Travel to Portugal

“It was great to have the whole trip planned for me as I'd never been to Portugal before. All I had to do was explain what I was looking to get from the 5 days and a rough idea of the areas I wanted to see. Goncales was very detailed and booked me on appropriate tours.”

“Insight Guides introduced us to Teresa at Authentic Trails and we created a fantastic 3 week itinerary exploring Portugal from the Algarve to Porto with many points in between. Teresa quickly understood our interests and provided an experience that was spot-on.”

“This trip was sublime.”

“Insight Guides listened and understood what I wanted out of a holiday. From Sara, who started the process, to Monica Mendes from Be in Travel Portugal who perfected the trip details, everything went brilliantly. The private walking guides were excellent with particular reference to Maria Joao Matos in Evora. In hindsight, doing a self drive road tour, I should have elected to spend more than two nights in some of the smaller towns like Evora and Tomar. Distances are not great when accessing the good freeway system. Driving only becomes a problem if staying in the smaller places in the old parts of the town where to get a parking spot near accommodation is almost impossible and the streets are so narrow that on occasions had to turn in the side mirrors. Another difficult with self drive is the drop off at Lisbon airport - a nightmare. Our holiday in Portugal with the guidance of Insight Guides and Be in Portugal was wonderful. All the hardwork of planning a trip with accommodation, driver pickups from airports, guides and 24hour help line if needed taken care of made for a top class holiday”

“My Travel Ladies (6 in total, all over 70) and I spent 10 days with Joel throughout Portugal, and we all felt it was simply excellent. I started working with Joel in August and nailed down our trip. We discussed sites important to us, where we wanted a guide, and hotel levels. His suggestions were spot on and we could not have been happier. I recommend him for his kindness, his communication and overall ability to meet our needs. Joel has a beautiful sense of humor that blended with all of us. My one wish is that I could work with him on our next adventure but, we all now feel Portugal is like a second home. Beautiful trip!”

“Our guide (Joel) set up a perfect 10 day itinerary for us in Portugal-based on our requests. He was available at all times if we needed anything. Our tours were with small groups (ideal) and all set up for us. The hotels were also wonderful. We will definitely use Insight Guides in our future travel. ”