You can sample some of Portugal's many different types of wine, see the country's important religious sites and explore lesser-known Portuguese cities.
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1. Portugal Tours from Lisbon: Day Trips
Sintra. Image: David Sim (Creative Commons / Some Rights Reserved)
There are several great day trips to take when in Lisbon. Probably the most popular tour is to Sintra, along with Cascais and the Estoril coast but you could spend a whole day in Sintra.
Read about this Sintra and Cascais Day Trip
2. Portugal Tours from Lisbon: Two-Day Trip to Sintra, Cascais, Fatima and More
Cascais. Image: Morgaine (Creative Commons / Some Rights Reserved)
This Two-Day Tour of Sintra, Cascais, Fatima, Nazare and Obidos is a combination of two one-day trips from Lisbon, allowing you to stay in your own hotel and see two of the must-see towns around Lisbon.
If you want a tour more focused on the important religious sites, you may be interested in Two-Day Guided Tour of Sacred Portugal.
3. Portugal Tours from Lisbon: Three-Day Trip to Sinatra, Fatima, Estoril & More
Estoril. Image: Roger Wollstadt (Creative Commons / Some Rights Reserved)
This tour includes Sintra and its Pena Palace, a visit to Cascais and the Estoril Coast, Cabo da Roca (the most westerly point of continental Europe) plus other smaller towns and villages that are worth a visit but would be more difficult to fit in if doing the journey by public transit.
4. Portugal Tours from Lisbon: Four-Day Trips
Evora. Image: Diana Isawnyu (Creative Commons / Some Rights Reserved)
Lisbon, Sintra, Cascais, and Estoril Coast
This tour is great if you planned on taking guided tours while in Lisbon and a day trip to Sintra, Cascais and Estoril. You could book your own accommodation and guided tours while in Lisbon and then book one of the day trips to Sintra from above if you wanted more independence, but you probably couldn't top the value of this tour, especially the convenience and time saved by letting the pros do it for you!
Four nights of accommodation in Lisbon is included in the price.
Read more: Lisbon, Sintra, Cascais and Estoril Four-Day Tour.
Southern Portugal and the Algarve Coast
This four-day tour goes a little further afield. The Algarve, Portugal's southern coast, has some of Europe's nicest beaches. It also has many interesting sites and history that aren't always explored. Why not take a a few days while in Lisbon to go explore the Algarve, stopping at Evora as well.
5. Portugal Tours from Lisbon: Six-Day Trip to Northern Portugal, including Porto
Porto. Image: (c) Damian Corrigan
This tour is a greatest hits of northern Portugal. The region has it's own form of Fado (from Coimbra) and is home to Port, the famous fortified wine. Why not head north and discover your favorite type of Port by visiting Porto's port cellars and enjoying a tasting or two?
6. Portugal Tours from Lisbon: Eleven-Day Tour of Portugal
Port Wine in Porto. Image: (c) Damian Corrigan
This tour is called the best of Portugal for a reason. It hits much of the north, and in addition to the cities covered in the above six-day trip, it also goes to the Douro Valley, home to the beautiful vineyards of the Douro wine and Port. It also takes you to all the popular towns in the Lisbon and you also make your way to the beautiful Algarve coast.
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7. Portugal Tours from Lisbon: Fifteen-Day Trip of Portugal and Spain
Park Guell in Barcelona. Image: (c) Damian Corrigan
This best of Portugal and Spain covers the central southern points of the Iberian peninsula. It includes stops in Lisbon, Evora, Algarve Coast, Seville, Granada, Cordoba, Madrid, Valencia and ending in Barcelona. You could easily extend your time in Lisbon or Barcelona, should you want to explore these wonderful cities more in-depth.
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