Starts and ends
Lisbon
Travel periods
Guaranteed Departures: Sundays. Various dates from January 2025 to March 2026.
Experience
Travel style
A city steeped in heritage and culture
Tour Highlights:
- Take a walking tour of historic Évora and see its most notable sites
- Wines at Herdade da Cartuxa in Évora and Muscat wine tasting at a winery in Azeitão
- Visit the Chapel of Bones - a chapel inside Church of S. Francisco covered in skulls and bones
- Witness the natural beauty of Arrábida Natural Park
- Try regional culinary delights
Overview
Évora is a Unesco Heritage city with a lot to see and where everything can be visited by walking through its narrow streets, whilst discovering the monuments and the richness of its heritage. With a peaceful and welcoming atmosphere, Évora is an inspiring city where it is easy to mingle with the locals and observe how they live their daily lives.
Inclusions
- 1 night accommodation in Douro Valley
- Transportation by a selected driver with tourism expertise, for trips in vehicles accommodating from 2 to 8 passengers.
- Visits to locations such as the Roman Temple, Chapel of Bones, and Adega da Cartuxa
- English speaking Tour Director throughout the journey
- Wine tasting in Azeitão
- 24-Hour support for emergencies during your stay in Portugal.
Itinerary
Departure from your hotel in Lisbon or from the airport to Évora.
Upon arrival, we will take a walking tour of the city to visit the Roman temple (II AD), one of the most emblematic in the city, the Sé, a beautiful medieval cathedral, and the Bone’s chapel – a chapel inside the Church of S. Francisco whose walls are covered in skulls and bones. You have to visit it to understand it! Free time for lunch. We will continue to Adega da Cartuxa, where we will have a guided tour and a tasting of its famous wines.
After the visit, check in to your hotel and time at leisure. Visit the Roman baths or have dinner in one of Évora’s traditional restaurants, tasting the flavours of Alentejo. Local dishes may include, among others, Lamb Stew, or Migas”, a bread-based dish, but not only that.
Accommodation in Évora.
Breakfast and Check out.
Departure to Serra da Arrábida, a Natural Park, located next to the sea, between Setúbal and the fishing village of Sesimbra, the Arrábida Natural Park has incomparable natural beauty, where the blue of the sea alternates with the white tones of the limestone cliffs and with the depth of green vegetation that covers the mountain. We will arrive in Azeitão village, where we will take a guided tour of a winery and have a tasting of Moscatel wine and cheese from the region.
Continuation to Lisbon. End of our services.
