Three places are called Monserrate. Only one of them is this one
The three, side by side
| Place | Where | How you get up there | Covered by this site? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monserrate | Sintra, Portugal | On foot inside the park, or with the paid transfer the operator offers. No cable car, no funicular, no rack railway. | Yes — this is the one |
| Cerro de Monserrate | Bogotá, Colombia | A funicular and a cable car. | No |
| Montserrat | Catalonia, Spain | A rack railway and cable cars. | No |
The one letter that tells them apart
Sintra and Bogotá both spell it Monserrate. Catalonia spells it Montserrat, with a t in the middle and no final e. Between Sintra and Bogotá the tell is the word in front: Cerro means hill, and Bogotá’s is Cerro de Monserrate. If the page you are reading says Cerro, or says Colombia, it is not about Sintra.
The questions people arrive here with
- “Is there a cable car to Monserrate?” Not in Sintra. Inside the park you walk, or take the paid transfer the operator offers between the main entrance and the palace. How you actually get here.
- “How much does the Cerro de Monserrate cable car cost?” That is Bogotá, and its operator publishes the fare. The ticket on this site is the Sintra palace and park, and it is unrelated.
- “How long is the cable car ride to Montserrat?” That is Catalonia, reached by a rack railway and by cable cars; its operator has the timings.
- “Is it safe to hike Monserrate?” A Bogotá question, best answered from Bogotá. The Sintra one is a garden walk uphill from a ticket office.
How to be sure you have found the Sintra one
- It is a palace and a park, not a summit: ten rooms in the building and thirteen points of interest in the grounds. The rooms, the park.
- It is on the EN375, the road between Sintra town centre and Colares, reached from Lisbon by way of the IC19. Getting here.
- You reach it by train and bus, not by wire: bus nº 1253 from Sintra train station, or nº 435 from the Lourel car park. The station is on the CP Sintra Line from Oriente, Rossio or Entrecampos.
- One ticket covers the palace and the park together, booked ahead at the gate price with fast-track entry. The tickets page.
If Sintra was the one you wanted
Then the ticket below is the one that gets you in: the palace and the park on one admission, with a free app audio guide in four languages, at the same price the operator charges at its own window. The roofs are under restoration into the first quarter of 2027 with the site open throughout, and the gardens are the reason to come. What to expect on the day.
Palace and park, fast-trackSintra: Monserrate Palace & Park Ticket
The one most people bookLisbon: Sintra Full Day Pena Palace, Regaleira & Monserrate
Entry included, with the hour setFrom Lisbon: Sintra, Regaleira, Monserrate and Pena Palace
Read next
- Visiting — hours, the restoration and the hill.
- Getting here from Sintra station.
- The park, point by point.
- Is it worth it?
Frequently asked questions
Is there a cable car to Monserrate?
Not in Sintra. The Monserrate this site covers is a palace and a park in Portugal, with no cable car, no funicular and no rack railway. Cerro de Monserrate in Bogotá, Colombia has a funicular and a cable car, and Montserrat in Catalonia, Spain has a rack railway and cable cars.
How much does the Cerro de Monserrate cable car cost?
That is Bogotá, Colombia, and its operator publishes the fare. The ticket on this site is the Sintra palace and park ticket, which covers the palace and the gardens and is unrelated.
How long is the cable car ride to Montserrat?
That is Montserrat in Catalonia, Spain, reached by a rack railway and by cable cars; its operator publishes the timings. Sintra’s Monserrate is reached by road.
Which Monserrate is in Portugal?
Monserrate in Sintra: a palace and a park on the EN375 between Sintra town centre and Colares, reached by bus nº 1253 from Sintra train station or nº 435 from the Lourel car park. One ticket covers the palace and the park.