Moorish Castle  

On one of the sides of the romantic Mountain range of Sintra you have the Moorish Castle. This was built by the Muslim during the 8th and 9th century for the defence of the territory in quarrel with the Christians. This dispute went on until the 12th century.
Little time after the re - Conquer of Lisbon by the king Afonso Henriques, in 1147 the Muslim that inhabited the Castle surrendered without resistance
On a pacific territory and a consolidated Portuguese Kingdom, in the 15th century the military blockhouse looses its importance and it is abandoned. This fact started a degradation process of the entire Castle.
The King Fernando II found it in a ruin state and in 1840 it was given to Sintra City hall in the condition that it would be restored to be used as public stroll and kept opened to the population.
In 1994 the Moorish Castle transited for the guardianship of the Nature Preservation Institute- Sintra-Cascais Natural Park- and kept that management until July 2000.

Schedule:

1 May to 14 June – from 9a.m. to 7p.m.
15 June to 15 September – from 9a.m. to 8p.m.
16 September to 31 October – from 9a.m. to 7p.m.
1 November to 30 April – from 9:30a.m. to 6p.m.

Price:

Normal Ticket – €3,5
Municipals - €1
Young from 6 to 17 years old - €2
More than 65 year old people - €2
Supplement of guided visit – €3,5 (subject to booking)

Reservations:
Telephone: 21 923 73 00
Fax: 21 923 73 50