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| A Prayer, Dreams & Monuments |
From USD$765.00 |
| Fatima, Lisbon, the Blue Coast & Sintra – 7 Days – Thursday departures |
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| Day 1 – THU |
USA/Lisbon |
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Board your overnight flight to Lisbon Portugal. |
| DAY 2 – FRI |
Lisbon |
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Transfer in from the airport to your hotel. |
| DAY 3 – SAT |
Lisbon |
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Leave your hotel around 9:00 am for a short ride to Belem, the Lisbon quarter most linked to the Discoveries. Stop to visit the original factory of the famous and traditional sweet puff pastries (Pastel de Belém) that you’ll get to taste accompanied by a glass of the even more famous Port wine. A quick walk leads to the Jeronimos Monastery for an outside visit of this extraordinary example of the Manueline style. Next you’ll visit the Belém Tower, another jewel of the unique Portuguese architectural style and the modern monument to the discoveries that marks the place from where the Portuguese navigators left to discover the world in the 15th century. Return to your hotel around 12:30pm.The rest of the day is free you to relax or to discover Lisbon on your own. |
| DAY 4 – SUN |
Queluz–Sintra–Cascais–Estoril |
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You’ll be picked-up at the hotel around 9:00 am starting your day with a drive across Sintra mountain range for a visit of the Queluz National Palace, the most representative of the courteous life of the 18th century and known as the little Versailles. Continue your drive towards Sintra, romantic town, inspiration to some of Lord Byron’s poems, and a World Heritage site. You’ll have free time to visit the Historical town center and an opportunity to try the traditional “queijadas”, a delicacy of the region. Just in the center of town lays the Royal Palace of Sintra, former summer residence of the Kings of Portugal, beautifully decorated with several furniture styles and marvelous tapestries. After the visit, free time to lunch at one of the nearby restaurants.Then, visit the Pena Palace, an eclectic architectural structure offering a breathtaking view extending to Lisbon and the Atlantic Ocean in a clear day. From there, drive towards the Atlantic coastline, crossing the National Park of Sintra-Cascais, and passing by the beautiful Guincho Beach, Cascais – a charming town and a traditional fishermen’s harbor – and Estoril, a tourist resource with the largest casino of Europe. Return to the hotel arriving around 6:00 pm. |
| DAY 5 – MON |
- Azeitão–Serra da Arrábida–Setúbal–Palmela |
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After early breakfast at your hotel leave for today’s tour crossing the Bridge 25 of April to visit to the monument to Christ the King (Cristo Rei) before continuing to Azeitão and visiting a centenary wine cellar typical of this wonderful wine-producing region. The visit includes a tasting of the local wines. The tour continues with a drive around the beautiful Arrábida Natural Park, always staying along the Atlantic Ocean that offers wonderful viewpoints. Stop in the city of Setubal, near the Sado estuary and the sea, with free time for lunch. In the afternoon visit the town of Palmela and its Moorish castle dating from the 8th century and, later, used as the seat of the Order of Santiago daEspada (the Portuguese branch of the Order of St. James) from the 15th through the 19th centuries. Visit a ceramic factory in Palmela where you can paint your own tile. Drive back to Lisbon over the Vasco da Gama Bridge, the longest in Europe with 10.7 miles and arrive at your hotel around 6:00 pm. |
| DAY 6 – TUE |
Fatima–Batalha–Nazaré–Alcobaça–Óbidos |
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Leave the hotel around 9:00 am to enjoy one of the most rewarding days of your stay. A 90-minute drive will take you to Fatima, city of the apparitions of Our Lady to the three little shepherds in 1917 and the revelations that remain a secret until today. In the address Pope Benedict gave at Bethlehem on May 13, 2009, the anniversary of the first apparition at Fatima, the Pope declared: “You promised the three children of Fatima that ‘in the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph.’ May it be so!” Fatima has remained a place of faith and pilgrimage since the early 20th century and one of the most venerated by Catholics around the world. Continue to the nearby Monastery of Batalha, an impressive Gothic work of art of the 14th century, visit the beautiful fishing village of Nazaré with free time for your lunch. In the afternoon visit the Cistercian Monastery in Alcobaça, where the love of Inês de Castro and King Pedro I is remembered through their tombs. On the way back to Lisbon visit the medieval village of Óbidos, and taste a “Ginginha” - typical liquor of this region. Arrive at the hotel around 6:30 pm. |
| DAY 7 – WED |
Lisbon/USA |
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Transfer out Hotel to the Lisbon Airport |
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| Tour Includes: |
Tour does not include: |
• Arrival and departure transfers in Lisbon
• 5 nights accommodation in Lisbon
• Breakfast daily
• Half day city sightseeing
• Full day escorted tour to Fatima and other points of interest
• Entrance fees
• All local taxes and service fees |
• Roundtrip flight between the USA and Lisbon
• Airfare fees and taxes
• Expenses of personal nature
• Meals not mentioned in the itinerary
• Tips to guides or drivers |
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