Welcome to Beloura

Not just a development. A place where a whole life fits within fifteen minutes.

Quinta da Beloura was born in the mid-1990s around an 18-hole golf course on the green slopes of the Sintra hills. Thirty years on, what were once plots have become a mature landscape: tree-lined avenues, lakes, more than 40,000 trees on the golf course alone, and homes that look out onto green.

Here, school is a stroll away, the hospital is on site, your daughter’s pony sleeps five hundred metres from home and the Guincho waves are fifteen minutes down the road. That is what not having to choose feels like.

Beloura I & Beloura II · 150–180 m above sea level · Sintra, Portugal

Aerial view of Beloura: homes with gardens and pools alongside a golf fairway

Horses grazing on a roundabout in Quinta da Beloura, beside the community’s stone sign

Beloura from the air

Eighteen holes. One landscape.

Hole 1 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 01Hole 1

Hole 2 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 02Hole 2

Hole 3 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 03Hole 3

Hole 4 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 04Hole 4

Hole 5 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 05Hole 5

Hole 6 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 06Hole 6

Hole 7 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 07Hole 7

Hole 8 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 08Hole 8

Hole 9 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 09Hole 9

Hole 10 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 10Hole 10

Hole 11 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 11Hole 11

Hole 12 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 12Hole 12

Hole 13 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 13Hole 13

Hole 14 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 14Hole 14

Hole 15 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 15Hole 15

Hole 16 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 16Hole 16

Hole 17 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 17Hole 17

Hole 18 of Pestana Beloura Golf from the air, with Beloura’s homes around it — 18Hole 18

Aerial photography: Pestana Beloura Golf

Six reasons

Everything that matters, a stroll away.

Beloura brings together what usually forces a choice: nature and amenities, peace and connection, village life and an international feel.

Safe and serene

Controlled access, private security and leafy streets where children cycle on their own.

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Healthcare on your doorstep

A private hospital inside the community since 2026, plus a pharmacy and a gym with a pool.

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First-class schools

TASIS and CAISL inside Beloura, and more than a dozen international schools within 25 minutes.

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Outdoor sport

Golf, riding, tennis, padel and the trails of a natural park right behind your home.

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Daily life, sorted

Supermarkets, cafés, pizza and petiscos close by — and two Michelin stars five minutes away.

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Mountains and sea

UNESCO-listed Sintra ten minutes away. Atlantic beaches in fifteen.

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A day in Beloura

Good morning, mountains. Good evening, Atlantic.

A lake on the Beloura golf course with palm trees along the shore

07:15 Sintra hills

Mist over the hills

An early run between the golf-course lakes as the mist lifts off Sintra’s palaces.

The TASIS Portugal building, with white and yellow arcades under a blue sky

08:20 TASIS · CAISL · Colégio da Beloura

School in three minutes

No traffic, no crack-of-dawn starts: four schools inside the community, including TASIS and CAISL.

A pastel de nata dusted with cinnamon on a white plate, on a sunlit marble table

09:00 Linhó

Coffee and pastel de nata

The first bica of the day at a Linhó pastry shop where they soon know your name.

A green at Pestana Beloura Golf framed by tall trees

12:30 Pestana Beloura Golf

Nine holes before lunch

A quick round on Rocky Roquemore’s course, then lunch on the terrace overlooking the green.

A rider trotting a bay horse in a sand arena with a white fence

17:00 Beloura Equestrian Centre

Riding lesson

Little ones on ponies, older ones jumping in the arena. If it rains, there is the covered school.

Clay tennis courts from above at golden hour, players casting long shadows

18:30 Beloura Tennis Academy

A match with the neighbours

Clay, hard court or padel. International ITF tournaments are played on these courts.

Praia da Ursa’s sea stack silhouetted against an orange sunset

19:45 Praia da Ursa

Sunset on the Atlantic

Twenty minutes later the sun sinks into the sea between towering sea stacks. The water stays between 15 and 18 °C all year.

An artisan pizza baking in a wood-fired oven

21:30 Linhó · Penha Longa

Pizza with friends

Pizza in Linhó, Portuguese petiscos or — if there is something to celebrate — a Michelin star at Penha Longa.

Quinta das Cruzadas in Beloura, lit up at night beside a palm tree

23:30 Quinta da Beloura

Silence

Only crickets and the wind in the pines. The security patrol carries on its round.

