🇵🇹 Douro & Alentejo

Fly to Porto, hire a car, return from Lisbon

Overland option: Rail and long-distance bus links exist — worth comparing against the fare

From Switzerland: CHF 80–260 return, per person.

Check flights ↗

Once you're there: Slow N-roads beat the motorway

Trains, coaches & ferries ↗

Quinta da Pacheca

Lamego

Wine estate rooms, some inside barrels, dinner in the cellar

1. Day 1 · Thu 8 Oct

   Arrive · Évora

   Land in Porto, Portugal · check in · Roman temple

2. Day 2 · Fri 9 Oct

   Sintra

   Pena Palace early · Quinta da Regaleira wells · Cabo da Roca sunset

3. Day 3 · Sat 10 Oct

   Coimbra

   Joanina library · student quarter · Conímbriga Roman mosaics

4. Day 4 · Sun 11 Oct

   Douro Valley

   Train to Pinhão · quinta lunch · river cruise between terraces

5. Day 5 · Mon 12 Oct

   Algarve

   Benagil cave by kayak · Ponta da Piedade · Lagos old town

6. Day 6 · Tue 13 Oct

   Porto

   Livraria Lello · Ribeira · port tasting in Gaia at sunset

7. Day 7 · Wed 14 Oct

   Óbidos & Nazaré

   Walled village · ginjinha · big-wave lookout at Sítio

8. Day 8 · Thu 15 Oct

   Departure

   Slow morning · last coffee · travel home

• Douro harvest tour

  Pick, tread and taste

  Tickets ↗

  CHF 65

  Remove

• Rabelo boat hour

  Old wine boat on the river

  Tickets ↗

  CHF 18

  Remove

• Évora cathedral and chapel of bones

  Walkable old town

  Tickets ↗

  CHF 8

  Remove

• DOCDouro river-side tasting menuFind & book ↗
• FialhoÉvora, Alentejano classics since 1945Find & book ↗

• ✈️Flights / main transportIndicative band CHF 80–260 per personCHF 340Estimated
• 🏨Accommodation · Boutique7 nights · 1 room · about CHF 162/nightCHF 1,130Estimated
• 🍜Food & drinkCHF 960Estimated
• 🚆Local transportCHF 240Estimated
• 🎟️Activities3 booked experiences plus everyday spending — prices need confirming with the operatorCHF 470Needs confirming

These are WUZZR estimates, not live fares. Live flight, hotel and activity pricing plugs in here as soon as it is connected — nothing above is a confirmed booking price.

• ✦ Harvest runs late September to mid-October — book estates early
• 🗺️ Porto, Portugal on the map

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• 🐾 Terraced vineyards above the Douro
• 🐾 Évora's Roman temple
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