The Typical North - Tour of Portugal

Small-Group Deluxe Tour (max 8 passengers)

Small-Group Private Tour (9 Days)

Tour Map

Tour General Info

The 9 days tour to Portugal is an exceptional opportunity for you to know the country in a first-class travel service. You will be presented with a mixture of feelings and emotions only possible in our country. Every detail of this week was carefully planned by our team; the splendour of Portugal is present in its every single aspect.

You will visit the Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra cities, the world heritage of Sintra and Foz Côa as well as the Douro valley where you'll understand why Portugal is a world renowned excellent wine producer. You will visit the wine cellars and taste the original Porto's wine. You'll also have, waiting for you, a wonderful gastronomic experience, having we some of the best restaurants in Portugal.

This 9 days tour is done with a small group (limited to 8 passengers) to provide you a very personalized approach and also to allow the group to visit the deep interior and secrets of Portugal (only possible in a small minibus) like the small Marvão village where you'll feel like you are travelling back in time. The small group also allows an overnight accommodation in our selected 4* and 5* hotels always accessible to wheelchairs.

You'll feel the roots of this ancient country with 1200 years old history and ask for more after your arrival at Lisbon.

Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival at Lisbon

Welcome to Lisbon!
You'll have wheelchair accessible transportation waiting for you at the Lisbon Airport to take you to the hotel. (all included in the price). Free time to explore Lisbon, depending on your arrival time.
Accommodation in Lisbon.

Day 2: Lisbon

Breakfast at the hotel.

In this tour, you will discover what's essential in Lisbon, city of the seven hills, centre of the maritime discoveries in the XV and XVI centuries, eternalized in the architecture of the Belém Tower and the Jerónimos Monastery (world heritage Site by UNESCO).

Most of Lisbon's charm resides in the strong links it shares with its past, its palaces, grandiose churches and an imposing castle that rests on the top of the city's largest hill. Lisbon's cultural and artistic richness mirrors the modern world where several cultures influence and are influenced by Portugal.

We will discover Lisbon's Downtown, an area rebuilt after the renowned earthquake of 1755. We will also visit Belém and Parque das Nações, the venue where Expo98 was held.

Accommodation in Lisbon.

Day 3: Lisbon - Sintra - C.Roca - Estoril Coast

Breakfast at the hotel.

We will begin the 3rd day of your accessible vacations with a visit to Sintra. This village is one of the several ex-líbris of Portugal and strongly recommended to be explored if you come to visit Lisbon. Sintra is very inaccessible for wheelchairs, however we selected the best wheelchair accessible places for you to visit in its small downtown. You will easily understand why Sintra is classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Its entire natural wrapped landscape seems to have stopped in time decades ago. Besides the lush green of the vegetation, the vivid blue of the sea will catch your eye.

After exiting Sintra, we will proceed towards the westernmost point of Europe, Cabo da Roca, where the land ends and the sea begins…

When returning Lisbon, it will be possible to see Guincho beach, one of the most famous beaches for the practice of windsurf, known to hold several international championships. From here you can admire the wonderful and natural landscape of the Sintra-Cascais natural park, inserted in this marvelous scenery. Then we'll visit Cascais with it's very typical downtown and Costa do Estoril where we will admire the gardens of the Estoril Casino and then drive along the Estoril coastline, one of the most scenic and attractive routes of Lisbon.

Return to the hotel.

Day 4: Lisbon - Óbidos - Coimbra - Oporto

Breakfast at the hotel.

We will leave Lisbon and travel by the west region of Portugal to start the day with a visit to Óbidos, a spectacular medieval village encased inside the strong walls of a very well conserved castle and protecting a heritage of narrow streets, having the whitewashed houses covered with flowers and iron windows. The shops are piled high with local handicrafts and we can walk around the village's typical streets, visit its churches with more than 500 years old, taste the famous “Ginginha” (typical alcoholic drink) or even buy some souvenirs.

Our next stop of the day will be Coimbra. The city is undoubtedly connected to the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, who was born in 1109 and died in 1185. At the Monastery of Santa Cruz, you may visit the tomb of this glorious king and that of his son, King D. Sancho I. Throughout the Portuguese historical records, Comibra - the first capital of what once was the Kingdom of Portugal - has always played the role of an important landmark for the Portuguese people, due to its historical centre as well as to the University, one of the most ancient educational edifices in the world. Originally built in 1290, in Lisbon, and transferred to Coimbra in 1308, the University is still an iternational reference and its library gathers one of the most remarkable collections of the world.

Our last stop of the day will take us to Oporto.

Accommodation in Oporto.

Day 5: Oporto

Breakfast at the hotel.

Oporto, the second largest Portuguese city and the urban centre of the northern region, plays a very important role in the economy of our country. It's the city of the granite, that is also known for its fascinating bridges and for its world renowned Vinho do Porto, a liquorish alcoholic drink typical of the region. All these features create an undeniable charm in a city whose growth was witnessed by the mighty river Douro. Located in its incomparable estuary, the city sees the river to debouch in the Atlantic Ocean, after a scenic route of 927 km that begins in Spain.