Aerial view of a Beloura street lined with villas, gardens and pools beside the golf course

94% of expats feel safe in PortugalInterNations Expat Insider 2026

Safety and peace of mind

The peace of mind of letting the kids cycle home alone.

The owners’ associations of Beloura I and Beloura II look after security, gatehouses and the upkeep of green spaces. Streets are wide, tree-lined and very quiet, and the village atmosphere does the rest: here, neighbours say hello.

Controlled accessGatehouses and access control across several parts of the community.
Private securityDay and night patrols on changing routes, contracted by the owners’ associations.
One of the safest countriesPortugal is the 7th most peaceful country in the world (Global Peace Index 2025).
Harmony by designThe association approves every building project to protect the character of the whole.

Beloura combines access-controlled areas with public streets: a guarded neighbourhood, not a sealed compound.

A bright clinic waiting room with armchairs and plants

Health

Your hospital, inside the community.

Hospital Lusíadas Beloura opened in September 2026 on Rua das Sesmarias, beside the golf course. The eighth hospital of the Lusíadas Saúde group brings complete private healthcare to Beloura: consultations, surgery, imaging, paediatrics and a prevention and longevity centre.

9,500 m²of brand-new hospital, in the very community where you live

23 specialtiesCardiology, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, dermatology, sports medicine and more.
41 consulting rooms, 2 operating theatresWith imaging, clinical labs, day surgery and a dental clinic.
Walk-in careFor adults and children, 8 am–10 pm, every day of the year (opening in phases).
And close byHospital CUF Sintra 5 minutes away, and public 24-hour A&E at Cascais Hospital, 8 minutes away.

Hospital website

Education

Here, school is a stroll away.

Four schools inside the community — two of them international IB schools: TASIS and CAISL. Within half an hour: American, British, IB, Portuguese, Spanish, French and German curricula.

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TASIS Portugal

Inside Beloura II · American · IGCSE · IB Diploma

Ages 3–18. Nearly 1,000 students from 65 nationalities, on the former Beloura Shopping site.

BelouraIBIGCSEUS

2′Inside

Butterflies School

Inside Beloura I · English–Portuguese bilingual · German section

Nursery from 4 months, pre-school and primary up to age 10.

Beloura0–10EN · PT · DE

3′Inside

Colégio da Beloura

Inside Beloura I · Bilingual Portuguese · Cambridge · Forest School

Nursery, pre-school and primary (1st cycle), 8 am–7 pm. An Eco-School with outdoor learning.

Beloura0–10Cambridge

3′Inside

Carlucci American International School (CAISL)

Inside Beloura · American · IB Diploma

Founded in 1956. 755 students from 62 nationalities, ages 3–18.

BelouraIBUSMSA

5′min

Colégio de São José – Ramalhão

Sintra · Portuguese curriculum · Cambridge English

Housed in the 18th-century Ramalhão Palace. Pre-school to Year 12.

3–18PT

7′min

IPS Cascais British International School

Bicesse, Cascais · British · IGCSE · A Levels

Since 1982. Around 440 students from 40+ nationalities. COBIS accredited.

3–18UKCOBIS

11′min

King's College School Cascais

Cascais · British · IGCSE · IB (candidate)

New 40,000 m² campus (2025) with a 25 m pool and boarding.

1–18UK

12′min

Salesianos do Estoril

Estoril · Portuguese curriculum

No. 16 in Portugal’s 2024 secondary ranking — the best in Cascais, Oeiras and Sintra.

3–18Top 20

14′min

St. Dominic's International School

São Domingos de Rana · Full IB continuum (PYP · MYP · DP)

The full IB programme from early years to diploma. 700+ students.

3–18IB

17′min

St. Julian's School

Carcavelos · British · IGCSE · IB

Founded in 1932, not-for-profit. 60+ nationalities.

3–18UKIB

18′min

Oeiras International School

Barcarena, Oeiras · Full IB continuum

Set in a 17th-century palace. Parent-run and not-for-profit.

5–18IB

21′min

Instituto Español Giner de los Ríos

Cruz Quebrada (Oeiras) · Spanish education system

A Spanish state school from infants to Bachillerato — the oldest in Spain’s overseas network (1932).

3–18ES

24′min

Lycée Français Charles Lepierre

Lisbon · French system (AEFE)

Part of France’s official AEFE network, from maternelle to terminale. About 2,000 students.

