Douro Valley Tours and Trips

Good variety of restaurants & stops. Comfortable bus with legroom & plenty of comfort stops. Experienced bus driver keeping a clean bus & a smooth ride. Experienced & friendly tour guide sharing valuable information on locations and tour logistics. Upgraded hotels in city centers. Interesting itineraries & excursions with knowledgeable guides. Small group trips available.

Terrific local guides Your bus seats are awful They are the opposite of good ergonomics I experienced excruciating back pain by day 3. It lasted through both trips with you. It went away in the 4 days between trips and after the second trip finished I have no history of back pain and am physically fit and healthy and not overweight. The seats have no lumbar or lower back support. The curved edges force one to sit with rounded shoulders, which is the opposite of recommended posture. This places abnormal stress on the lower back. My husband and I had to insert rolled up clothes to provide adequate lower back support to get through the trip. Without this solution we were going to leave the second trip. We will never take another trip with inspired vacations again because of this

Especially for these small group trips, at the beginning of the trip, each traveler should be given a list of all the travelers and where they’re from. It would be great if it could even include a sentence or two about them.

could have used a little more free time in Algarve area but we had rainy weather so were not able to take the boat ride scheduled in that day so totally missed the water view which I was looking forward too. We also were never offered any substitutions for a missed attraction that I am sure we pre paid for with tour. Also Hotel in Porto was extremely uncomfortable accommodations, rooms were tiny and beds and pillows hard and difficult to get a good night sleep... compared to all the other hotel accommodations, this one stood out as not up to par.

It is a great overview and active itinerary in little bits of time in many areas. Gives one a great perspective of areas and where one may want to return and spend more time. Do not plan on lazy days of relaxing on beach or hotel

Tour covered the entire country and historical sights,landmarks.Our guide was warm friendly and helped us with any of our questions and concerns.We felt valued as guests and felt it was the best way to see a country.We highly recommend Insight vacations for your traveling!!