10-Nights Country Roads of Portugal - Small Group
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Travel through Portugal across UNESCO sites, historic town centers and coastal communities. In Lisbon, you’ll visit the Belém quarter, walk through the cloister of Jerónimos Monastery and try a Pastéis de Belém made to the original recipe. In Évora, see the Roman Temple, the Capela dos Ossos and the cathedral with its mix of Romanesque and Gothic work, explored in the company of your Small Group. In the Algarve, you’ll move through Lagos’s walled old town and spend time in the Ria Formosa, the coastal lagoon known for its barrier islands, birdlife and long-standing fishing communities. Guimarães, Porto and Tomar add further depth to the journey, from azulejo panels in São Bento Station to the Templar Castle and one of Portugal’s oldest synagogues.
Dining Summary
- 3 Dinner (D)
- 10 Breakfast (B)
- 1 Lunch (L)
- Enjoy the comfort of Insight's luxurious, air-conditioned, 40-seat coach with double the standard legroom and onboard washroom. Our customized luxury coaches are sanitized before the start of your tour and are maintained to very high standards. Physical distancing measures have been implemented on our customized luxury coaches.
- Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.
- Personal radio headsets give you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights, without missing any of your Local Expert's fascinating commentary.
- Hotel and restaurant tips are included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. We also include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.
- We carry your bags for you and promptly deliver them to your hotel door.
- From time to time, your Travel Director will delight you with an Insight Flourish, which is a local specialty representing the destination.
- Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi (where available).
- If your arrival and/or departure flights are as per the itinerary start and end dates, then transfers are available at scheduled times. If your flights are outside these times, or you have booked additional nights accommodation with Insight Vacations, you may purchase transfers or make your own way from/to the airport.
- Lisbon: Meet your Travel Director and Small Group at a local neighborhood restaurant, where you’ll sit down to plates shaped by Lisbon’s Atlantic staples, giving you a clear first taste of the city’s everyday cooking.
- Douro Valley: You’ll sit down to a Farm-to-Table meal prepared with produce grown in the Douro region. Alongside local dishes, you’ll try Port wine made from grapes cultivated on the valley’s terraced hillsides, with staff sharing how the landscape shapes the flavor and style of each pour.
- Lisbon: Shared experiences and memories are often the foundation for special bonds and friendships. Toast your travels with wine and good cheer during your dinner at a restaurant in Lisbon, devoted to the enjoyment of regional cooking.
- Lisbon: With your Local Expert, explore the Lower Town, passing sites linked to the Marquis of Pombal’s 18th-century redevelopment and the grid layout that shaped modern Lisbon. In Belém, you’ll visit the tower built at the mouth of the Tagus and see the Monument to the Discoveries, created for Portugal’s 20th-century celebrations of its maritime history.
- Lisbon: You’ll walk through the cloister of the UNESCO-listed Jerónimos Monastery, where early 16th-century Manueline carving appears in the ropes, armillary spheres and botanical details shaped into the stone. Each section shows the skilled artisanry that defined this period of Portuguese design.
- Lagos: Get a feel for Lagos with your Travel Director, moving through the walled old town and Praça Infante Dom Henrique, taking in the waterfront once used for voyages along the West African coast.
- Explore Évora with your Local Expert in a city shaped by Roman foundations and medieval expansion. At the Roman Temple, you’ll see one of Portugal’s strongest classical remains. You’ll view walls lined with human bones arranged by 16th-century monks at the Capela dos Ossos. Inside Évora Cathedral, you’ll move between Romanesque arches and the later Gothic work added as the city grew in influence.
- Fátima: You’ll visit the Sanctuary of Fátima, centered on the reported apparitions of 1917. The site brings together major places of worship such as the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary and the Chapel of the Apparitions, set around a vast open square used for major pilgrimages.
- Coimbra: Explore Coimbra with a Local Expert in a city that served as Portugal’s early capital. The walk brings you through steep lanes linked to the old royal palace, past long-standing student cafes and towards the upper town where academic life has shaped the streets for centuries.
- Coimbra: Visit the University of Coimbra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with roots in the 1200s. Inside the baroque library, you’ll stand among carved shelves and painted ceilings built to protect rare volumes, including works central to Portugal’s early scientific and literary study.
- Guimaraes: Wander through Guimarães’ medieval center, where narrow lanes link small squares shaped around the original castle and palace. The quarter holds stone-fronted houses, arcades and courtyards that reflect the town’s role in Portugal’s early formation, with buildings that have remained in use for centuries.
- Porto: Explore Porto with a Local Expert, walking through streets shaped by the city’s trading history. At São Bento Railway Station, you’ll see the azulejo panels illustrating scenes from across Portugal. You’ll also cross th