Capuchos Convent

I want to come back here and spend hours exploring the areas and quietly contemplating the people who lived here. Very quiet and remote. It felt like sacred ground.

Such a magical place. We bought tickets for a night guided tour. It was amazing. It was beyond our expectations. Even to get there was an adventure.I think everyone owes this place a visit just to see monks humble lifestyle and their respect for the nature. Beautiful and sad at the same time. Guide Bertrand was very passionate and interesting. Highly recommended.

I almost hesitate to review because I don't want too many people to visit! It is truly a magical place, kept in wonderful shape. They put great effort into restoring and preserving the historical nature of the place.

Love the nature scene and absolutely enjoyed the convent. Have to say the gentleman in charge did not offer an audio guide at ticket sale. Let us walk all the way down then blamed his women colleague. So freaking lame.

Incredibly quiet, atmospheric and humble hermitage dating from 1560. The site is fed by natural springs and many of the tiny rooms, cells, stairs and narrow corridors used by the Capuchin Franciscans are excavated in the rock. A really beautiful place to visit and a must see!

My favourite place in Portugal so far, admittedly only three days in. Incredibly atmospheric, set amongst moss covered boulders and trees in an isolated spot. It felt like a scene from a fantasy novel. Cork bark used for shutters, doors, frames, benches, boulders bulging out of walls. Remnant decorative features including a skull and Cross bones! A must visit.

We loved this place. We took an Uber from Sintra. There isn't another way to get there. we had the place to ourselves for an hour. It's truly worth the track up. If you feel like it afterwards walk through the forest on fire trails to Monserrate Palace. It took us 45mins easy down hill the whole way. It was beautiful in the forest with lakes, ponds and a waterfall.

It is breathtaking beautiful. A beautiful and peaceful place one created for prayer meditation to honor God so unlike your everyday convent evident by the humility in which, it is evident, the friars leaved! As you walk through the facolity you are transported to a different time, a period... a way of life different than ours. It is a place i recommend people definitely visit!