A Week in Portugal: Porto, Évora & Lisbon

Board your overnight flight to Porto today.

Welcome to Portugal! Settle in to your hotel in the heart of this 2,000-year-old, UNESCO-listed city. Later, meet your Tour Director and fellow travelers at a welcome dinner.

Get to know Porto—Portugal’s second-largest city—like a true tripeiro, or Porto resident, as you explore the city on a walking tour with your local guide.

• Wander through the lanes of the medieval Ribeira district and along the picturesque Douro Riverfront
• Pass icons, such as the Baroque-style Clérigos Tower, the Gothic São Francisco Church, and the wrought-iron Maria Pia Bridge
• Step inside the city’s famed, neoclassical Stock Exchange Palace, which was built in the 19th century

Enjoy a free afternoon in Porto or add an excursion.

Drive south and stop to explore Coimbra—a city perched on the banks of the Rio Mondego, and Portugal’s former capital—on a guided walking tour.

• Visit Coimbra University—Portugal’s first university and one of the oldest in Europe
• Marvel at the many Romanesque and Gothic buildings that stand in Coimbra’s Old City and along the riverbanks
• Enjoy free time in Coimbra for lunch

Later, settle in to your hotel in Évora. Situated among cork groves in the Alentejo region, the town is known for its picturesque, rolling hills, its compact, walled city, and its Roman, Moorish, and royal roots. Here, you’ll join your group for an included dinner this evening.

Join a local guide for a walking tour of UNESCO-recognized Évora, one of Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited cities.

• Take in the region’s whitewashed homes and intricate tilework
• Wander through the city’s quaint historic center
• See the Roman Temple of Diana
• Enter St. Francis Church and its 16th-century Chapel of Bones, the latter of which monks built to house human bones that had been taking up valuable land in the city’s 40-plus cemeteries  

Spend a free afternoon in Évora or add an excursion.

As you travel to Lisbon, stop to visit an Alentejo cork factory to learn how the material is harvested and used to seal wine bottles.

Continue on to Lisbon and enjoy a free evening or add an excursion.

Set off on a guided sightseeing tour of Lisbon, Portugal’s colorful capital city, aboard your coach.

• Stop at Eduardo VII Park to take photos and enjoy panoramic views of the city
• Back on board your coach, drive along Avenida de Liberdade and past Lisbon’s important landmarks, including the busy Praça Marquês de Pombal roundabout, the Rossio rail station, with its pair of horseshoe-shaped front doors, and the Santa Justa lift, a 19th-century Industrial Age marvel turned beloved visitor attraction
• Stop at the waterfront to discover the city’s maritime heritage at the Monument to the Discoveries and Belém Tower, the latter of which served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers
• View the outside of the church at Jerónimos Monastery, which was built in honor of voyagers
• Visit a local bakery to taste pastéis de nata, a famous Portuguese custard tart
• Make your way to Placa do Comercio and walk to Casa de Bicos, or the House of Spikes, a 16th-century palace whose facade is covered with more than 1,000 spike-shaped stones

Spend a free evening in the city or add an excursion.

Spend a free day in Lisbon or add an excursion.

Later, celebrate your trip with your group at a farewell dinner.

Transfer to the airport for your flight home or extend your stay in Lisbon.