3–18FR

26′min

Deutsche Schule Lissabon

Lisbon · school bus stops in Beloura · German system · International Abitur

Founded in 1848. Its school bus line 3B picks pupils up in Beloura.

DEAbitur

Driving times without traffic from Beloura (OSRM). Data from each school’s official website, September 2026.

And afterwards: Nova SBE, one of Europe’s top business schools, 18 minutes away in Carcavelos; Iscte-Sintra in 8 and Católica’s Faculty of Medicine in 14.

Sport and nature

Golf at sunrise, a gallop at sunset.

Here, sport is not scheduled: you step outside and play.

Golf

Pestana Beloura Golf

18 holes, par 72, designed by Rocky Roquemore in 1994 among more than 40,000 trees and lakes, with the Sintra hills as a backdrop. Academy, driving range and putting green.

18 holes · par 72Penha Longa (27 holes) 5 min+6 courses within 20 min

Silhouette of a horse and rider cantering along the shore against the sun

Riding

Beloura Equestrian Centre

Covered arena, a 120 × 60 m outdoor arena and some 130 horses. Lessons, ponies from age 2, holiday camps and competition teams.

Dressage · jumpingPonies

A player in white lying on a padel court beside her racket and two balls

Tennis & padel

Beloura Tennis Academy

Clay, hard and indoor courts plus padel. Coaching for all ages and international ITF tournaments since 2017.

Tennis · padelITF events

Wellbeing

Holmes Place

Gym, indoor pool, spa, group classes and kids’ club, inside Beloura Office Park.

Indoor poolSpa

Mossy stone steps between granite boulders in the Sintra forest

Nature

The Sintra trails

The Sintra-Cascais Natural Park — around 145 km² of forest, hills and coast — begins just minutes away. Hiking, trail running and mountain biking up to Cruz Alta, 528 metres high.

Natural ParkTrail · MTBSurf 15 min away

Everyday life

Daily life, no motorway needed.

Groceries, coffee, dinner out or the gym — none of it means leaving the area.

Supercor

El Corte Inglés supermarket inside Beloura II, open every day 8 am–9 pm.

Beloura II

Aldi & Lidl

For the weekly shop: Aldi inside Beloura I and Lidl in Linhó.

Beloura I · Linhó

Cafés & pastry shops

Pastelaria Pierrot and O Cantinho do Linhó, for the morning bica and pastel de nata.

Linhó

Pizza & petiscos

Pizzaria La Famiglia, Camilo – Casa de Petiscos, Hamburgueria do Bairro and the Pato Brewing craft brewery.

Linhó

Dining by the green

Mourisco restaurant and Chafariz bar at the Pestana Sintra Golf hotel, overlooking the course.

Beloura I

Michelin stars 5 minutes away

LAB by Sergi Arola and Midori at Penha Longa Resort, each holding one Michelin star.

Penha Longa

Culture round the corner

The Albuquerque Foundation: 2,600 pieces of Chinese porcelain, contemporary art and Albú restaurant.

Linhó

Work close to home

Beloura Office Park: eleven office buildings set in gardens, with underground parking.

Beloura I

Pharmacies

Farmácia da Beloura inside the community and another with a drive-through in Linhó.

Beloura I · Linhó

The Sintra hills

Living next to a World Heritage Eden.

In 1995 UNESCO inscribed the Cultural Landscape of Sintra as a World Heritage Site, calling it the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Fairy-tale palaces, castles in the mist and ancient forests — ten minutes from home.

Aerial view of the red and yellow Pena Palace on its wooded peak in warm light — **Pena Palace**The colourful Romantic palace crowning the hills. 16 min.

Inside the Initiation Well at Quinta da Regaleira: mossy spiral stone galleries — **Quinta da Regaleira**Gardens, grottoes and the 27 m Initiation Well. 10 min.

Aerial view of Monserrate Palace, its domes among lush gardens — **Monserrate Palace**Exotic architecture and a Romantic garden. 18 min.

The walls of the Moorish Castle along a green ridge of the Sintra hills — **Moorish Castle**Medieval walls along the ridge. 16 min.

Cabo da Roca lighthouse on green cliffs in evening light — **Cabo da Roca**Where the land ends and the sea begins. 20 min.

The conical chimneys of Sintra National Palace at dusk, framed by trees — **National Palace**Giant chimneys and Mudéjar tiles. 10 min.

