Tailor Made Portugal

In Oporto, known for its fortified wine, visit the 19th-century Stock Exchange Palace. Cruise under the six city bridges, including one designed by Gustave Eiffel. Stop at a famous wine lodge before continuing to your pousada, the Solar da Rede, an 18th-century aristocratic mansion set on a 99-acre wine estate.

Visit one of the many wine estates in the Douro Region before heading toward Bussaco, the nearby spa town of Luso and the gastronomic Mealhada region. Your hotel is Quinta das Lagrimas in Coimbra. Explore the old university and the Romanesque Old Cathedral. Drive to Conimbriga, a former Celtic and Roman settlement and important Roman archaeological site.

Drive to Tomar, the 12th-century seat of the order of the Templars. Visit the ancient Castle-Convent of Christ and the Abra?o Zacuto Hebraic Museum. Then examine the 16th-century Peg?es aqueduct. Pass the S?o Mamede Mountains to Estremoz and check in to the Pousada of Rainha Santa Isabel.

Stop at a marble quarry en route to ?vora, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. See the first-century Roman ruins and the 16th-century Jesuit University. Arrive in Lisbon for your stay at the Lapa Palace Hotel. Visit the Bel?m area, the departure point for many of the early journeys to the "new world"; the Jeronimos Monastery and the Coach Museum. Then view the rich private art collection of Calouste Gulbenkian before travelling to coastal Sintra for panoramic views. On your last day, explore the Cistertian monastery of Alcobaca and Nazar?, a fishing village where the women still wear their traditional tartan dress. Continue to the walled town of ?bidos.

Transfer to the Lisbon airport your departure flight.