The monuments managed by the Parks of Sintra-Monte da Lua will be closed on Wednesday due to the worsening of weather conditions and the warning statement by the Government.
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10/11/2026
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Lusa
Omonuments managed by the Parks of Sintra-Monte da Lua (PSML) will be closed on Wednesday, as a result of the worsening of weather conditions, was announced today.
“ Due to the worsening weather conditions and following the statement of alert situation by the Government, all monuments managed by the Sintra Parks will be closed during Wednesday ", advanced the company in a statement.
Thus, they will not open to the public the park and National Pena Palace, the Moorish Castle, the Convent of the Capuchos, the lighthouse of the Cabo da Roca, the park and the Palace of Monserrate, the National Palace of Sintra, the gardens and the National Palace of Queluz and the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art.
According to the company, the information will be kept up to date on the PSML website (https://www.parksdesintra.pt/en/notices), “where it is also possible to manage reimbursements and ticket rescheduling”.
According to Lusa the president of society, João Sousa Rego, on Wednesday “all Sintra Park teams will be prepared to intervene in the early morning, already with a set of new operational procedures adopted following the evaluations after the storm Kristin”.
The new operational measures adopted after the storms at the beginning of this year include “preventive measures already implemented and reinforcement of means,” he explained.
In addition to an internal reorganization, following Kristin, the company “is now having more means to respond more effectively and quickly to this type of extreme phenomenon,” she concluded.
Sintra-Monte da Lua Parks is an exclusively public capital company created in 2000, following the UNESCO classification of Sintra Cultural Landscape as a World Heritage Site.
PSML has as shareholders, the General Directorate of Treasury and Finance (which represents the State), the Institute of Conservation of Nature and Forests, the Tourism of Portugal and the Municipality of Sintra.
Continental Portugal is in a state of alert, between 00:00 and 23:59 Wednesday, due to the foreseeable worsening of the state of time with the arrival of depression Charles, it is expected that Lisbon, Leiria, Setúbal, Beja and Faro will be the most affected regions.
The gravity of the scenario led the government to decide to close non-essential public schools and services in all districts, and the authorities admitted closing bridges and air traffic restrictions.
According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), “the occurrence of heavy rain or shower periods, strong wind, with bursts that can reach 120 km/h and, in case of formation of the phenomenon ‘sting jet’ (air current that quickly descends inside an extratropical depression, accelerating towards the surface), exceed 150 km/h”.