Lo! Cintra’s glorious Eden intervenes…

Lord Byron · Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, 1812

The Atlantic

Postcard beaches twenty minutes away.

To the west, Sintra’s wild coast: cliffs, waves and villages perched above the sea. To the south, the calm bay of Cascais and Estoril. Many fly the Blue Flag in 2026.
The sea: between 15 and 18 °C all year.

16 min

Guincho

Golden sand, dunes and the Sintra hills behind. A paradise for surf, kite and windsurf.

Blue Flag 2026Surf · kite

22 min

Praia da Ursa

Wild and hidden beside Cabo da Roca, among towering sea stacks. Reached on foot down a steep path.

WildOn foot

26 min

Adraga

Jurassic cliffs, caves and rock arches. The Sunday Times named it one of Europe’s 20 best beaches.

Blue Flag 2026Caves

25 min

Praia Grande

Championship waves and, on the southern cliff, 66 dinosaur footprints more than 100 million years old.

Blue Flag 2026Bodyboard

25 min

Azenhas do Mar

A white village clinging to the cliff with a natural ocean pool below — the coast’s most famous postcard.

Ocean pool

25 min

Praia das Maçãs

A family beach at the end of Sintra’s historic tram line, running here since 1904.

Blue Flag 2026Families

Tamariz beach in Estoril under a pink dawn sky

12 min

Tamariz · Estoril

Calm water, an ocean pool and the seafront promenade linking Estoril and Cascais.

Calm seaPromenade

Santa Marta lighthouse in Cascais at blue hour, reflected in the still water

Cascais & Estoril

The Portuguese Riviera, thirteen minutes away.

Cascais was the summer retreat of the Portuguese royal family and still keeps that elegant air: a cobbled old town, a 650-berth Blue Flag marina, Boca do Inferno and the seafront promenade to Estoril. There you’ll find the Casino, opened in 1931, the circuit that hosted Formula 1 from 1984 to 1996, and the Estoril Open tennis tournament.

Train to LisbonFrom Estoril and Cascais the coastal line runs to Cais do Sodré, in the heart of Lisbon.
Direct busesCarris Metropolitana lines 1620 and 1629 link Beloura with Cascais and Estoril in about 25 minutes.
European Youth CapitalCascais held the title in 2018 — with culture, sport and leisure all year round.

Location

At the centre of all things good.

Between the hills and the sea, beside the A16 and a step from the EN9: Beloura connects in minutes with Sintra, Cascais, Estoril, Oeiras and Lisbon.

TownsBeachesNatureWorkLisbon

SintraHistoric centre · UNESCO 6 km 10min

Cascais Hospital24-hour A&E 6 km 8min

EstorilCasino · seafront promenade 8 km 12min

CascaisBay, marina and old town 11 km 13min

TagusparkTech park · Oeiras 14 km 15min

Guincho BeachSurf, kite and dunes 14 km 16min

CarcavelosSurf beach · Nova SBE 18 km 18min

Lagoas ParkOffices · Oeiras 13 km 18min

Cabo da RocaWesternmost point of mainland Europe 18 km 20min

Praia GrandeSurf and dinosaur footprints 18 km 25min

BelémJerónimos · Tagus 24 km 25min

LisbonMarquês de Pombal 31 km 30min

Lisbon AirportHumberto Delgado (LIS) 30 km 30min

Driving minutes: OSRM routing without traffic and our own rush-hour estimate. For guidance only.

Car

A16 exit 6 less than a kilometre away. A5 to Cascais and Lisbon; IC19 to Lisbon.

Train

Sintra and Portela de Sintra stations 8 minutes away (Rossio in 39 min). Estoril and Cascais in 11.

Bus

Ten Carris Metropolitana lines stop by Beloura: Cascais, Estoril, Portela de Sintra and Rio de Mouro.

Air

Lisbon Airport about 30 minutes away without traffic. Madrid, Paris or London in under 3 hours’ flight.

Map

Explore Beloura and around.

Hospital, schools, sport, shops, monuments and beaches. Tap a point for details.

Climate

An Atlantic climate, mild all year.

Gentle winters, summers cooled by the Atlantic breeze and the shade of the hills, and more than 2,600 hours of sunshine a year.

