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- Day 1 Begin Your Portuguese Journey in Lisbon Lisbon stretches beyond the window across steep hills, tiled façades and terracotta rooftops, with yellow trams climbing cobbled streets above the Tagus. As your complimentary transfer takes you from the airport to the hotel, you may notice blue-and-white azulejos patterning doorways and walls. After time to unpack, join your Travel Director for dinner at a local restaurant. Over good food and wine, you meet your fellow travelers, spending your first evening in Portugal with the people who will share the journey ahead. Locations Visited: Lisbon PT.
- Day 2 Explore Lisbon’s Lower Town and Belém With your Local Specialist, you’ll move along the broad avenues of Lisbon’s Lower Town, crossing squares where leaves stir overhead and patterned shadows fall across the sidewalk. In Belém, you’ll stand before the weathered stone of Belém Tower and the Monument to the Discoveries, both facing the waters once crossed by Portugal’s explorers. At Jerónimos Monastery, you’ll pass beneath the cloister’s carved arches, alongside slender columns and intricate stonework. Then, a warm Pastel de Belém from the patisserie flakes lightly onto your fingertips, its crisp shell giving way to smooth custard that has guarded its secret recipe for almost 200 years. This evening, you can continue your introduction to Portuguese culture over an Optional Experience dinner. Locations Visited: Lisbon PT.
- Day 3 Portugal’s Southern Coast: Lagos and Meia Praia You'll cross the River Tagus and travel south to Lagos, where the pale sweep of Meia Praia curves around the bay and fishing boats rest near the harbor. With time to explore, you can follow the waterfront, pause by the harbor and listen to boats knock softly against their moorings before continuing to your hotel near the Algarve coast. At dinner, settle in for a meal of freshly caught seafood, tender and delicate on the palette. Locations Visited: Lisbon PT, Lagos PT, The Algarve PT.
- Day 4 Walk Through Évora’s Roman and Gothic Past Through Évora’s medieval walls, you'll follow whitewashed lanes towards cathedral towers and the aqueduct’s long stone arcades. Your Local Specialist guides you through this UNESCO World Heritage city to the Roman Temple, where granite columns topped with pale marble capitals have stood for almost two thousand years. Inside the 16th-century Capela dos Ossos, dim light falls across walls covered with thousands of human skulls and bones while at Évora Cathedral, your gaze travels from solid Romanesque masonry to pointed Gothic arches overhead. With the afternoon free, choose your own route through the historical center or the city park, following the aqueduct as it continues within the old walls. Locations Visited: The Algarve PT, Beja PT, Évora PT.
- Day 5 Alentejo Heights: Monsaraz and Lake Alqueva Above the Alentejo, Monsaraz crowns a hill ringed by olive groves and vineyards, its castle walls looking out towards Spain. From the ruins, you gaze across the dry plains beyond and the vast blue waters of Lake Alqueva below. On board with a local boat captain, the shoreline slips quietly past as he shares tales of life on the water. At Sem Fim, a local restaurant housed in a former olive mill, taste a generous selection of regional dishes. Back in Évora, the evening is yours to explore more of this beautifully preserved regional capital. Locations Visited: Évora PT, Monsaraz PT, Évora PT.
- Day 6 Taste Alentejo Wines Then Explore Tomar At Casa Relvas, native Portuguese grapes such as Touriga Nacional introduce you to the wines of the Alentejo, perhaps tasting their fruit, spice and warmth. During your MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience, the family shares how innovative water-saving techniques help them care for the estate and continue producing wine in a region where every drop matters. From the deep ruby of the wine, you travel on to Fátima’s broad white sanctuary. You may cross the vast Prayer Area to the basilica or visit the Chapel of the Apparitions, built on the site associated with the Virgin Mary’s appearance to three young shepherds in 1917. Across central Portugal’s rolling hills, you'll arrive in Tomar for your choice experience. Inside the UNESCO-listed Convento do Cristo, enter the octagonal Templars’ Rotunda with a Local Specialist, where painted surfaces, polychrome stone and gilded woodwork cover the interior. Alternatively, join a Local Specialist inside Tomar’s medieval synagogue, where twelve graceful arches span the 15th-century prayer hall above four slender columns. Locations Visited: Évora PT, Fátima PT, Tomar PT.
- Day 7 Explore Coimbra Then Follow the Douro Following your Local Specialist through Coimbra’s Old Town, you'll reach the UNESCO-listed university and enter its magnificent Baroque library. Centuries-old books line two-storey shelves in rooms of deep red, green and black, beneath trompe-l’oeil ceilings and carved balconies. Beyond Coimbra, the Douro curves below steep terraces, each row of vines following the contours of the hills towards the water. Sit down to a Farm-to-Table lunch prepared with locally sourced ingredients, followed by a Port tasting, the fortified wine’s rich sweetness lingering on the palate. Locations Visited: Tomar PT, Coimbra PT, Douro Valley PT.
- Day 8 Guimarães and Porto: Heritage Along the Douro With northern Portugal’s mountain ranges beyond the window, you arrive in Guimarães, where you look out from the castle’s granite battlements across the city known as Portugal’s birthplace. In the old town, you'll follow stone-paved lanes into medieval squares, passing granite arcades and balconies dressed in flowers. You'll continue to Porto and its UNESCO-listed historic center beside the Douro. Inside São Bento Railway Station, your Local Specialist introduces you to twenty thousand hand-painted tiles that sprawl across the entrance hall. As you cross the Dom Luís I Bridge, you look through its sweeping iron lattice to the river far below and the old city lining the slopes. On an Optional Experience, pass Ribeira’s pastel-hued houses before boarding a traditional Rabelo boat, once used to transport barrels of Port along the Douro. The wooden boat slips beneath Porto’s bridges before you'll sit down to traditional Portuguese dishes at a riverside restaurant. Locations Visited: Douro Valley PT, Guimaraes PT, Porto PT.
