Hotel Sintra Jardim

Beautiful, quiet scenic....like being in a fairytale. Gardens are lovely, Rooms spacious with a balcony, every view incredible. Free breakfast in the morning, quiet nooks to read and enjoy a fire, play cards. Absolutely stunning surroundings. Bathrooms are modern

This hotel is an old building but packed with charm. Whole ambience of the place is so chilled from the reception staff to communal rooms (of which there are many) /gardens. Breakfast was a cold spread but varied and plentiful.||Whilst it is a 20 min walk downhill to town centre there are some excellent dining choices within 150 m - Tasco Do Strauss is a great 'pub night' out with fantastic local food/drink. Taki-tapas is also homely and brilliant food (see my other reviews).||No tea/coffee facilities in room but reception staff are happy to organise and you can sit in the veranda contemplating life and how lucky you are to be here!

It's a 15 min walk from Sintra old town. It feels a bit dated but at the same it's lovely. The attached view was from our room and we loved it and would stay again.

The hotel is super nice to the people who like the old places and quietness. The rooms furniture is old but good. The staff is super helpful.

We so loved everything about this property. Near enough to the old town to walk yet far enough away to be out of the hustle bustle. Gorgeous well maintained grounds and property. We appreciate the time it takes to keep up this huge garden! The rooms were old as is the building but well maintained and very clean. Cleaned each day with fresh towels. Mira at the front desk is a delight! She was most kind with our requests and to give us good advice on sites to see and restaurants.|The hotel is quiet. Continental breakfast each morning was lovely in the garden room with plenty to choose from and fresh juices. We wish we could have stayed longer! Abrigada Hotel Sintra Jardim for making our European vacation start well!

The spot to stay for your Sintra visit. It’s nice, cozy, well placed (situated) and perfect for relaxing after walks in the mystical woods that surround Sintras top spots. We stayed for three nights and had rain almost the whole time, however, the hotel staff and amenities were good and we could dry and warm ourselves at night with a drink in the hotel bar, and a round of chess in the common areas. (Electric furnace in the room also helped) The hotel is around 150 years old, but is well maintained and cared for. The garden is amazing and if you go here, I hope you get to enjoy the pool. (As we did not, due to the weather) Attached is a picture of the sunniest day - (checkout day) :(

Really lovely family hotel, very nice historic building. Our only complaint is that we got given the smallest and objectively worst room in the hotel. We got a glance at other rooms, and they are really nice and spacious, we just got the short end of the straw! The rooms aren’t very well noise isolated, so you can hear other tenants in the neighbouring rooms are talking about. However, this is to be expected, as the building is really old and has an old-time, romantic vibe to it!

Hotel Sintra Jardim is not quite a hotel in some ways, more like a Pensione. For big instance, there were no amenities — NONE — in the bathroom. Bring your own, and a wash cloth if you like. Our Garden View room on the first floor featured a short bath tub with only a plexiglass swinging panel to block water from shower … resulting in a soaked bathroom … by the time I figured out the water comes out of the hand-held shower head that was left facing out. There was a hand soap dispenser on the corner of the tub with not very nice liquid soap in it for body wash. ||The lush garden was a sanctuary of delight, though, and made up for funkiness of the hotel. People swam in the pool in May while we were there. If you want a place to get away, Hotel Sintra Jardim is like no other around. You can see the Moor Castle from the hotel’s terrace. (The Terrace door is locked at 11:00 at night, so you can’t get out.)||Breakfast was pretty good. ||The hotel desk clerks spoke excellent English. ||Hotel Sintra Jardim is a steep 15 minute walk downhill to the Historic Center of Sintra, We liked that we could walk even with the walk back up the steep hill. If you can spend a night or two in Sintra, I recommend it to have the beautiful little city all to yourself.||The hotel desk clerks spoke excellent English. ||This is what I wish I knew beforehand:||We wanted to go to Quinta do Regalieras first. We spent an hour in the Center figuring out how to get there, turns out via a Hop On Hop Off bus. When in fact the #1252 local yellow bus that stops right outside the hotel goes directly to Quinta do Regalieras! We also found we could have walked from the Hotel, albeit a steep climb up. The #435 Hop On Hop Off bus goes there, as well as to Palace Montserrat. ||As for the Hop On Hop Off bus … these are the big WHITE buses you catch in the Center and particularly at the Railway Station (#435 to Quinta do Regalieras). The Buses do take credit cards. All day ticket is 13 Euros and change. (I at first mistakenly thought we were looking for the typical Red sightseeing double decker buses, but those only come from Lisbon.)||The #434 bus goes to Pena Palace and Moor Castle, which we caught at the bottom of the hill from the hotel. As mentioned, you can use a credit card. ||The #434 and #435 just go in a loop, so you cannot go wrong hopping on one at any point. ||In all, Hotel Sintra Jardim was the best we could do for wanting a 3 person room. And is the kind of place experiential travelers like for its history, character, and for its unusual-ness. It was nice to be a bit out of town.

We stayed here a week with two surly, grumpy teenagers and ended up having a great time despite their energy. The hotel is wonderful, the continental breakfast is great, the pool and grounds are terrific, and you're a ten-minute walk from downtown Sintra (both the tourist one and the local one, albeit in opposite directions). There's also a ten-minute walk towards a smaller, quieter neighborhood that offers several great bars, cafes, and restaurants that are quieter, for those who want to avoid crowds but still find great local eats. The staff at the hotel are all warm, engaging, and helpful, whatever your needs may be.

One of the better stays on our two week trek through Azores and Portugal mainland. The hotel has a feel of an old home in the southern US, with high ceilings and a wonderful terrace view of the gardens and pool. Very walkable to Sintra and a trail up to Pena Castle. Food was great.