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Cycling in and around Sintra
Located by the lush and beautiful hills of Sintra, it is no surprise that visitors of Lisbon Coast Cottages can enjoy fantastic mountain biking and road cycling experiences. Whether you are a novice looking for a relaxing cruise by the sea and through the woods, or an expert looking for a worthy challenge, Sintra offers it all.

For visitors interested in cycling in Sintra, Cycling Rentals , conveniently located near Lisbon Coast Cottages, is the number one choice rent a bike in the area. Cycling Rentals has a large selection of bicycles: from hard-tail mountain bikes with front suspension and hydraulic disc brakes to the high-end Carbon Road Bikes. All will be delivered and picked up from your chosen accommodation.

For riders interested in a more complete Sintra cycling experience, Cycling Rentals also offers full and half day, guided or self-guided day trips. Their exciting mountain and road bike day trips are highly recommended on Trip Advisor and the price of the tour includes bike rental, detailed route maps, and easy bike pick-up & drop-off in the area. Visitors can choose from any of Cycling Rentals’ acclaimed Cycling Day Trips, which include must see local sites such as Azenhas do Mar, Capuchos Hermitage, Monserate Palace, Cabo da Roca and Cascais.

If you like the idea of getting on a bike, but don’t fancy pushing too hard on the pedals, Cycling Rentals also offer pedal assisted E Bikes on all their Day Trips and also for hire only.

Cycling Rentals puts its customers first with a totally flexible service and the company can make a custom fitting of your bike, with quality bicycle rental starting from as little as 12 euros a day. To rent a bike or book a Day Trip send an email to info@cycling-rentals.com or call +351 922 134 857.
Ralph is a keen cyclist himself, participating in normal mountain biking, downhill mountain biking and road biking as well. If you rent a bike he will be more than pleased to point you in the right direction or maybe take you out for a spin round the hill personally, whatever your riding style. Click here to see the what’s available for the downhill/ northshore rider.
Or please visit our Strava™ Lisboncoastcottages Guests rides page, to see examples of commonly ridden rides by our guests. For those not familiar with Strava™, it is a free mobile app that tracks your ride using GPS, each ride you log with the program is compared against every other rider that has ridden the same route and leader boards are produced, proclaiming the fastest rider as King of the Mountain - KOM.
We would like to be KOM on every climb, so if you have the legs for it please export the your GPX file and email it to us so we can upload it as a LisbonCoastcottages Guest ride we will reward any segment KOM with a bottle of wine!
Walk with us from the cottages to Cabo da Roca
Visit here the quaint and beautiful village of Azenhas do Mar