beautiful sights many other tourists are unaware of.
Finally, Carlos took us for a drive along the coast of Sintra, beginning with the most western point of Europe, and ending with Azenhas Do Mar (as he called “the Greece of Portugal”). Carlos even waited for us as we dined on the beach at Bar do Fundo and had one of the best meals of our trip!
At the end of the evening, Carlos dropped us back off at Sintra’s Historic Center, where we parted ways. We will recommend touring with Carlos to all our friends, and will reach out to him again when we return to Portugal!
Tiana, from Canada
翻译:卡洛斯是一位出色且博学的导游,他能以非常实惠的价格为我们提供量身定制的辛特拉观光行程!
中午12点左右,我和母亲从里斯本乘火车短途抵达辛特拉,当时我们并没有任何游玩计划。我们从火车站穿过马路后,卡洛斯热情地迎了上来,邀请我们与他一同游览辛特拉。他主动提出可以按照我们的节奏来安排行程,并保证整个游览过程可以完全根据我们的需求来定制。这让我们可以随心所欲地在任何地方停留,想待多久就待多久。起初我们还有些顾虑,但卡洛斯向我们保证,保持警惕是对的做法;他甚至说,如果最终他的导游服务没能达到我们的期望,我们也无需付钱给他。
我们最终同意出发,不过出发前需要先随便吃点午饭。卡洛斯带我们去了一家很不错的小餐馆,名叫“Cafe Saudade”。他解释说,“Saudade”是个只有在葡萄牙语里才有的词。意思是深深思念某人。之后,我们开始登山前往佩纳宫。卡洛斯为我们详细介绍了佩纳宫、摩尔人塔、多处喷泉以及辛特拉的微气候。
有卡洛斯陪同游览,我们省去了自行研究购票地点与方式、以及排队参观宫殿的麻烦与压力。
参观完佩纳宫后,卡洛斯又带我们前往辛特拉的历史中心,为我们进行了一次详尽的步行导览。他带我们游览了许多其他游客所不知道的美丽景点。
最后,卡洛斯开车带我们沿着辛特拉的海岸线游览,从欧洲最西端出发,最后抵达阿泽尼亚斯-杜马尔(他称其为“葡萄牙的希腊”)。我们在巴尔多富恩多的海滩上用餐时,卡洛斯还特意等着我们;那顿饭堪称我们旅途中最美味的一餐!
傍晚时分,卡洛斯把我们送回辛特拉的历史中心,随后我们便各自离开了。我们会向所有朋友推荐让Carlos带他们游玩,等我们再回到葡萄牙时也一定会再次联系他!
来自加拿大的Tiana。