From Santiago to Lisbon
Santiago-Vigo-Viana do Castelo-Braga-Porto-Coimbra-Fatima-Lisbon
8days/7nights, Porto/Lisbon
2020 depart Thu: Apr-October (except 24 Sep)
Cost from: $1310 per person twin share (s/sup $485)
Supplements may apply during holiday periods.
day 01 Santiago de Compostella
Arrival to the hotel by your own. Dinner and accommodations.
day 02 Santiago-Rias Bajos-Vigo (90 kms)
Breakfast and departure for the area of the Spanish Fjords (Rias Bajas), through splendid landscapes: with a brief stop at La Toja Island. Stop at O Grove to take an optional tour on a catamaran and see an oyster and mussel farms, which includes mussel and Ribeiro wine tasting. Continuation to Vigo. Free time. Optional excursion to Santa Tecla. Dinner and accommodation
day 03 Vigo-Viana do Castelogrago-Porto (220 kms)
Breakfast. Crossing the Portuguese border we arrive to Viana do Castelo, city located between the mouth of the river Miño and Porto. Free time to visit the old town with cobbled streets and emblazoned buildings. We continue to Braga known as the city of the archbishops and the third most populated city in Portugal. Free time. Departure to Porto.
day 04 Porto
Porto is considered as World Heritage city. Panoramic tour to admire the Cathedral, the Stock Exchange building, St. Clara church... we will finalize at a local winecellar to enjoy a tasting of the famous “Port wine”.
05 Porto-Coimbra (120 kms)
After breakfast we depart to Coimbra, site of one of the oldest universities in Europe and birthplace of the Fado, the music of Portugal. Time at leisure. Dinner and accommodation.
day 06 Coimbra-Fatima-Lisbon (222 kms)
Departure to Fatima, important pilgrimage centre. Free time to visit the Shrine and afterwards continuation to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Accommodation. Optional night tour to attend a show of Fado, typical Portuguese songs and music.
day 07 Lisbon
Morning city sightseeing tour: old Alfama Quarter, Tower of Belem, Monastery of Los Jeronimos, etc. Afternoon at leisure. Optional tour to Sintra, Cascais and Estoril.
day 08 Lisbon
After Breakfast your tour will come to an end.
Inclusions: Tour escort during the tour, guided visits in Madrid, Santiago, Porto and Lisbon, panoramic sightseeing tours of San Sebastian, Bilbao and La Caruna, air conditioned deluxe motor-coach, breakfast daily. 3 dinners, visit to wine cellar in Porto, taxes in Porto & Lisbon
Hotels: 4* Santiago-Gran Hotel Santiago, Vigo- Eurostars Mar de Vigo, Porto-Eurostars Porto, Coimbra- Tryp Coimbra, Lisbon- Vip Executive Picoas (or similar)
