Trips · Portugal

Portugal in Full

📍 Portugal 🗓 8 days / 7 nights 🔖 Code R8
  1. Lisbon
  2. Sintra
  3. Cascais
  4. Estoril
  5. Fátima
  6. Porto
  7. Braga
  8. Guimarães
  9. Aveiro
  10. Coimbra
  11. Nazaré
  12. Óbidos

Eight days across Portugal — Lisbon and Sintra, the shrine at Fátima, Porto on the banks of the Douro, the Minho province, and the university city of Coimbra.

Highlights

  • Lisbon, built across seven hills
  • Sintra, Cascais, Estoril and Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in Europe
  • Fátima, a great centre of Catholicism, and Batalha
  • Porto and the banks of the Douro
  • A full-day excursion to the Minho province — Braga & Guimarães
  • Coimbra, Portugal's first university city
  • Picturesque Aveiro, Nazaré and Óbidos

Itinerary

Day 1

Athens – Lisbon

We gather at the airport for the flight to Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, built across seven hills. Transfer and check-in at the hotel.

Day 2

Lisbon, a guided tour

Our tour is given over to this picturesque, welcoming city, which has kept its charm intact through repeated invasions and the devastating earthquake of 1755.

🍽 Breakfast

Day 3

Sintra – Cascais – Estoril – Cabo da Roca

A delightful excursion around Lisbon: fairy-tale Sintra, cosmopolitan Cascais and Estoril, Cabo da Roca — the westernmost point of mainland Europe — and the Park of Nations.

🍽 Breakfast

Day 4

Lisbon – Fátima – Batalha – Porto

We set off for Porto. The first stop is Fátima, the great centre of Catholicism, then Batalha with its striking monastery.

🍽 Breakfast

Day 5

Porto, a guided tour

A guided tour of this striking city on the banks of the Douro, with its historic port wine lodges.

🍽 Breakfast

Day 6

Porto – Braga – Guimarães

A full-day excursion into the Minho province: first Braga, the country's religious capital, then Guimarães, the birthplace of the Portuguese nation.

🍽 Breakfast

Day 7

Porto – Buçaco – Aveiro – Coimbra

We drive to Coimbra, Portugal's first university city and one of the oldest in Europe, stopping in the Buçaco forest and in picturesque Aveiro, ‘the Venice of Portugal’.

🍽 Breakfast

Day 8

Coimbra – Nazaré – Óbidos – Lisbon – Athens

We head for Lisbon airport, stopping at the fishing village of Nazaré and the walled medieval town of Óbidos.

🍽 Breakfast

Included

  • Economy-class flights
  • Stay in selected 4* hotels
  • Buffet breakfast daily
  • Transfers to and from airports and hotels abroad
  • A luxury air-conditioned coach for all transfers in the programme
  • Guided tours and excursions as listed in the programme
  • An experienced tour leader / escort from our agency
  • Information leaflets / maps
  • Travel insurance (public liability) & special COVID-19 cover
  • VAT

Not included

  • Entrance fees to museums, monuments, archaeological sites and theme parks
  • Tour headsets (whispers), transport or leisure tickets
  • Extra tours and additional guide fees
  • Anything not expressly listed in the programme, or listed as optional

Notes

  • The trip runs with a direct flight from Athens, or with a connection from Larnaca.

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