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Yes, and it pairs particularly well with Ericeira, a charming Atlantic fishing village just 12 km (7.5 miles) from the palace. Visiting the palace in the morning and then continuing to Ericeira for the afternoon gives you a complete day: royal grandeur followed by coastal cliffs, fresh seafood, and whitewashed streets. A Daytrip transfer makes this combination straightforward — your driver can take you directly from the palace to the coast without retracing your route to Lisbon, turning two separate trips into one seamless day out.
Mafra is approximately 40 km (25 miles) northwest of Lisbon. By car, the drive via the A8 motorway typically takes around 40 to 50 minutes depending on traffic. Public buses make the trip but involve schedules, stops, and no flexibility on timing — which matters when you want to arrive at the palace fresh and leave on your own terms. A private Daytrip transfer means door-to-door service with a local driver, no timetables to chase, and the freedom to ask about the area along the way.
Plan for at least 2 to 3 hours inside the palace. The basilica alone warrants a slow, deliberate look — its statuary is considered the finest collection of Italian Baroque sculpture outside Italy. The library, a 85-metre Rococo hall housing 36,000 leather-bound volumes and a resident bat colony that guards the books from insects at night, tends to be the moment visitors stop and stare longest. If you want to explore the Jardim do Cerco or the royal hunting grounds of the Tapada Nacional de Mafra, budget a full day.
It genuinely works across different types of travellers. Architecture lovers will find the 220-metre baroque facade and marble church hard to rival anywhere in Portugal. Those interested in literary history will be drawn to the library, which is more than a showpiece — it is an active story about preservation, ingenuity, and royal ambition. Families will find the scale of the palace naturally impressive to younger visitors. And for anyone who has visited Sintra but wants something less crowded and equally grand, Mafra delivers that experience with noticeably fewer tour groups.
Three things tend to stay with visitors long after they leave. First, the library: an 85-metre Rococo hall where a colony of bats lives behind the bookcases and silently protects 36,000 ancient volumes from bookworms each night — a centuries-old arrangement that still works. Second, the basilica, whose twin bell towers house 92 bells and whose six organs were played simultaneously at the palace's inauguration. Third, the Trophy Room, where the furniture is constructed from the antlers and pelts of animals from royal hunts — a room that is equal parts fascinating and macabre.
Mafra National Palace is one of Portugal's most spectacular royal monuments — a UNESCO World Heritage Site that took decades to build and fills an extraordinary 40,000 square metres. What started as a modest royal vow became an unstoppable display of imperial wealth, funded by Brazilian gold. Today it holds over 1,200 rooms, 156 staircases, a world-class Baroque basilica, and a library that ranks among the finest in Europe. Its sheer scale is something photographs cannot prepare you for. For travellers based in Lisbon, it is one of the most rewarding and least crowded day trips you can make.
