The Best of Portugal - Walking Holiday in The Soul of Inland Portugal

Groups accepted with a minimum of 6 pax.   This imaginatively designed tour is a living travelogue through the best of Portugal. We journey through the cultural history of this fascinating country from the capital of the Algarve, through ancient villages and high mountains of the interior to the far north where Portugal was born. On the way, we’ll visit iconic cities and monuments, World Heritage sites, appreciate the fantastic scenery, and enjoy great food and wine. Our multi-centre holiday will give you the opportunity to visit many of Portugal’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites and explore its huge cultural diversity while relaxing in a well-planned itinerary covering a vast array of points of interest. Évora is one of the best tourist destinations in central Portugal You’ll experience an exceptional range of different landscapes just a short distance away, lots of interesting sites, and unique cultural heritage, where tradition and modernity blend together in perfect harmony. Not to mention a superb cuisine, fine wines and hospitable people that will make this tour the best holiday you ever had. Celts, Romans, Visigoths, Moors, and Christians all left their mark in Portugal. On this tour, you can watch the sunset over mysterious megaliths outside Évora or lose yourself in the elaborate corridors of the Templar’s Knights monuments, today Unesco World. Our tour begins in Faro and we travel through the hidden and lesser-known Algarve to the great plains of the Alentejo home to great gastronomy and superlative wines. We stay in Évora, a delightful city that exudes Portuguese charm and boasts a vast array of fascinating historical monuments. Portalegre, our next center will be the gateway to visit Marvão and Castelo de Vide where we stand on the battlements of ancient castles looking across into Spain. As we travel north visits to Castelo Branco, Belmonte and Lamego enrich our journey with their deep cultural heritage. Rio Douro is at the heart of the demarcated port-wine region. Then, opening dramatically out before us is the magnificent Douro Valley of Port wine fame where terraced vineyards seem to defy gravity as they perch high above the river. The Douro valley is our gateway to the north where Portugal was born. We visit Vila Real and Guimarães, where centuries ago Portugal was declared an independent kingdom and home to the first king. We then travel through a patchwork of fields and Vinho Verde vineyards to Viana do Castelo, the pearl of the north. Our first week finishes in Porto, the invincible city. Here we will be able to relax and enjoy this iconic city of the north. All of this and much more await you on this wonderful, in-depth Portugal tour!     https://youtu.be/sK3NutFlvQ4 https://youtu.be/iQIGN4dTSrs