Day 1 · Lisbon
Arrive in Lisbon
You are met at Lisbon airport and pick up your hire car with your travel notes and documents. The rest of the day is free to explore one of the oldest capitals in Europe before checking in to your hotel.
8 days · 7 nights
Walled towns, a Templar convent and two great cities, at your own pace behind the wheel.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesCollect your car in Lisbon and drive a loop through the heart of Portugal: east to Évora and the Alentejo, north by way of Castelo de Vide and Tomar to the university city of Coimbra, then on to Porto for two nights. The return follows the Atlantic coast through Aveiro and Figueira da Foz, with a last stop in Sintra before Lisbon.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Lisbon
Day 1 · Lisbon
You are met at Lisbon airport and pick up your hire car with your travel notes and documents. The rest of the day is free to explore one of the oldest capitals in Europe before checking in to your hotel.
Alter do Chão
Day 2 · Alter do Chão
Drive east to Alter do Chão, ideally by way of Évora, a UNESCO-listed city of narrow lanes of Moorish origin and bright squares with two thousand years of history. Spend the night in the quiet Alentejo countryside.
Coimbra
Day 3 · Coimbra
Start early with the historic village of Castelo de Vide, then stop in Tomar, once the seat of the Knights Templar. Its Convent of Christ is one of the great works of the Portuguese Renaissance. Continue to Coimbra for the night.
Porto
Day 4 · Porto
Walk Coimbra's historic centre and its famous university and library before driving through the Bussaco Forest, home to around 700 kinds of trees and the neo-Manueline Bussaco Palace. Carry on north to Porto.
Day 5 · Porto
A slower day. Wander Porto, a UNESCO-listed city on the hills at the mouth of the Douro, or drive out to Guimarães and its medieval centre, also on the World Heritage list.
Coimbra
Day 6 · Coimbra
Follow the Atlantic south with stops along the way: Espinho and its fishing boats on the sand, Ovar for azulejo tiles and pão de ló sponge cake, the canals and Art Deco facades of Aveiro, and the long beach at Figueira da Foz. Spend the night back in Coimbra.
Lisbon
Day 7 · Lisbon
Take your time driving south and break the journey in Sintra, with its old centre and royal palace. In Lisbon, walk up to São Jorge Castle for the view, try a pastel de Belém and finish with dinner in one of the city's small restaurants.
Day 8 · Lisbon
After breakfast, drive to Lisbon airport and return the car before your flight.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Lisbon · 2 nights
Your first and last nights. Or similar
Alter do Chão · 1 night
Or similar
Coimbra · 2 nights
One night on the way north and one on the way back. Or similar
Porto · 2 nights
Or similar
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
Spain
8 days · 7 nights
Costa del Sol → Seville → Lisbon → Huelva → Costa del Sol
Pick up your car on the Costa del Sol and drive by way of Ronda to two nights in Seville. Cross into Portugal through Évora for two nights in Lisbon, then return along the coast to Huelva and the Costa del Sol for your last night.
Portugal
6 days · 5 nights
Lisbon
Stay put in one Lisbon hotel for five nights. A guided morning takes in Belém and the old quarters, an afternoon goes up into the forested hills of Sintra, and the days between are left free for the riverfront, the viewpoints and an evening of fado.
Portugal
6 days · 5 nights
Madrid → Porto → Fátima → Lisbon → Madrid
A guided coach journey that leaves Madrid for two nights in Porto, with a river cruise and a port cellar tasting, then a night at Fátima after Coimbra. Two nights in Lisbon follow a day among the monasteries and fishing towns of the coast, and the drive back to Madrid stops at Roman Mérida.
Collect your car in Lisbon and drive a loop through the heart of Portugal: east to Évora and the Alentejo, north by way of Castelo de Vide and Tomar to the university city of Coimbra, then on to Porto for two nights. The return follows the Atlantic coast through Aveiro and Figueira da Foz, with a last stop in Sintra before Lisbon.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
Other ways to see Portugal, closest in length first.
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Self-drive | 8 days | Porto · Lisbon · Faro
Small group tour | 9 days | Lisbon · Sintra · Porto | Price on enquiry.
City break | 6 days | Lisbon
