Quinta de Sao Thiago

What a magical place! It’s like you stepped back in time when you arrive at this Quinta, surrounded by lush gardens. The woman who owns it grew up there and has so many fascinating stories to share about the house. Although it’s down a narrow gravel road, it’s easily accessible by car, Uber, and even Uber eats if you decide to order in. On the day we were without a car, were able to walk to the main road where there is a bus service to a lot of the sites in Sintra—though it was hard to leave the enchanting property. And my 8 year old son wanted me to mention that he found a lizard in the bathroom and had a lot of fun and the lizard was super cute.

We loved our family stay at the Quinta de Sao Thiago. The historic of the place, the gardens and our kids loved the swimming pool. Theresa was very helpful and generous. Breakfast was remarkable. The roads to get there was a little of an adventure but so very worth it. Recommend this place if you have a event or just for few days like us. Thank you Theresa for having us.

Het is even zoeken naar het pad (laatste 800 meter), maar het is zeer de moeite waard! De quinta is een verborgen parel, prachtig gelegen, met een inrichting die de historische sfeer doet herleven. Het woongedeelte is een sprookje op zich, de kamers netjes en met oog voor detail ingericht. De gastvrouw is heel vriendelijk en hulpvaardig, ze gaf ons een rondleiding door het hele gebouw en vertelde bij het houtvuur boeiend over de familiegeschiedenis en het huis. Vooral de bibliotheek met geheime deur en daarachter de kapel deden ons denken aan een film. Het ontbijt was heerlijk met o.a. zelfgebakken pastéis de nata en warme broodjes. Ons verblijf in Quinta de Sao Thiago overtrof onze verwachtingen! We hopen snel terug te komen. Dank voor de gastvrijheid en de persoonlijke aandacht!

The hotel doesn't exist as a hotel. just a sign outside. They stole my money. You cant get there by car. No lighting outside. Just a building. Do not book with this ghost hotel.

We checked in and didn’t have a very smooth check in process. The place was musty and windows couldn’t be kept open easily because of bugs. No air conditioning. We went out for dinner and returned. Once in bed, we discovered our two rooms were INFESTED with bed bugs. In the few hours we were in bed before realizing, my family suffered hundreds of bites. After this, we couldn’t get a hold of anyone who spoke English or the host for many hours and eventually decided to leave to go elsewhere because we were offered a different room and didn’t feel comfortable staying here. We asked for a refund and didn’t receive one. We spent $500 for a room we never slept a full night in and the host never even bothered to contact us back after we left a note. We noticed bedbugs CRAWLING on the walls in certain places. This was the worst experience I’ve had in any accommodation after 5 trips to Europe. Totally ruined our Sintra trip as we weren’t able to find another hotel in the area. I would not recommend the service or hotel to anyone and I am having to contact my credit card company to attempt to get out money back because Expedia wouldn’t help us out either/honour a refund. I have never written a negative review, but please save your money and skip this place!