Amazing Portugal

Portugal | Mar 27 - Apr 7, 2023

Fabulous hotel. Grounds huge overlooking the Atlantic and direct access to the beautiful boardwalk and panoramic cliffs. So peaceful. Our room had a beautiful private large patio that also led to shared space. Breakfast buffet was superb- chef prepared eggs to order- wonderful selection and comfortable dining area.

Overlooking the river. Clean and comfortable rooms and great breakfast buffet. As it is right at the river, all roads lead uphill in terms of accessing the city and many sites.

Wonderful hotel. Relaxing location. Clean and comfortable rooms- garden view room with private patio with deck chairs was so lovely. We were there late March and theOutdoor Pool was open and looked great but we didnt use. Underground parking was great for peace of mind with rental car. Easy walking access to the town.

Lovely old historic hotel in the heart of Lisbon. Small rooms but clean and comfortable but ours overlooked the street so leaving windows open was an issue due to noise. Breakfast buffet fine but not extensive- small dining area and it was quite crowded for seating during our stay. There is a small outdoor deck on the 5 th floor which was nice to have. So close to the Ave. Liberdade for enjoyable tree covered walks and outdoor food kiosks and downtown Lisbon.

Disappointing. We only explored/walked to 1 area of Porto about 800m -1km from our hotel. While the history of this street / area was interesting it wasthe only 2 streets we walked and we spent most of our time sitting. Given that our tour started @ 10am- sitting down to eat a large meal less than 1 hour later ( and having just eaten breakfast) without much walking was too much. Wine tasting and charcuterie board followed 30 minutes later- again no time to digest with limited walking between.

Tony our driver was amazing. So knowledgable so we had an historical informed oral tour during our drive.

Lovely to be on the river but we did not know that you had to/ should download the audio guide for the tour ahead of time. As there is little to no cell coverage in the valley most people on the boat could not successfully access the English audio tour so we did not have any information about what we were seeing. The boat guide did not provide any assistance/ share about any of the river tour sites either in Portugese or English- just sat at the back of the boat. So, beautiful 1 hour vistas on the river but would not describe this as a tour.

Outstanding. Beautiful winery. Exceptional lunch with wine.

Daniel, our guide, was superb. Very knowledgable and well planned tour. My husband has some challenges with hills and stairs but Daniel adjusted his route and made arrangements on the spot for an elevator in one of the sites so he would not miss out.

This was a private tour and so special. Our Blue Fleet boat guides Fea and Rui were wonderful and went out of there way to make our tour memorable.