The 15 Best Garden Tours in Portugal

1.Sintra Tour with Optional Regaleira & Pena Gardens

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 1,452 reviews · from $102Our pick

Review of Lisbon’s Sintra day tour, with Regaleira, Pena Gardens, Cabo da Roca, Cascais, practical tips, costs, and drawbacks.

“This was a great trip! Easy instructions and communication. Our guide was very knowledgeable and accomodating. We especially loved the recommendation to view the lakes at the Pena Palace. The van was very comfortable for our family of 8 adults. It was a pretty cold/cloudy day in Sintra (even in July) so I would recommend bringing a jacket just in case. Overall, we had an amazing day! Definitely recommend :-)”

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2.Sintra: National Palace and Gardens Skip-the-Line Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 1,144 reviews · 1 day · from $15

Review of Sintra’s $15 National Palace ticket, with skip-the-line entry, tiled rooms, royal history, gardens, audio guide, and practical tips.

“Mr. Padovan was engaging, personal and professional. So glad we booked and had him. Thank you so much. Well worth it.”

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3.Sintra & Cascais Day Tour with Pena Palace Entry and Gardens Walk

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 962 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $92Top rated

Review of the Sintra and Cascais day tour from Lisbon, with Pena Palace, Cabo da Roca, coastal views, pickup, and practical tips.

“Our was a great storyteller. She was very knowledgable and down to earth. Created a cohesive tour that was well balanced. Delightfully engaged through to the end. Tip - Look up lunch spots in Sintra before you go so you’re able to make the most of your time in town exploring versus looking for a place to eat.”

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4.Queluz National Palace & Gardens Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 447 reviews · 1 day · from $7Best value

Review of Queluz National Palace and Gardens, with royal rooms, Rococo gardens, ticket value, transport tips, and practical advice.

“Beautiful place. Just wanted more time outside but the ☔ stopped that plan.”

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5.Monte Tropical Garden & Toboggan Ride by Tuk Tuk

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 227 reviews · 3 hours

Review of Funchal’s private tuk-tuk tour to Monte Palace, including the tropical garden, Old Town, church, and famous toboggan ride.

“Very unique experience! I’ve never tobogganed down a street. Monte Gardens were beautiful. Our guide Fabio was incredibly warm and fun to talk with, he gave great recommendations.”

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6.Guided Old Town Tuk Tuk Tour and Botanical Gardens

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 197 reviews · 2 hours · from $50

Review of Funchal’s private tuk tuk tour, Old Town sights, local guide, steep streets, and Botanical Gardens visit for $50.

“The whole experience was fantastic, Virgilio was a fantastic guide which made the tour even more exciting”

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7.Monte Palace Tropical Gardens Tuk Tuk Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 185 reviews · 3 hours · from $58

Review of Funchal’s Monte Palace Tropical Gardens tuk tuk tour, with hilltop views, church visit, guide tips, timing, costs, and practical advice.

“Virgílio is a very nice guy who did a perfect service with flexibility. He gave us some nice tips about restaurants, bars, etc. and places to visit. We were happy with him!”

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8.Private Tour of Sintra The Glorious Garden of Eden with Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 150 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $181

Explore Sintra’s Pena Palace, Regaleira, and coastal sights on a private Lisbon tour with hotel pickup and flexible guiding.

“Must do tour! Hugo was an amazing guide with great knowledge and good humor. We enjoyed every minute, Peña Palace, Hugo made sure we got there early to beat the crowds. That was great because the crowds coming up as we were leaving were quite heavy. The garden with the famous well was amazing. Having a private tour was the way to go! Highly recommend this tour. Highly recommend Hugo!”

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9.Madeira Highlights: Toboggan, Garden & Cable Car (All-Inclusive)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 80 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $199

Review of Madeira’s private cable car, Monte garden and toboggan tour, with practical advice on price, queues, walking and value.

“We enjoyed sight seeing from the cable car. The tobaggan ride was fun, annd our tour guide waited a long time in line, while we waited at a cafe, for our turn to take that ride. Our tour Guide Miguel was GREAT. The Botanical Garden tour was a fiasco ( not Miguel’s fault ), We terminated it after a half hour of carefully finding a way to make it safely to the nearest exit because of the dangerous walkways, which were composed of wet slippery volcanic rock's most all STEEP SLOPES!!!, creating countless places where A YONE could suddenly and easily slip and fall. There was NO WARNING of these…”

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10.Madeira: Botanical Garden in a Tuk-Tuk Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 74 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $47

Ride a private tuk-tuk from Funchal to Madeira’s Botanical Garden, enjoy city views, and see historic landmarks in 90 minutes.

“For starters our guide was 10 minutes late. Journey to Botanical Gardens was ok, bit rough in places and Tuk Tuk struggled badly on hill. Engine kept cutting out, sliding backwards, jittery restart causing hell of a bump (this happened more than once!) on arrival at gardens we were told by our guide we had 1 hour. Set alarm on my phone for 45 minutes to ensure we had plenty of time to get back to exit for pick up (11.33am) Arrived at pick up ahead of time, waited and waited. 12.05 still no sign of our guide so we got the bus back into Funchal. So much cheaper (and…”

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11.Madeira Botanical Levels Bike Tour – Scenic Trail Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 74 reviews · 4.5 hours · from $94

Ride Madeira from mountain cloud to sea on a guided 25-kilometer trail tour with full-suspension bikes, forest paths, levadas, and free photos.

“Very good first experience, mixing road, levadas, tails and single tracks Very good bikes Jimmy knows the techique very well and shares it”

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12.Botanical Garden and Old Town Private Tuk-Tuk Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 73 reviews · 2 hours

See Funchal’s Old Town and Botanical Garden by private tuk-tuk, with local stories, steep streets, cruise pickup, and practical tips.

“Brilliant experience we were picked up from designated place/time and the two guides were brilliant we had a great day and even took us to another part of the island which was much quieter and again that was a really good experience too”

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13.Monte Palace Tropical Garden tour with Cable Car

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 44 reviews · 2 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $72

Review of Monte Palace Tropical Garden and Funchal cable car tour, with practical tips on timing, terrain, value, pickup, and the toboggan ride.

“The view is amazing. It's definitely a must do. The guide was very informative. My favorite was the cable car.”

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14.Charming Sintra on Private Guided Tour with History (All Day)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 38 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $143

Review of a private Sintra day tour from Lisbon, with Pena Palace, Moorish Castle, historic streets, and Azenhas do Mar.

“Excelente tour privado, com guia Diogo que nos deu todas as informações históricas do local. Indico essa empresa para todas as pessoas que queiram fazer o passeio em Sintra.”

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15.Garden of Peace Eden Park, Grutas, Fátima, Batalha, Nazaré,Óbidos

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 29 reviews · 9 to 10 hours (approx.) · from $215

Compare Buddha Eden, Óbidos, Nazaré, Batalha, the caves, and Fátima on a flexible private day trip from Lisbon.

“António was the BEST guide! We had 4 children (under 8) in our group and the trip went smoothly. He had carseats available for our kids, even our 1 year old, and had a great day planned for us. He was very accommodating when our plans changed (isn’t that how it goes with kiddos?). He arranged the most amazing lunch for us and had great insight and communication the entire day. António is so nice and patient. He also gave us many suggestions of places to see and visit while here in Portugal. We will be calling António when we return.”

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