Portugal: Porto, Lisbon and the Algarve

Expand all days

1. Day1 Flight to Porto and an evening on the RibeiraAthens → Porto

   A scheduled flight to Porto, possibly with a connection, and a transfer to your hotel. In the evening you walk through the Ribeira, with its colourful houses above the Douro and the iron Dom Luís I Bridge lighting up as dusk falls. A welcome dinner of Portuguese cooking.

   • Flight
   • Dinner
2. Day2 The Douro valley: vineyards and riverPorto – Douro valley – Porto

   By coach you climb the Douro valley, a World Heritage landscape of terraced vineyards above the river. You take a boat trip on its waters, and lunch is at a wine estate, or quinta, with a tasting. In the evening you return to Porto and dinner is free.

   • Coach
   • Breakfast · Lunch
3. Day3 Port wine and the train to LisbonPorto – Lisbon

   Morning in Porto: the blue-and-white azulejo panels of São Bento station and, across the bridge, the port-wine lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia, with a visit and tasting. In the afternoon a train takes you to Lisbon in about three hours. Evening arrival and free time.

   • Train
   • Breakfast
4. Day4 Belém, Alfama and an evening of fadoLisbon: Belém – Alfama

   Morning in Belém: the Tower, the Monument to the Discoveries and the cloister of the Jerónimos Monastery, then a pastel de nata still warm beside a coffee. After that a historic tram climbs into Alfama, among narrow lanes and balconies, with views over red rooftops and the Tagus. In the evening, dinner with live fado.

   • On foot
   • Breakfast · Dinner
5. Day5 Sintra, Cabo da Roca and CascaisLisbon – Sintra – Cabo da Roca – Cascais

   At Sintra the Pena Palace, painted yellow and red, sits on a forested hill that is often wrapped in mist. Next comes the old centre, with its lanes and local sweet pastries. The road then drops to Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of mainland Europe, and to the seaside town of Cascais before returning to Lisbon.

   • Coach
   • Breakfast
6. Day6 From Lisbon to the AlgarveLisbon – Algarve (Lagos)

   A free morning in Lisbon for a last coffee, a stroll or some shopping. Then the coach heads south through the Alentejo, with its cork oaks and dry pastures, to the Algarve. In Lagos you enter the walled old town with its cobbled lanes and the marina full of sailing boats; dinner is free.

   • Coach
   • Breakfast
7. Day7 The Benagil sea cave and LagosAlgarve: Benagil – Lagos

   In the morning you take a boat along the Algarve coast beneath golden cliffs and, if the sea and local rules allow, enter the Benagil sea cave, lit by an opening in its roof. The afternoon is in Lagos: the rock stacks of Ponta da Piedade, then a farewell dinner of fish.

   • Boat
   • Breakfast · Dinner
8. Day8 Return from FaroLagos – Faro → Athens

   A last breakfast in Lagos and, depending on the flight, time for a coffee by the sea. Transfer to Faro airport and a scheduled flight to Athens, possibly with a connection, with the taste of pastel de nata still on your lips.

   • Flight
   • Breakfast