Portugal Tours in Winter

This was our first Explore! trip. The guide was local and extremely knowledgable. We were very well looked after. Everyone bonded very quickly and we met some lovely people. The accommodation was good, last hotel excellent, and transport arranged with no hitches. Will book another trip, for sure.

A very well-organised tour from beginning to end. Breakfast at most places had plenty of choice, and having some lunches and dinners included was excellent and made everything so convenient. We really appreciated the little extras along the way — things like the horse ride around the city, free time to explore, and stops at local shops known for their regional produce all added something special to the experience. The guides were incredibly informative and took great care of us, and by the end felt more like friends than guides. We made wonderful memories and would happily recommend this tour. A bit more information about the optional additional tours would have been helpful, as some were different than expected, and it would have been nice if tickets to certain sites, like the palaces in Sintra, were included.

An absolutely fantastic tour! Everything was so well organised, with great breakfast options at most places and some delicious lunches and dinners included — which made everything easy and stress-free. The guides were amazing: super knowledgeable, genuinely caring, and by the end felt like close friends. We had the best time, made unforgettable memories, and couldn’t recommend this tour more! Oumaima, our guide was wonderful — so knowledgeable, spoke English really well and always happy to answer our many questions. Most importantly, they truly cared about our safety and wellbeing, which made us feel relaxed and confident the whole time.

Kathryn and Augusto were fabulous! Took care of all our questions, needs, etc. Kathryn helped me find restaurants to celebrate a birthday! We had great local guides. Meals were a wide variety of tasting menus. The luncheon with a local family was the best! The hotels were excellent and I was raised in the hotel business.

Joao was an excellent; he was great with answering all questions. Armindo, our bus driver, was great, also; he was always very courteous. Please tell them both thank you for an outstanding travel experience.

I especially enjoyed the local tours that included family wineries, distilleries, tile- making artists and the cork farm. Souvenirs, gifts and magnets I purchased are significant reminders of parts of the trip that I will never forget. Our tour guide, Joao, took good care of us, in sooo many ways that were above and beyond what a tour guide would ordinarily do; I appreciate his bringing my "left-in-the-hotel" cell phone to the airport and getting it to me before my flight departed Lisbon!