Pousadas of Portugal

Savour the very best of Portugal with stays in three historic, charming and unique pousada hotels along the way.

Porto

Tour Highlights & Inclusions

• Stay in three of Portugal’s famed pousadas • Discover the historic capital Lisbon on an included city tour • Visit UNESCO-listed Royal Sintra • Enjoy chic Cascais and elegant Estoril • Admire Cabo da Roca, Europe’s westernmost point • Journey to medieval Óbidos and Coimbra – the ‘Oxford of Portugal’ • Taste regional wines, bread and cheeses • See Aveiro’s Venetian-like canals • Visit Porto – the historic second city • Discover ‘Golden Rivers’ Douro Valley • Seven nights’ carefully chosen fourstar bed and breakfast pousada accommodation • Four evening meals • Outbound flight to Lisbon, returning from

Porto, with coach travel and transfers throughout • Fully escorted by a friendly, experienced tour manager

Enjoy luxurious and completely unique accommodation in a trio of fabled pousada hotels, offering traditional hospitality in remarkable settings, and discover some of Portugal’s most delightful locations as you travel through the heart of the country. Originally derived from the Portuguese word for ‘rest’ – pousar – the term ‘pousada’ has evolved to become synonymous with luxury hotel accommodation housed in beautifully restored historical buildings. Explore colourful capital Lisbon, elegant Estoril and glorious Sintra, head north via hilltop Óbidos and ‘Portuguese Oxford’ Coimbra, and savour wine-producing Viseu, Porto and the ‘Golden’ River Douro as they're all brought to life on this wonderful Portuguese journey of discovery.

Pousada Mosteiro de Amares

Your Hotels

Pousada Palacio de Queluz

Begin in Portugal’s wonderful Lisbon, where a guided tour evokes a sense of times past and lifts the veil on the present-day vitality of the ornate Belém quarter, the Baixa’s avenues fringed with cafés and restaurants, and the narrow streets of the Alfama. Explore the elegant Atlantic resorts of Cascais and Estoril and journey to UNESCO-listed Sintra. Estoril’s elegant seafront, lined with old-fashioned bistros, has long been a favourite destination, while Cascais, on its sweeping bay, is no less alluring. Head north, calling at walled, hill-top Óbidos to see its cobbled lanes, walls and ancient aqueduct, and former capital, with its Romanesque cathedral. Journey west down to the beautiful Vouga Valley to colourful Aveiro, known as the Venice of Portugal because of its canals, lagoons and gondola-like fishing boats.

Available May, Jun & Aug to Oct 2022 Fly direct from these airports. Prices from

• Bristol £1,359 • Edinburgh £1,369 • Gatwick £1,359 • Luton £1,329 • Manchester £1,345 • Stansted £1,329 • Teesside £1,599 Room for Sole Use from £231

Pousada Palacio de Queluz, Lisbon

HHHH B&B plus two dinners nights 1-3

This former headquarters of the Royal Guard is set across from the Royal Palace – ‘Portugal’s Versailles’. It boasts a restaurant housed in the former kitchen, a bar and beautiful public rooms furnished in wood and marble. Pousada de Viseu, Viseu HHHH B&B plus one dinner nights 4-5

Housed in an old hospital, adapted by a renowned architect, this landmark building, just five minutes from a beautiful park, has a superb wellness centre and outdoor pools, the latter with views over the town. Pousada Mosteiro de Amares, Amares HHHH B&B plus one dinner nights 6-7

One of the ‘Small Luxury Hotels of the World’, this truly luxurious pousada is a converted monastery. Superb amenities include an outdoor pool and tennis court.