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Highlights of Portugal

Day 1 | Lisbon (-/-D) ce) with its splendorous Arabian Hall. Next, visit a westernmost point of Europe, to admire the beautiful
Arrival at Lisbon airport. Transfer to hotel. Free time port wine cellar with wine tasting. The afternoon is landscape. We continue to Sintra. Its mountains and
to relax or start exploring the Portugese capital. Din- at leisure so that you may enjoy some more time in its luxuriant vegetation framing our tour. We visit the
ner and overnight in Lisbon. Oporto. Dinner and overnight. charming Village Palace in Moorish style. Late after-
noon arrival in Lisbon. Overnight and dinner.
Day 2 | Lisbon – Obidos – Alcobaca – Nazare Day 5 | Oporto – Amarante – Vila Real –
– Batalha – Fatima (B/-D) Viseu (B/-/D) Day 8 | Lisbon (B/-/D)
Driving through a scenic landscape with windmills Morning departure to the elegant village of Amaran- On our half day city tour we will see Vasco da Ga-
and fruit trees we arrive to Obidos, an enchanting te, which has been described as one of the most be- ma’s tomb inside the Jeronimos Monastery. Stop for
walled city. After lunch stop in Nazare, the most autiful places on earth. After that, drive to Vila Real pictures of Belem Tower and the Monument to the
picturesque and colorful of all Portugese fishing - visiting the gardens of the manor of Mateus, whose Discoverers. Drive past the Bull Ring to Pombal Staue
villages, we continue via Alcobaca to Batalha. Enjoy picture graces the label of the excellent Mateus rose and along the grand Avenida de Liberdade. Afternoon
a visit of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Victoria, win. Then we enter in the port wine region, travelling at leisure. Farewell dinner and overnight.
one of the best and original examples of late gothic through the vineyards and the breathtaking landsca-
architecture in Portugal. Our today’s journey ends in pes of the Douro Valley. Continue via the mountai- Day 9 | Lisbon – Lisbon airport (B/-/-)
Fatima, a center of Christian pilgrimage, famous for nous hinterland to Viseu. Dinner and overnight in Breakfast and coach transfer to Lisbon airport.
the shrine called the Basilica of Our Lady of the Ro- Viseu.
sary. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.
Day 6 | Viseu – Belmonte – Evora (B/-/D)
Day 3 | Fatima – Coimbra – Aveiro – Oporto Drive to Belmonte, today a symbol of Jewish awake-
(B/-D) ning, and visit the Jewish Museum, which portrays
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Coimbra, home the history of Jewish people in this country. In the
of one of the world’s oldest universities – visit of the afternoon, break in the beautiful Castelo de Vide,
university and its magnificent baroque library. Stop an enchanting small town with the ancient Jewish
at St Clara Monastery. In the center you can admire Quarter. Continue to Evora, a living museum of tra-
the exclusive ceramic of Coimbra. Continue to Aveiro, dition and history, handicrafts and gastronomy and
known as the “Portuguese Venice”, where you shall the cultural center of southern Portugal. Dinner and
have time to see the graceful boats “moliceiros” and overnight in Evora.
taste the local sweets “ovos moles”. Drive to Oporto.
Dinner and overnight. Day 7 | Evora – Sintra – Lisbon (B/-/D)
Morning departure for an unforgettable discover of
Day 4 | Oporto (B/-D) „Coast of the Sun“ and its beaches. See Estoril, a
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning city tour of Oporto, cosmopolitan village between Lisbon and Cascais.
the second largest city in Portugal situated on the We follow to Cascais and its colourful bay. We pass
Douro River. Our visit includes the St. Francisco through Boca do Inferno – a picturesque cliff formed
Church, Palacio da Bolsa (the Chamber of Commer- by the erosion of the sea. Stop at Cabo da Roca, the
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