Perched on the hills of Sintra, with a view of the National Palace and, in the distance, the Atlantic, Casa dos Penedos is one of those houses that look as if they were designed for a film. In a way, it was: it came into being in 1922 at the hand of Raul Lino, the architect who did more than anyone to define what a Portuguese house of character is.
Carefully restored, it’s today one of the most sought-after event spaces in Sintra — light-filled rooms, a greenhouse of lush greenery, terraces opening over the hills, and gardens that step down the slope. It hosts up to two hundred and twenty seated guests, on a full-buyout basis, with Penha Longa catering.
For couples who want a fairytale wedding, intimate and deeply Portuguese, this is the spot. If you ask us, it’s one of the houses with the most soul in the whole range.
The house has no rooms on-site. Mary Me coordinates room blocks at the Sintra hotels and handles transfers, so the wedding party and guests sleep nearby in one of the most beautiful parts of Portugal and reach the house without a hitch.
Raul Lino designed Casa dos Penedos in 1922 as a summer residence for a Lisbon financier. The steep hillside terrain dictated the form of the construction, and the architect answered with a house that curls into the rock and opens windows onto the landscape — wood, stone, marble, hand-painted tile panels, and natural light in abundance.
Lino is a central figure of early 20th-century Portuguese architecture, an advocate of a “Portuguese house” rooted in place and climate, far from foreign pastiche. Casa dos Penedos is one of his most celebrated examples, and its recent restoration has given it back its original glow.
If you ask us, there are houses that are built and houses that are designed with intention. Penedos is, without doubt, the second kind.
We’re on the hills of Sintra, overlooking the historic centre, with the National Palace and its conical chimneys in plain view and the ocean cutting the horizon. It’s one of the most beautiful views in the range, and it sits within the Cultural Landscape of Sintra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The advantage for a destination wedding is magic with centrality: Lisbon airport is about forty minutes away, and the town of Sintra, with hotels and restaurants, a few minutes’ walk down the slope.
Anything the guests might want to do — explore the palaces of Sintra, a day in Lisbon, an escape to the beach — is at hand. Arriving is easy. Leaving — we can’t quite guarantee that part.
Casa dos Penedos was made for intimate celebrations with a view. The civil or symbolic ceremony takes place in the lower gardens, with the Sintra slope and the palace behind; the cocktail spreads through the greenhouse of lush greenery and the panoramic terrace at sunset. Dinner settles in the light-filled rooms, and the party runs into the night.
It hosts up to two hundred and twenty seated guests (around two hundred and fifty for a cocktail), on a full-buyout basis, which gives the freedom to design the day to measure. Catering is by Penha Longa, ensuring kitchen and service of standard. The greenhouse, well sheltered, solves the plan B on uncertain-weather days.
It’s a venue that favours atmosphere and the view over scale — ideal for couples who want Sintra in its most romantic and photogenic form. And this is exactly where our experience comes in. The couple’s session winds through the hillside gardens, the greenhouse, and the terrace overlooking the National Palace and the Atlantic. Pop the question. We handle the rest.
A house with this view and this intimacy is exactly the kind of space where our coordination adds value, especially when it comes to international guests discovering Sintra for the first time. We handle the design of the day in coordination with Penha Longa, the management of the accommodation at the Sintra hotels — since the house has no rooms — and the transfers from Lisbon airport, forty minutes away. And there’s the practical side: the civil-ceremony paperwork in Portuguese, the sound permits, and a programme of palaces, Lisbon, and beaches for the guests. From the first call to the last dance.
Up to around two hundred and twenty seated guests, or two hundred and fifty for a cocktail, on a full-buyout basis. The exact capacity for your format is confirmed with the venue’s operation.
Yes — it runs on a full-buyout basis, so the house, the gardens, and the greenhouse are yours on the day. Mary Me coordinates the terms with Penha Longa.
No — the house has no rooms. But it’s the perfect excuse for guests to stay in one of the most beautiful parts of Portugal. Mary Me coordinates the room blocks at the Sintra hotels and handles the transfers.
The greenhouse of lush greenery is a covered, well-sheltered space, ideal as a plan B for the ceremony or the cocktail. Mary Me always designs the rain plan.
On the hills of Sintra, with a view of the National Palace and the ocean, inside the UNESCO Cultural Landscape, about forty minutes from Lisbon airport. Transfers handled by Mary Me.
From late spring to early autumn, to enjoy the gardens and the panoramic terrace outdoors. We recommend booking in advance, especially for summer dates.
It’s a 1922 house by the architect Raul Lino, on the hills of Sintra, with a greenhouse, terraces, and a view of the National Palace and the Atlantic — a fairytale setting, intimate and deeply Portuguese. Soul like few venues in the range.
