Collette Travels:
Portugal Old World Charms
April 25-May 5, 2027
In 2017 Kim and I visited SE Asia on an Avalon river cruise. There we met Rene & John Brink and their family. We became good friends and for years Rene and I talked about traveling together through her Uniquest Travel Agency. Finally we were able to make that happen when we all went to Iceland in January 2023. We vowed to travel again together and did so on an AMA River Cruise in France in 2024. When Rene reached out in the spring of 2026 saying she was putting together a small group tour through Collette Travels to Portugal - which ironically Kim and I had been talking about returning there - we opted in.
Day 1 - 2
Fly overnight. Arrive in Porto - travel to Amarante – check in to Monverde Wine Experience Hotel
Day 3
Explore Amarante & Cruise the Douro River
Day 4
Explore Porto & Home-Hosted Cooking Class & Dinner
Day 5
Travel Day – stop in Aveiro, the “Venice of Portugal” / Check into Hotel Vila Gale
Day 6
Explore the hilltop village of Marvão / Visit an Olive tree farm
Day 7
Start the day at the Estremoz city market / End the day with a farm-to-table dinner.
Day 8
Travel to Lisbon / Stop at medieval walled city of Evora (UNESCO) & the mysterious 16th-century Chapel of Bones. Check into our 5-star hotel, the Turim Boulevard Hotel
Day 9
Visit the Belém Tower (UNESCO) / Tour Lisbon
Day 10
Free day & Farewell Dinner where local artists perform the traditional fado (UNESCO).
Day 11
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