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| Day 1 – TUE |
USA/Lisbon |
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Board your overnight flight to Lisbon Portugal. |
| DAY 2 – WED
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Lisbon |
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Transfer in from the airport to your hotel. In the afternoon you’ll be picked-up at your hotel 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. |
| DAY 3 – THU |
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.
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| DAY 4 – FRI |
Lisbon/Faro/td>
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Transfer to Lisbon airport for your flight to Faro, Algarve. There you will be transferred to the hotel of your choice. |
| DAY 5 – SAT |
Algarve |
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advantage of Algarve’s natural beauty and wonderful climate to rest and relax. Or you may take the opportunity for an excursion to Sagres, the westernmost cape in
Algarve the was the brain center for the world discoveries.
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| Day 6 – SUN |
Algarve |
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Day at leisure. Algarve being the last territory to be conquered from the Moors, still retains the essence of the Moorish soul not only demonstrated in local people behavior but also in the architecture throughout the region. You may consider renting a car to explore this fascinating Portuguese Province. |
| Day 7 – MON |
Algarve |
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Day at leisure. Algarve being the last territory to be conquered from the Moors, still retains the essence of the Moorish soul not only demonstrated in local people behavior but also in the architecture throughout the region. You may consider renting a car to explore this fascinating Portuguese Province. |
| Day 8 – TUE |
Faro/Lisbon/USA |
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Transfer from your hotel to the Faro Airport for your connecting flight from Lisbon to the USA. |
