This walk starts next to the Malveira da Serra Primary School and, after walking through some of the village's streets, heads towards the slopes of the Peninha Sanctuary, with breathtaking views. It will be at this final point that we will have the challenge of climbing the “famous” Dragão trail, which will take us towards Cabeço do Vento, passing by Fonte dos Romeiros, until we reach the Peninha Sanctuary, with fabulous views across the Sintra mountains and the coastline, which allows us to reach the mouth of the River Tagus and Cape Espichel.

We'll also pass through the Bosque do Silêncio (Forest of Silence), the Pedras Irmãs (Sister Stones) and the trails that are so characteristic of this part of the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. Then we'll resume our journey towards Malveira da Serra, travelling through magnificent oak forests and majestic Cedros do Bussaco, among other species. At the end we'll descend to our starting point.

Little feather

The Peninha site, in the middle of the Syenitic centre of the Sintra eruptive massif and a place of worship, shows signs of human permanence since the Neolithic period. It includes a group of buildings classified as a Property of Public Interest.

The Chapel of Our Lady of Peninha, built out of popular devotion, according to the legend of Our Lady's apparition to a mute and very poor shepherdess from Almoinhas Velhas.

The Chapel of St Saturninus, built in the 16th-17th century, is a place of worship dating back to Visigoth times. To the west of the monument there is evidence of the foundations of the primitive hermitage of probable medieval origin (12th century). A mansion built in 1918 by António Carvalho Monteiro for his residence.

- Subida do Dragão - Fonte dos Romeiros - Cabeço do Vento - Ermida de São Saturnino (16th-17th century) - Pedras Irmãs - Bosque do Silêncio - Malveira da Serra - Bosques da Malveira - Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Peninha - Natural landscapes -