- Day 9 Wander Porto’s Streets and Riverside Quarters With the day entirely yours, you can roam Porto at your own pace, passing rows of Multi-colored houses and churches dressed in glazed blue-and-white tiles. Perhaps you stop before the painted scenes, study the carved stone around old doorways and choose whichever narrow street tempts you next. Alternatively, join an Optional Experience to Braga, Portugal’s Baroque capital, where sculpted stonework curls around grand entrances and gilded interiors shimmer with 17th- and 18th-century ornament. Locations Visited: Porto PT.
- Day 10 Explore Óbidos Before Returning to Lisbon Passing through Óbidos’s medieval gateway, you'll enter a maze of narrow lanes in a town presented by King Dinis to Queen Isabel in the 13th century. Chalk-white houses edged in blue and yellow line the cobbles, with flowers spilling from balconies and honeysuckle climbing old walls. You'll follow the lanes past carved Manueline doorways and small squares towards the castle keep beyond the terracotta roofs. Back in Lisbon, you'll join your Travel Director and fellow travelers for dinner. Around the table, you raise a glass with companions who began the journey as strangers. Locations Visited: Porto PT, Obidos PT, Lisbon PT.
- Day 11 Say Farewell to Lisbon and Portugal After breakfast, your transfer takes you to Lisbon International Airport. Locations Visited: Lisbon PT.
Name: Country Roads of Portugal - Classic Group
Brand: Trafalgar
Quality: Superior First Class
Tour Type: Escorted
Start City: Lisbon
End City: Lisbon
Location Summary: Lisbon, PT
Lagos, PT
The Algarve, PT
Beja, PT
Évora, PT
Monsaraz, PT
Fátima, PT
Tomar, PT
Coimbra, PT
Douro Valley, PT
Guimaraes, PT
Porto, PT
Obidos, PT
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Highlights
- Dining Summary - 3 Dinner (D). 10 Breakfast (B). 2 Lunch (L).
- Travel Director - "I love taking guests to Monsaraz because It's one of the many villages lost in time. It's not easy for guests to find on their own and they feel like they're visiting a secret paradise.".
- How You'll Travel - Business class coach with extended leg room. Top-rated dining, from farm-to-table to local restaurants. 4 & 5-star stays.
- Authentic Dining - Lisbon: Join your Travel Director at 18:00 for a dinner at a local restaurant and the opportunity to mingle with your fellow travelers.. Monsaraz: Enjoy a memorable Alentejo Highlight Lunch at local restaurant Sem Fim, once an olive mill. Indulge in dish-after-dish of the tastiest tapas in a vibrant setting.. 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..
- Top Rated Highlights - Lisbon: Explore Lisbon with a Local Specialist, focusing on the Baixa district rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake and the broad Pombaline layout that shaped the Lower Town. Continue through the Belém Quarter to view landmarks linked to Portugal’s maritime era, including the Monument to the Discoveries and the Belém Tower, both positioned along the Tagus. . Lisbon: Visit the cloisters of Jerónimos Monastery with its beautiful Manueline architecture, reflecting Portugal's trade over the centuries and UNESCO World Heritage Site.. Lagos: Stroll through this coastal town nestled on Meia Praia, with your Travel Director.. Évora: Explore this UNESCO World Heritage Site guided by your Local Specialist and see the famous Roman Temple. While sightseeing, witness the fascinating cathedral and be charmed by its mix of Romanesque and Gothic architecture.. Monsaraz: Surrounded by cork oaks and vineyards, wander through the castle ruins to admire the incredible view over the Spanish plains that contrast with the blue of one of Europe's largest artificial lakes.. 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 Specialist 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: Enjoy a panoramic drive through historic avenues and past exquisite tiled facades.. Obidos: Walk inside Óbidos’ medieval walls, you’ll follow a street pattern that reflects its origins as a Roman settlement later granted as a royal wedding gift in the 13th century. You’ll move through lanes lined with whitewashed houses and small churches, and sample ginja, the local cherry liqueur traditionally served in small cups. .
- Premium Experience - Monsaraz: Join a local boat captain for a tranquil cruise on Lake Alqueva. Relax and enjoy calming waters, picturesque views and tales of river life..
- MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® - Évora: Take part in a wine tasting that introduces Alentejo varieties grown on the Relvas family estate. As you taste the wines, you’ll hear how the family manages its vineyards with reduced water use, reforests areas with native species and supports local education through scholarships in the surrounding villages. Your visit directly supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. .
- Trafalgar Choice - Tomar: Explore Tomar’s Templar Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, first built in the 12th century and later expanded by the Order of Christ. As you move through the complex, you’ll see the Charola, a circular chapel linked to the order’s early ceremonies, along with the defensive structures that shaped the hilltop site. . Tomar: Walk through Tomar’s center to the 15th-century synagogue, one of the few surviving examples of its kind in Portugal. This former place of worship now houses a small collection related to the Jewish community that lived in the town before the expulsion. .
- Choice Highlights - Choose between two carefully selected activities. Tomar: Explore Tomar’s Templar Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, first built in the 12th century and later expanded by the Order of Christ. As you move through the complex, you’ll see the Charola, a circular chapel linked to the order’s early ceremonies, along with the defensive structures that shaped the hilltop site. . Tomar: Walk through Tomar’s center to the 15th-century synagogue, one of the few surviving examples of its kind in Portugal. This former place of worship now houses a small collection related to the Jewish community that lived in the town before the expulsion. .
