Alentejo Sightseeing, Attractions, Culture and History Tours 2024/2025

“The beauty of Portugal took our breath away at every turn: hidden valleys carpeted with a million, million flowers of every colour imaginable. Deep, dark forests of fragrant eucalyptus and pine trees stunted by the ceaseless ocean winds. Eerie moonscapes ofmassive slate slabs tilting this way and that. Stunning white sand beaches so perfect they make your heart ache. And everywhere, the birds. Swallows by the thousand, chittering and swooping from sunup until sundown. Giant black and white storks in bathtub-sized nests on the seaside cliffs (we saw them feeding their babies!). Whip-fast falcons spiraling down to snatch those same stork babies. Even our familiar friends the crows. Our hike took us through ancient hillside villages, which looked as though they havent changed in five hundred years. Past farmers fields - several guarded most enthusiastically by snarling, snapping dogs. Along an ancient, ruler-straight canal that still brings water down from the distant mountains. And many times on our adventure we found ourselves completely and utterly alone, with no other hikers in sight and no evidence of humanity within our view, as though we were the only two people on this wonderland planet of unspoiled, indescribable beauty.”

“What a wonderful trip! Everything was set up well for us to be able to just enjoy self-guided hiking without any logistical concerns or problems. Each day was a rewarding experience in a beautiful, interesting place (the Algarve Coast of Portugal); and each night we stayed in comfortable accommodations. We would not have attempted such a trek without support (and probably could not have planned it as well ourselves, no matter how many hours of advance research we would have had to put in); so we appreciate the services that our tour operator provided.”