Portugal Tours in January 2027

From the start of the trip, Benny our trip leader was just amazing. He adapted each days walk to the weather and made a few changes. He accommodated for every person on the trip making sure if they couldn’t complete the walk they were taking care of. He booked restaurants for every night giving the group of choice if they wanted to all eat together. He made the trip interesting with his knowledge of the island and what it has to offer. Madeira is a beautiful island and this trip was a good way I’m getting around and seeing what it has to offer.

Madeira is a beautiful island with a great variety of scenery and history to be explored. The highlight of our walking holiday in Madeira was the dedication of our tour leader Benny. He was passionate about the Island, its history and culture and went out of his way to share with others. I would recommend this holiday to anyone who likes to explore an area. A great place to start.

Overall, the itinerary was excellent. I am happy that EuropaMundo listened to previous reviews and made this tour less hectic, and we got to actually enjoy each location and each stop. We did not feel rushed and the pace was appropriate. I like that we arrived to our hotels at reasonable hours and not at 10pm as in previous trips. I wished that mornings started at 8:30 and not before. We did have a few times that we were told to wait at 7:50 but the bus and Guide did not arrive until 30 minutes later, leaving 50 people anxiously waiting and unhappy. It is still very hard the changing of the people, leaving and joining every day, and the changing of guides. We did not like the baby on the bus. This is not appropriate. Enough that we had over 10 small annoying kids. The Hotels were excellent except in Lisbon where we could hear the airplanes all night long and did not sleep, because the hotel was at the airport without proper insulation. Overall, we enjoyed the tour very much. The Guide Javier was excellent, as well as all the local experts Raphaela in Lisbon was exceptional- please pass this to her.

Benny the tour leader was excellent and tried his hardest to accommodate the varying needs of all of the different members of the group. He gave lots of information about Madeira & provided a great variety of Madeiran snacks every day for every one to try which was much appreciated! The hotel in Santana was very damp and our room was cold as there was no heating and they had run out of extra oil heaters but the breakfast was v good, the other hotels were fine for the purpose of a walking holiday where little time is spent in the room.

This walking trip was a great way to spend a week. There’s a great variety of walks which meant each walking day was different and interesting. Staying at four different hotels across the week, we covered a lot of the island. We went at New Year and the weather was really mild, t-shirt weather during the day. The views were fantastic and it’s a lovely island. Highly recommended. Local food was great. A good balance of walking and some time to relax.

Our hiking trip in Madeira was spectacular. Hiking along the levadas and the hike that included Pico Ruivo were hikes that we'll never forget. The in-country support was very responsive, especially given that we were hiking during the Christmas holidays.