Best of Southern Portugal

Leaving Lisbon, cross the bridge over the Tagus river, where we can enjoy a  beautiful and bucolic landscape of olive trees, cork oak trees and vineyards. Arrive  in Évora World Heritage Site of UNESCO, visit some of its main monuments: the  Roman Temple, the Romanesque-Gothic Cathedral, Saint Francis Church with the  “Bones Chapel“, and the University. Time for lunch (not included). In the afternoon,  free time for a better discover of the city. Overnight in Évora.

 Morning at leisure in Évora, and then driving southward passing a relaxing landscape towards Beja for a stop where the most imposing tower of the Portuguese Medieval castles dominates the town and the region. Crossing small mountains, enter in the Algarve, where between fields of orange trees arrive to Silves, dominated by its Moorish Castle and by the memory of is former cork industry. After and passing by Praia da Rocha Beach arrive to Lagos to meet the sea. Overnight in Lagos. (B)

Visit to Ponta da Piedade to admire the cliffs which shapes have been sculpted by the erosive action of both, the sea and time. Continue to Sagres, site of the mythical “Navigation School” of Prince Henry the Navigator. At Cabo Sao Vincente, you will be stunned by its cliffs. Arrival to Lagos, a cosmopolitan Algarve town with its marina and fishing port, here you can taste the delicious Algarve gastronomy, rich in fish, shellfish and almond sweets. Free time in the afternoon. Overnight in Lagos. (B)

Depart for the city of Setubal after breakfast, a major port and industrial centre on the north bank of the Sado estuary, looking to the gorgeous Tróia Peninsula. Then take the scenic route over the Arrabida Mountain, an area preserved as a Natural Park, with an amazing scenery and unique vegetation. Crossing the bridge over the Tagus River arrive at Lisbon. (B)