Europe - Portugal

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Sample package

Portugal 10 days / 8 nights

Lisbon by Georges JoansooneDAY 1

Flight to Lisbon.

DAY 2

Arrival at Lisbon Airport. Transfer by tour bus towards hotel. (transportation only, no guide provided)

Dinner and night at hotel.

DAY 3: LISBON-SETUBAL

Breakfast at hotel – Meeting with the guide.

Guided tour of Lisbon, all day: the tower of Belem, the Jerònimos Monastery, the Maritime Museum, the Belem TowerRossio plaza, St-George’s Castle, Alfama and Nations Park (expo-98). Continuation towards Setubal going over 25th April bridge, stop at the Christ statue (great view of Lisbon).

Dinner and night at the hotel in Setubal.

DAY 4: LAGOS

Departure from hotel after breakfast Sesimbraheading for Sesimbra (fishing town) – Going through the “Serra de Arràbida”, Arràbida’s Natural Park, onwards in the direction of the Algarve, through Vicentina – Arrival in the Algarve at day’s end – Settling in at hotel.


Dinner and night at hotel.

DAY 5: LAGOS

Breakfast at hotel – Tour of Lagos, old slave market, St. Vincent CapePraia d’Ana, Ponta da Piedade, Sagres – Tour of Sagres Fortress (school of Henry the navigator), St. Vincent Cape.

Free time in the afternoon.

Dinner and lodging at hotel.

DAY 6: ALBUFEIRA

Monchique by Portuguese Eyes

Departure from hotel after breakfast in the direction of Silves –

Tour of Al Hamra Castle – Continuation towards Monchique (spa town) – Tour of the spa resort and thermal baths (between 1pm and 3pm) – Stop at Caldas de Monchique village, and on top of mount Foia (belvedere with viewpoint over the entire region) – Continuation in the direction of Albufeira and hotel – Possibility of a detour to tour a vineyard in Lagoa (optional).

Dinner and lodging.

DAY 7: ALBUFEIRA

Hotel breakfast – All-day trip to Cacela, Tavira, the Ria Formosa Natural Park and the Algarve capital: Evora CathedralFaro city.

Dinner and lodging at hotel.

DAY 8: EVORA

Departure from hotel heading for Evora – Guided tour of the city; the cathedral, Diana’s roman temple, Giraldo plaza, the chapel of bones at St. Francisco Church.

Dinner and night at hotel.

DAY 9: LISBON

Departure from hotel after breakfast in the direction of Sintra. Guided tour of the royal palace, followed by Sintra Royal Palacefree time in order to discover the village. Continuation along the coast: Boca do Inferno, the most eastern situated spot of the European continent, going on by Guincho beach and Cascais. Stop in downtown Cascais. Return through Estoril towards Lisbon.

Dinner and night at hotel.

DAY 10

Transfer from hotel to airport by tour bus – Flight home.