Portugal Vacations Tours: A Fabulous Self-driving Road Trip!

Day 1: Lisbon - Portugal Welcomes you Overwhelmingly

Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal is one of the most vibrant in Europe. The first day of your Portugal vacation tours is completely a leisure one, when you can roam around and discover the secret behind the never dying ebullience of the city. After getting transferred into your luxurious hotel, you have all the time to wander in the neighborhood and discover this city and its interesting stories.

Day 2: Lisbon – Exploring the Simplicity of Villages

It’s the small villages that make a city! Lisbon is actually the melange of swanky cities looking as one entity because of the single tram tracks. This diversity can be noticed from the tightly packed places like Alfama with a coexistence of the spacious lanes of Belem and Baixa. On the second day of your Portugal vacation tour, you will be discovering that Lisbon is one of the collections of tranquil villages that you might have seen in movies. There’s a lot to be explored!

Day 3: Alentejo  - The Old Marble Cities

You will start cruising through the Alentejo region and its rural pleasure with a rental car! It will be a delight to see those lovely wheat fields to the left and the orchards & olives in the right. This has been considered as one of the most rural regions of Portugal! Here you will get to see the whitewashed villages. It’s a great idea to stop by Evora first and then you can see the Roman Temple. And, it’s a wonderful place to stop by and munch on your lunch. This is one those Heritage cities where the cobblestones have got smoothened because of the human footsteps.

Day 4: Guarda - Unheard tales of the history!

This day shall be dedicated to diving into the unheard tales of the history! The highest Mountains of Portugal make for the national barrier with Spain. This is a day to marvel at the charm of the panorama from Sortelha, which is a village belonging to the 12th century, enjoy the atmosphere, and discover Belmonte’s the legend of explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral. And, after that, you could enjoy your night in Guarda.

Day 5: Guimaraes - Exploring the Iberian History

After having breakfast and everything, just start a road trip towards the North to the Serra de Estrela. Here you will get to see the lovely castles and the walled cities that is something waiting to be explored. There are the plethora of treats for every traveler in rural Portugal and this self-driving itinerary is designed in a way to take you through those lanes. You will get to see places that would be a perfect treat to the first time travelers. You will get to experience the medieval feel in Viseu, which is a city of churches and art. You will get to hear many tales from the Roman era. There is no dearth of Vineyards, surrounding the entire town. After this, you can continue towards the green hills and Lamego, the pilgrimage town. And, next is Amarante, where you will get to see the Romanesque buildings.