Taste of Portugal

Welcome to Portugal!

Rest assured, we've got your arrival covered. A representative from Across Portugal will be there to welcome you, assisting with your luggage and guiding you to your initial accommodation in our stunning country.

Inclusions:

✔ Private Transfer from the Airport to the Hotel.
✔ Accommodation in Lisbon with breakfast included.

Start your day with a guided gastronomic walking tour around Lisbon historic center. Our guide will meet you and take you to the most relevant and emblematic areas, as well as the hidden gems that only locals know of.

After that, head to Belém on your own and try the delicious Portuguese gastronomy. You can freely explore the monuments that bring the colonial memory – such as the Torre de Belém, Padrão dos Descobrimentos and Jerónimos Monastery – and walk side by side the Tagus river.

Inclusions:

✔ 3h Gastronomic Guided Walking Tour in Lisbon.
✔ Private Transfer to the Fado Dinner.
✔ Fado Experience with Dinner included.
✔ Accommodation in Lisbon with breakfast included.

Embark on an enchanting day trip to the charming realm of Sintra as our private driver retrieves you from the hotel. Amidst the picturesque landscapes, discover the seamless harmony between nature and palaces, creating a truly magical ambiance. Explore the captivating grounds of the Pena Palace.

Throughout the day, our driver will impart insider tips to uncover the most incredible spots and top restaurants in Sintra.

Inclusions:

✔ 8h Private Driver Service to Sintra.
✔ Tickets to Pena Palace and Gardens.
✔ Accommodation in Lisbon with breakfast included.

Pick-up your rental car in the morning and head to Évora, where you will spend the following days. Évora, a book of Portuguese art history.

The best way to see the city is on foot, walking through its narrow streets lined with white houses, discovering along the way the monuments and details that reveal the history of Évora and its rich Heritage

Inclusions:

✔ Private Transfer from Hotel to the Rental Car desk.
✔ Automatic Rental Car as per the Itinerary.
✔ Accommodation in Évora with breakfast included.

Get on some comfy shoes and explore the city by foot. This UNESCO site has amazing monuments, and our local guide will take you through them and help you explore its history. Take your time to appreciate the nature that surrounds this fantastic city.

Inclusions:

✔ 2h30 Private Guided Walking Tour in Évora.
✔ Accommodation in Évora with breakfast included.

Wine tasting and regional degustation lunch it’s what you can expect on a fantastic visit to a Alentejo regional wine estate, in one of the beautiful surrounding towns.

Take your time to appreciate the landscapes adorned by vineyards.

Inclusions:

✔ Winery Visit with Tastings and Lunch.
✔ Accommodation in Évora with breakfast included.

Now it's time to go north!

You will drive to Serra da Estrela and meet another one of our incredible destinations. But first, make a small detour to Marvão, a peaceful town located inside a medieval castle. You can unveil the narrow streets with the pleasingly popular houses that are typical of Alentejo.

Now, is time to go all the way up to the top of the mountain! Try not to fall in love with the views – time to go to the highest mountain in mainland Portugal.

Inclusions:

✔ Accommodation in Serra da Estrela with breakfast included.

Serra da Estrela is a place of rare landscape beauty, where you will have the opportunity to do all sorts of radical sports.

From hiking to mountain biking or even skiing or snowboarding, during the winter. This Portuguese region is well-known by the delicious production of cheese, and to allow you to learn more about this local delicacy, you will have a unique and exclusive artisanal cheese making tour.

As part of this, you will experience a “shepards” unique moment.

Inclusions:

✔ The Shepherd's Cheese Experience in Serra da Estrela.
✔ Accommodation in Serra da Estrela with breakfast included.

Next stop: Porto! Today you will head to the capital of the north.

Inclusions:

✔ Return your Rental Car in Porto.
✔ Accommodation in Porto with breakfast included.

Start the day with a guided walking tour around Porto historic center. Our local guide will teach you about one of Europe's oldest cities and discover some of its hidden gems.

In the afternoon you will get the opportunity to visit one of the most famous port wine cellars and taste different port wines.

Inclusions:

✔ 3h Gastronomic Guided Walking Tour in Porto.
✔ Port Wine Cellar Small Group Tour and Tastings.
✔ Accommodation in Porto with breakfast included.

Today you are going to the most famous Portuguese wine region: Douro Valley.

Adorned by the Douro River, this amazing place gathers tranquility and magic. So, get ready for a super Boat Trip where you will be able to admire the unique landscape that is classified as a UNESCO heritage.

In the afternoon, learn about the wine making process through a Winery Visit. This experience includes a delicious wine tasting. Make sure you take a moment to admire the golden hillsides covered with vineyards.

Inclusions:

✔ 8h Private Driver Service to Douro Valley.
✔ 1h Exclusive Boat Trip in the Douro River.
✔ Winery Visit with Tastings and Lunch.
✔ Accommodation in Porto with breakfast included.

Although small in size, Portugal has a rich and varied gastronomy, based on the Mediterranean diet but with several influences.

The Portuguese, which presented the world with new worlds, brought from their trips among others, spices and sugar which were rapidly incorporated in our cuisine.

You will experience a Cooking Class and learn to prepare traditional Portuguese dishes based upon tipical recipes. Menus are always seasonal and incorporate local products wherever possible.

Inclusions:

✔ 3h Small Group Cooking Class in Porto.
✔ Accommodation in Porto with breakfast included.

It is time to start your journey back south. And the first stop is in Aveiro.
Visit the Portuguese Venezia and take a Moliceiro Boat Trip (traditional long narrowboats) along Ria de Aveiro.

Then you will explore the medieval town of Óbidos where you will find a well-preserved city that lays within the walls. There is something you must try: the famous sweet liquor made from Morello cherries, called Ginjinha, that is served in chocolate cups – and eaten afterwards.

Then you will head to Cascais after lunch!

Inclusions:

✔ Private Transfer from Porto to Cascais with two stops in Aveiro and Coimbra.
✔ Accommodation in Cascais with breakfast included.

Spend your last full day in Portugal strolling in Cascais. This once tiny fishing village has grown massively in the last century to become the elegant beach town that it is today. Visitors are no stranger to Cascais, having attracted various monarchs over the ages, a summer-dwelling artistic community in the thirties and continued to charm people both Portuguese and foreign ever since.

In spite of its proximity to Lisbon and having become larger in size, the centre of the Costa do Sol, still retains much of the charm of its fishing past and indeed present.

The daily catch is still auctioned in the harbourside square and colourful boats still bob in the harbour, their owners are often found mending nets on the quay. Cascais’ fishing history is remembered in the Museu do Mar with displays of artefacts, photographs and model boats.

Inclusions:

✔ Accommodation in Cascais with breakfast included.

It seems that your journey has come to an end. In Portuguese, we use to say that “good times end quickly". Our representative will pick you up at your hotel and take you to the airport.

We wish you a safe flight back home. Make sure you give us your feedback regarding your trip.

Thank you for travelling Across Portugal.

Inclusions:

✔ Private Transfer from the Hotel to the Airport.