Moon Hill Hostel

Top choice in Sintra


This design-forward, minimalist newcomer easily outshines the competition. Book a bed in a four-bed mixed dorm (with lockers), or a boutique-hotel-level private room, with colourful reclaimed-wood headboards and wall-covering photos of enchanting Sintra forest scenes (go for 10 or 14 for Palácio Nacional da Pena views; 12 or 13 for Moorish castle views). Either way, you're sleeping in high style.

There's a modern shared kitchen, bar, courtyard, Portuguese-fusion restaurant (mains €11 to €15.50) and, as if that all wasn't enough, it's perfectly situated in the middle of Sintra-Vila. Best in show!