25 °Caverage high in August

14 °Caverage high in January

2,607 hof sunshine a year

15–18 °Csea temperature, all year

High · Sintra Low · Sintra High · Lisbon Sunshine hours · Sintra

IPMA climate normals: Sintra (Air Base No. 1, 1971–2000) and Lisbon (1991–2020). Sea temperature: Open-Meteo marine model, 2023–2025.

Living here

Homes with gardens, flats by the school.

Beloura I is mostly spacious villas (moradias) around the golf course; Beloura II has newer apartments and a very international feel. The association approves every project, so the whole keeps its harmony.

A white villa in Quinta da Beloura overlooking a lake on the golf course

Villas

Detached homes with gardens on generous plots, between the golf course, the lakes and the tree-lined avenues of Beloura I.

For sale€550,000 – €4.5M

To rent: €7,000 – €14,000/month

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Yellow condominiums with terracotta roofs and palm trees in Beloura, the Sintra hills behind

Apartments

2- to 4-bedroom flats in recent condominiums in Beloura II, a stroll from TASIS, Supercor and the riding centre.

For sale€275,000 – €1.2M

To rent: €1,500 – €3,500/month

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Aerial view of a contemporary house with a pool beside a green in Beloura

Contemporary architecture

Architect-designed homes on private plots; on higher ground, with distant views of the Atlantic and the palaces in the hills.

Median new build (INE)€3,945/m²

Sintra parish area, Q1 2026

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Asking prices on property portals (Imovirtual, 28 Sept 2026) and INE medians for the Sintra parish union: €3,465/m² versus €4,687/m² in Cascais (Q1 2026). Indicative only — not a valuation.

Aerial view of Quinta da Beloura: the Pestana Sintra Golf hotel, the greens and a tree-lined lake

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History

From Alphaville to Sintra: thirty years in the making.

Beloura was not improvised. It is the result of three decades of landscaping, sport and community.

1988
Brazilian developer Renato de Albuquerque, creator of Alphaville (São Paulo), partners with Portugal’s Nuno Alves. Beloura I and II are born from that partnership.
1994
The 18-hole golf course designed by Rocky Roquemore opens, and the Owners’ Association is founded (25 November).
1995
UNESCO inscribes the Cultural Landscape of Sintra as a World Heritage Site, just minutes away.
1996
Pestana Group acquires the golf course — today’s Pestana Beloura Golf, beside the Pestana Sintra Golf hotel.
2017
Beloura Tennis Academy begins hosting international ITF tournaments.
2020
TASIS Portugal opens its campus on the former Beloura Shopping site — an international school inside the community.
2025
The Albuquerque Foundation opens, home to one of the world’s leading private collections of Chinese porcelain.
2026
Hospital Lusíadas Beloura opens: 9,500 m² of private healthcare inside Beloura I.

Living in Quinta da Beloura The luxury of not having to choose.

Not just a development. A place where a whole life fits within fifteen minutes.

Eighteen holes. One landscape.

Safe and serene

Healthcare on your doorstep

First-class schools

Outdoor sport

Daily life, sorted

Mountains and sea

Good morning, mountains. Good evening, Atlantic.

Mist over the hills

School in three minutes

Coffee and pastel de nata

Nine holes before lunch

Riding lesson

A match with the neighbours

Sunset on the Atlantic

Pizza with friends

Silence

The peace of mind of letting the kids cycle home alone.

Your hospital, inside the community.

TASIS Portugal

Butterflies School

Colégio da Beloura

Carlucci American International School (CAISL)

Colégio de São José – Ramalhão

IPS Cascais British International School

King's College School Cascais

Salesianos do Estoril

St. Dominic's International School

St. Julian's School

Oeiras International School

Instituto Español Giner de los Ríos

Lycée Français Charles Lepierre

Deutsche Schule Lissabon

Pestana Beloura Golf

Beloura Equestrian Centre

Beloura Tennis Academy

Holmes Place

The Sintra trails

Supercor

Aldi & Lidl

Cafés & pastry shops

Pizza & petiscos

Dining by the green

Michelin stars 5 minutes away

Culture round the corner

Work close to home

Pharmacies

Guincho

Praia da Ursa

Adraga

Praia Grande

Azenhas do Mar

Praia das Maçãs

Tamariz · Estoril

The Portuguese Riviera, thirteen minutes away.

Car

Train

Bus

Air

An Atlantic climate, mild all year.

Villas

Apartments

Contemporary architecture

Find your home in Beloura.