PORTUGAL RIVER CRUISE TOUR

Arrive Lisbon in the Morning. Your Tour Manager, Timothée, will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your 4*boutique hotel in the center of the city.

This afternoon, join your local guide for a fun ride onboard a cable car and stop for a refreshment ontop the hill overlooking the beautiful city of Lisbon. Dinner at leisure.

Overnight : Hotel Alma Lusa 4*

Meals : B (on plane)

Today, join your local guide for a guided visit of many sights Lisbon has to offer. You will visit the Royal Coach Museum, the Jeronimos Monastery and Cloisters as well as thew outside of the Belem Tower dedicated to Navigators and Explorers. This afternoon enjoy some free time, when you may visit the Museum of Azulejos (tiles) or just walk around the city center.
This evening join Timothée for a lovely surprise "welcome dinner".

Overnight : Hotel Alma Lusa 4*
Meals : B, D

Following breakfast, meet your guide who takes you today on an exciting day-trip to one of Portugal's most beautiful destination, Sintra, famous for its fairy-tale castles and beautiful scenery. Enjoy a guided visit of the National Palace of Pena to see its most interesting halls and rooms, including the Arab room and the Queen's throne room.

Following lunch at "Boca Do Julio", you continue your journey through the beautiful landscapes of Sintra - Cascais Natural Park to Cabo Da Boca, the westernmost point in Europe. You make a stop there to take advantage of excellent photo opportunities.

You are then transferred back to Lisbon.
Dinner at leisure.
Overnight : Alma Lusa 4*

Meals B, L

This morning you will leave Lisbon for Tomar where you will discover the incredible Convent of Christ, one of Portugal  highlights and one of its seven Unesco World Heritage sites. Visit the convent and the castle. Lunch will be served at a local winery.

This afternoon you will make a stop in Batalha, as the "Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitoria", the country's finest example of Gothic and Manueline architecture, the last resting place of the unknown soldier and a memorial to one of the defining moments in Portuguese history. We will also make a quixck stop in Fatima, famous pilgrimage town.

Overnight : Hotel Quinta Das Lagrimas

Meals B,D

This morning enjoy the town of Coimbra with its university (the oldest and most prestigious in Portugal), the famous Library (home to more than 30000 books in a richly decorated room inlaid with Chinese lacquerwork, inlaid furniture and gilded and marbled wood) and the Throne, The Assembly room, and the San Miguel Chapel

This afternoon, you will discover the most impressive Archaeological Roman site on the Iberian peninsula "Conimbriga"

Overnight Hotel Quinta Das Lagrimas

Meals B,D

Today enjoy a scenic drive to Porto via the Natural Park of Bussaco and Lupo (Mineral Water town). A stop will be made at the Ria de Aveiro where you will board a "Moliceiros" for a short cruise. Lunch will be served at an auberge to taste the locsl suckling Pig roasted on an open fire. Arrival in Porto at 5:00 pm.

This evening after boarding the river boat, you will meet the crew and staff for a welcome cocktail before enjoying your first dinner onboard. After dinner, join us for an evening tour of Porto at night by bus.

Overnight : M/S Miguel Torga

Meals B,L,D

This morning you will relax onbaord as we start cruising the Douro river and the marvelous scenery that the cruise offers. You will pass the locks of Crestuma and Carrapelato, which is the highest in Europe at 36 meters..

Sfter lunch we will arrive in Regua and will visit the Nossa Senhora dos Remedios Sanctuary and the Cathedral of Lamego

After dinner, join us in the lounge for some dancing.

Overnight : M/S Miguel Torga

Meals B,L,D

This morning you will visit the Douro Museum as well as the Quinta do Tedo for some tasting of local Port wine.

This afternoon, relax onbaord as we cruise through more beautiful scenery.

Overnight : M/S Miguel Torga

Meals B,L,D