Considered to be a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the area surrounding the river is embellished by a sometimes confusing map of medieval streets framed by the ancient doors of past fortifications and Roman arches. UNESCO, having been quite impressed with Oporto's relevant artistic and cultural patrimony, affirmed that this city's historical centre, built along the slopes that rest on the estuary of the River Douro, draws a very interesting urban pattern of exceptional characteristics with over than two thousand years of history. Its growth is testified by its monuments such as the Roman cathedral or the neoclassical Stock Exchange Palace.

We will also take a stroll through the area of the Ribeira de Gaia. Passing by the imponent bridge D. Luís I, we will make a stop at Oporto's wine cellars to a wine-tasting session.

Accommodation in Oporto.

Day 6: Oporto - Braga - Amarante

Breakfast at the hotel.

We will leave Oporto in the morning and visit the historic town of Braga. The ancient city of Braga has always been an important centre for culture, commerce and religion and is also known as the "Portuguese Rome" due to its concentration of religious architecture. The Romans dedicated it to their Emperor and called it Bracara Augusta, making it their Galician head-quarters in 216 BC.

Once in Braga, we will visit not only its historical centre but also the religious sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte. At the top of a great pilgrims' stairway, which enacts the Via-Sacra, stands an impressive church from where visitors can enjoy spectacular, unique views of this city's panoramic beauty.

We will arrive to Amarante at the end of the day, where we will stay in an incredible relays & chateau hotel, right in the city's historical centre.

Accommodation in Amarante.

Day 7: Amarante - Pinhão - Foz Côa - Rapa

Breakfast at the hotel.

Situated 56 km east of Oporto, the pretty town of Amarante is set immaculately along the banks of the River Tâmega. Taking place on the first Saturday and Sunday of June, the annual São Gonçalo's feast is among the most colourful and typical fairs in Portugal. According to tradition, it is the time for unmarried people to exchange phallus-shaped cakes as tokens of their love.

We will then continue our visit trough the beautiful roads across the Douro valley until we get to Pinhão, where you can see many kilometers of cultivated wine everywhere you look. Wine has been produced by traditional landholders in the Alto Douro region for some 2,000 years and since the XVIII century that its main product, Porto wine, has been worldly famous for its quality. Spectacularly located at the confluence of the Douro and Pinhão rivers, 22 km upstream from Peso da Régua, the small town of Pinhão is the epicenter of the Port winemaking area and a place where the soil and climatic conditions are considered to be at their very best.

Afterwards and still in the Douro Valley we will dive into history a little deeper and travel 24,000 years in time to admire an unique natural museum of ancient art in Vila Nova do Foz Côa. This exceptional concentration of rock carvings from the High Palaeolithic (22,000–10,000 B.C.) is the most outstanding example of early human artistic activity in this form anywhere in the world. The Côa Valley rock art throws light on the social, economic, and spiritual life of the early ancestor of humankind in a wholly exceptional manner.

We will leave Foz Côa and proceed towards Rapa for accommodation.

Day 8: Rapa - Marvão - Lisbon

Breakfast at the hotel.

We will probably wake up in this last day surrounded with snow in Rapa. We will then visit one of the most traditional villages of Portugal: Marvão, the nest of the eagles!

Lying on the east of Portugal, close to the Spanish border, Marvão is one of the oldest and certainly the most eccentric of all the villages of Portugal. Stretching around 400 feet up an extremely steep hill and built between huge granite boulders, the historical village is one of the most remarkable in the whole of Europe, encaged inside the walls of a medieval castle. The village houses are somehow built inside, around and beneath the boulders. These fascinating houses are decorated with hanging baskets and earthenware bowls of bright flowers and cooking herbs. At the top of the hill you can see stunning views of the surrounding countryside. After Marvão, we will begin our trip back to Lisbon and as we do so, you will sense a nostalgic feeling taking hold of you.

Accommodation in Lisbon.

Day 9: Free day and departure home

Breakfast at the hotel.

We'll leave you at the airport with a minimum of 2 hours antecedence for flight check-in and we will take care of your transfer (included in the price).

Price per Person: 1473 €
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General Conditions

Number of passangers: minumum of 2 passengers and maximum of 8.

What's Included in the price:

What's not included:

• Prices quoted are per person, based on double occupancy;
• 20 % deposit required on booking;
• Full payment required within 30 days before the beginning of the tour;
• The proof of your deposit must be sent by fax or email;
• If any proposed accommodation of our program will be fully booked when you book our tour, we guarantee another accommodation similar in quality and comfort;
• Single supplements apply when not sharing accommodation;
• The deposit and full payment can be made by international bank transfer;
• After the payment of your deposit, we will send you a voucher for the tour.

Cancelation Fee:

• Up to 30 days prior to departure: 20% (the value of the deposit);
• Between the 30th and the 7th day prior to departure: 50%;
• From the 6th day prior to departure and during the tour: 100%.