Portugal Explorer Trips

We had a wonderful time on the tour. Organised sections of the tour were great with enough self time to discover the joys of each town/city we stayed Patrizia our tour leader was amazing. Full of local knowledge and caring for everyone on the trip. I have food intolerances and Patrizia ensured that I was included in all tastings and meals. A shout out to our driver Augustine who not only was a brilliant drive navigating the narrow streets but shared his local knowledge with enthusiasm. Whether travelling with family and friends or a solo traveller I highly recommend this trip.

The tour itinerary was excellent, the pacing was well balanced between organised activities such as wine tasting, sherry tasting, olive oil tasting and ham tasting, and free time to allow you to do your own thing. Accommodation was very good and in a couple of cases, exceptional. The tour leader was positive, knowlegable, helpful and tuned in to the needs of individuals on the tour. We never had a bad recommendation from the tour leader.

The tour was a very enjoyable one. Reasons being that the range of venues we stayed in were very good and the experiences offered gave us a really great understanding of the country and it's people and their culture and history. One thing we really enjoyed was how it lived up to the 'back roads' label bytaking us to places we wouldn't have found (or thought of!!) by ourselves. Examples being the farm visit to see the wine and olive oil process and tasting (such genuine 'down to earth' people) who shared their history and culture and the sheep cheese visit. That was something different and very interesting. Our guide was knowledgeable and the tour was well organised. Our bus driver was lovely too. We saw a lot of the country and gained some idea of places we might return to in future to explore further.

Our guide Sonia was absolutely amazing, nothing was too much trouble, took us to extra places if time permitted. She was so passionate about Portugal and her love of her country definitely rubbed off on us all. It was a fabulous tour with a bit of everything to please

Apologies for the late review of our June Tour in Portugal. First off - a big shout out to our wonderful Tour leader, Lara. A very understanding young lady who could relate SO well to her 60+ age travel group . Her knowledge of our local was amazing; her ability to help people connect; humor and empathy was excellent - I give her 15* out of 10. AND coupled with Milo our driver - whose driving was so smooth, his empathy for those that were a bit slower to hop back on to the bus and his amazing music play list - together they formed an exceptional team. Our accommodation was varied and amazing, from small to larger establishments. The group dinners were allvery enjoyable. And I was very impressed with the additional specialized Tour leaders who were engaged. All in all, I highly recommend Back Roads Tours and have already booked our your for 2026 in Sicily.

We loved our time in Portugal. Georgina our tour leader was great. The hotels we stayed in were fabulous and all quite different. My gluten free needs were well accommodated, all the meals were lovely. We enjoyed all the locations we visited and the experiences we had. Cooking dinner was fun at the beautiful Nature hotel.