{"id":8482,"date":"2018-02-21T09:47:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T09:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/?p=8482"},"modified":"2018-02-21T15:15:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T15:15:56","slug":"where-the-locals-go-to-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/en\/where-the-locals-go-to-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"Where the locals go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sintra is a village surrounded by a lush forest with castles and grand mansions used as summer houses for the Portuguese royalty. It&#8217;s a UNESCO World Heritage site and owing to its beauty is one of the most visited sites in Portugal. The town has thousands of tourists walking by the streets littered with souvenir shops, caf\u00e9s and restaurants. In some bakeries people make queues out the door for the famous Sintra&#8217;s sweets: Queijadas (sweet cheese cakes) and Travesseiros (sweet pastries).<br \/>\nEvery restaurant you go is packed! And we know that a bad lunch can ruin your entire day.<br \/>\nThe question that most of our clients ask is: <strong>Where the locals go?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These are our suggestions on where you should eat in Sintra:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caf\u00e9 da Nat\u00e1lia <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just outside Sintra&#8217;s historic centre, in S\u00e3o Pedro de Sintra, you can find Caf\u00e9 da Nat\u00e1lia opened since 1985. This small, family run caf\u00e9 is where the locals go for a light lunch. There you can have home-made food, pastries and cakes for all tastes with a great quality price relation.<br \/>\nOn summer days, you can seat outside and enjoy the quiet and the fresh air of the mountain while having lunch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"clearimage-8551\" class=\"clearimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Cafe-da-Natalia-2x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Cafe-da-Natalia-2x.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Cafe-da-Natalia-2x-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Cafe-da-Natalia-2x-768x346.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Adega das Azenhas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This suggestion is mainly for those who want to relax and have a proper traditional Portuguese meal. Adega das Azenhas restaurant, a 15 minutes drive from Sintra, is located at a small fishing village called Azenhas do Mar.<br \/>\nWith a great knowledge of the Portuguese cuisine and years of experience Chef Lurdes always says: &#8216;I cook for our clients as if I cook for my sons, with love!&#8217;<\/p>\n<div id=\"clearimage-8531\" class=\"clearimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Adega-das-Azenhas-2x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Adega-das-Azenhas-2x.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Adega-das-Azenhas-2x-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Adega-das-Azenhas-2x-768x346.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Follow our suggestions: You won&#8217;t be disappointed!<\/p>\n<p>Team Portugal Premium Tours<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skip the crowds and find out where the locals go to eat in Sintra. You won&#8217;t be disappointed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8482"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8553,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8482\/revisions\/8553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumtours.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}