Portugal from North to South — 7 days
Porto, Lisbon, Algarve. Day-by-day itinerary: Porto; Porto Cellars & Azulejos; Porto → Lisbon; Lisbon & Sintra.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Porto
- 09:00 — Arrival at Porto OPO
- 14:00 — Ribeira + Livraria Lello + Dom Luís Bridge
- 20:00 — Hotel in Porto Ribeira
Day 2 — Porto Cellars & Azulejos
- 09:00 — São Bento station + Carmo Church
- 14:00 — Vila Nova de Gaia cellars — port tasting
- 20:00 — Francesinha in Porto
Day 3 — Porto → Lisbon
- 09:30 — Alfa Pendular train Porto → Lisbon (3h)
- 14:00 — Belém — Tower + Jerónimos Monastery + pastéis — Lisbon
- 18:00 — Alfama — live fado + views — Lisbon
- 22:00 — Hotel in Lisbon
Day 4 — Lisbon & Sintra
- 09:00 — Sintra — Pena Palace + Quinta da Regaleira — Sintra
- Bus to Cascais — Sintra → Cascais
- 15:00 — Cascais — coastal resort town — Cascais
- 20:00 — Bacalhau + vinho verde in Lisbon
Day 5 — Alentejo
- 09:30 — Train Lisbon → Évora (1h30)
- 11:30 — UNESCO Évora — Roman Temple + Chapel of Bones — Évora
- 16:00 — Bus → Lagos, Algarve (3h)
- 21:00 — Hotel in central Lagos
Day 6 — Algarve Cliffs
- 09:00 — Ponta da Piedade — cliffs and grottoes — Lagos
- 13:00 — Praia Dona Ana — golden sand — Lagos
- Bus to Sagres — Lagos → Sagres
- 17:00 — Sagres — Cape St Vincent — Sagres
- 20:00 — Seafood cataplana
Day 7 — Algarve & Departure
- 09:00 — Praia da Marinha — among the Algarve's finest — Algarve
- 13:00 — Train Lagos → Faro FAO
- 14:00 — Cataplana in Faro
- 18:00 — Return flight from Faro FAO