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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

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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

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Rights - Direitos - Miguel Boim, O Camin

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

 

info and booking

Sintra, Apparitions and Stories from the

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

 

info and booking

Sintra, Kingdom of Love - Love Stories F
Rights - Direitos - Miguel Boim, O Camin
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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

 

info and booking

The Intimacy in Sintra's Past - Nocturna

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

 

info and booking

Sintra Mountains, Inbetween Wolves - Noc
Rights - Direitos - Miguel Boim, O Camin
Rights - Direitos - Miguel Boim, O Camin

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

 

info and booking

Sintra, Dreams in the Woods and Chants F
Rights - Direitos - Miguel Boim, O Camin
Rights - Direitos - Miguel Boim, O Camin

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

 

info and booking

The Inquisition's Hand in Sintra - Noctu

LIFE AND DEATH AT CAPUCHOS CONVENT IN THE SINTRA MOUNTAINS
 

guided visit (during the day)

around 2 kilometres

regular and soft irregular terrain

 

info and booking

Life and Death at the Capuchos Convent i
Rights - Direitos - Miguel Boim, O Camin

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

 

info and booking

Sintra, Legends and Medieval Stories - W

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

 

info and booking

Miguel Boim Tour in Sintra (O Caminheiro

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

O Caminheiro de Sintra - caminhadas nocturnas

   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.

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   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.

Eu, Fotografia de Rodrigo Garrido, Penin

Miguel in the Mountains speeching just before the sunset

and the entry in the foggy night

picture by Rodrigo Garrido

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    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. 

Livro Sintra Lendária - apresentação Gré

the presentation of the book Sintra Lendária, in the Grémio Literário, by Basílio Horta, Mayor of Sintra Municipality

BOOKING

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.

A Lua Cheia e o Castelo dos Mouros em Sintra, por Miguel Boim e Frederico Almeida Santos
O Castelo de Sintra por Frederico Almeida Santos, num Passeio Pedestre Nocturno de Miguel Boim, O Caminheiro de Sintra

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

Fotografia de Pedro Grilo, Seteais no nevoeiro, numa caminhada nocturna de Miguel Boim, O Caminheiro de Sintra

The fog's arrival.
Photographer credits:
Pedro Grilo

Lisboa vista da Serra de Sintra, numa fotografia de Maria João Marques

In the mountains with a view to the sleeping lights.
Photographer credits:
Maria João Marques

Miguel Boim a contar algumas das histórias da História de Sintra - fotografia de Frederico Almeida Santos
São Pedro de Penaferrim, fotografia de Maria João Marques numa caminhada nocturna de Miguel Boim, O Caminheiro de Sintra

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

(p) Sintra Lendária - Capa - Segunda Edi

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

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