Sintra Mountains writer and history researcher
author of Sintra Lendária - Histórias e Lendas do Monte da Lua (on its 2nd edition)
also known as Caminheiro de Sintra (Sintra's Wanderer)
lectures and speeches on Sintra's history to more than 12K people (as to 2018 data)
Miguel Boim
THE FAMOUS THEMATIC
SINTRA MOUNTAINS NIGHT WALKS
now in english language and yes, they can easily be done by you
be prepared to face Sintra's strangest past with your heart
SINTRA: APPARITIONS AND STORIES FROM THE MOUNTAINS
around 6 kilometres
departure from the historical centre but focused in the mountain
regular terrain
between 210 m and 440 m above sea level
SINTRA, KINGDOM OF LOVE (day version)
around 6 kilometres
departure from the historical centre but focused in the mountain
regular and soft irregular terrain
between 195 m and 390 m above sea level
THE INTIMACY IN SINTRA'S PAST
around 6 kilometres
departure from the historical centre with a passage in the mountain
regular and soft irregular terrain
between 160 m and 390 m above sea level
SINTRA MOUNTAINS INBETWEEN WOLVES
starts 1 hour before the sunset
around 6 kilometres
route focused only in the mountain
irregular terrain
between 330 m and 490 m above sea level
SINTRA, KINGDOM OF LOVE (night version)
around 5 kilometres (shorter than the day version)
departure from the historical centre but focused in the mountain
regular and soft irregular terrain
between 195 m and 400 m above sea level
+ info
SINTRA: DREAMS IN THE WOODS AND CHANTS FROM THE OCEAN
around 6 kilometres
departure from the historical centre with a small passage in the dark of the mountain
regular and soft irregular terrain
between 200 m and 400 m above sea level
THE INQUISITION'S HAND IN SINTRA
around 5 kilometres
departure from the historical centre and around the village
regular terrain
between 200 m and 240 m above sea level
LIFE AND DEATH AT CAPUCHOS CONVENT IN THE SINTRA MOUNTAINS
guided visit (during the day)
around 2 kilometres
regular and soft irregular terrain
SINTRA: LEGENDS AND MEDIEVAL STORIES
during the day
around 6 kilometres
departure from the historical centre but focused in the mountain, but with crowded places
regular and irregular terrain
between 195 m and 465 m above sea level
REGULAR TOUR IN A SUV
with Miguel Boim, with you being picked and delivered at the place you are staying in, in the Lisbon district
all tickets to the monuments included
with a lunch in a traditional portuguese restaurant
your cicerone:
the author and researcher
Miguel Boim
lectures and speeches on Sintra's history to more than 12K people - as to 2018 data
in this video of the portuguese channel dedicated to culture, Miguel Boim
gives body to Süskind's walker, Mr. Sommer
100% devoted to Sintra's local history research, Miguel Boim has his special focus on the human side of what was in the past chronicles of Portugal's Kingdom noted down. Legends, habits and traditions, civil and religious legislation, monastic and conventual mystical experiences, are some of the branches which Miguel considers truly important to understand Sintra's past tree of life.
Besides having contributed with several written articles over the years for the dissemination of the history - and histories - of Sintra's mountains, Miguel is co-author in some literary works, having his own published, from which stands the iconic "Sintra Lendária", presently on its second edition.
Living in the past - so to say - Miguel states that all his best friends are dead but quite alive in the middle of the pages and foils of books and manuscripts. His "friends" have all the time in the world - in this one and in the one beyond this - to, through their old writings, tell him what in Sintra Mountains have happened, and who through the valleys and hills have roamed.
Having as the main goal to spread Sintra Mountains history through specialized - but captivating - content, both for portuguese and for foreigners, and both in the oral as in the written form, in the late years Miguel has been having participation in projects with significant impact for the spread of Sintra's past word.
Miguel in the Mountains speeching just before the sunset
and the entry in the foggy night
picture by Rodrigo Garrido
Although his main work is to do research, an important side of it it's to transmit what can be more captivating to people so that they can get closer to history and culture in general.
Running along with the night walks and day tours Miguel also has projects to bring people close to the enchantment present in History, which may have very specific features.
The picture on the side shows one of those projects, in which he is taking the folk tradition and legends present in History to the young students of the district. A project sponsored by the city council (Câmara Municipal de Sintra).
Miguel Boim being received by the students of a school in the Municipality of Sintra
So important as what we can realize or achieve in the content of our work, it's the proper acknowledgement.
Not only by the general public but also by the institutional world.
The picture on the left it's a memory from the release of "Sintra Lendária", which was made at Grémio Literário de Lisboa (a literary group composed in the year 1856) and presented by the Mayor of Sintra, Dr. Basílio Horta, in 2015.
the presentation of the book Sintra Lendária, in the Grémio Literário, by Basílio Horta, Mayor of Sintra Municipality
Do you want to book or check more of what you are able to see in each route?
Just click in the themes that are at the begining of this page and that have aroused your curiosity!
If you want a regular private tour by car or just for Miguel Boim to accompany you during a day, you can also send an email checking the availability.
The full moon reaching the height of the Castle.
Photographer credits:
Frederico Almeida Santos and Miguel Boim
The Castle hiding itself under the fog.
Photographer credits:
Frederico Almeida Santos
The fog's arrival.
Photographer credits:
Pedro Grilo
In the mountains with a view to the sleeping lights.
Photographer credits:
Maria João Marques
Façades which hide unknown royal burials.
Photographer credits:
Maria João Marques
In one more night evoking humans from the past.
Photographer credits:
Frederico Almeida Santos
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second edition of Miguel Boim and Sintra's iconic book Sinta Lendária, with a deep and heartful insight on the side of History which resembles the same enchantment of legends and tales
legal notice: rnaat 1808/2017