One week

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Lisbon and Sintra Sintra and Cascais Arrabida wine tour Evora w/ wine tasting Fatima and surroundings Fatima and Lisbon Obidos Porto & Douro valley, 3days Escape!

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Portugal is a compact country. It’s small in size, but from north to south, it’s landscape changes a lot, giving you the impression that you’re crossing several countries. Besides, it’s millenary history offers lot’s to see, from stone-aged monuments to Celtic places, roman ruins to Moorish walls and from medieval castles to fairy-tale palaces.

If you’re planning your whole vacation in Portugal, Lisbon Stories suggests a rough itinerary for one week.

1^st day – Discover Lisbon on a full day tour.

2^nd day – Enjoy Sintra, Cascais, Estoril and the westernmost point of Continental Europe.

3^rd day– Go for a wine and cheese tasting in Arrabida mountain.

4^th day – Go to Porto, passing by Coimbra, the Student’s city.

5^th day – Explore Porto, Portugal’s 2^nd biggest city, finishing the day with a wine tasting.

6^th – Visit river Douro valley, the protected area where the famous Port wine is produced. (Optional, may be replaced with any other tour if you don’t like wine).

7^th day – Explore Minho region, visiting beautiful and small cities like Barcelos, Guimarães or Viana do Castelo.

8^th day – return to Lisbon just after lunch, stopping by Obidos, a medieval town for a cherry liqueur taste, before going home.

belem tower, torre de belém, lisboa, lisbon sintra, pena palace, palácio da pena, disney

Arrábida, azeitão, arrabida wine tasting, cheese tasting, queijo de azeitão, azeitão cheese, josé maria da fonseca, vinho, wine Porto, Oporto, porto city tour

viana do castelo, santa luzia, minho Barcelos, galo de barcelos, barcelos rooster

douro valley, vale do douro, rio douro, vinho do Porto, Port wine, Douro river Óbidos, medieval village, vila medieval

Please note: this itinerary is just a general suggestion. All tours may be customised, their order can be changed and some days can be cut or switched in order to include other places.

If you’re Catholic we can cut the wine and cheese tasting or the tour to Douro valley in order to visit Fatima sanctuary.

This itinerary can be done using only two hotels, one in Lisbon and one in Porto, so that you don’t have to pack and unpack everyday.

Prices: since this is only a suggested itinerary, prices vary according to the number of days, type of tours, wine tastings and entrance fees included.

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