Portugal

Portugal has spent decades in the shadow of its more famous European neighbours — and that relative obscurity has preserved something rare: genuine character. Lisbon is the most beautiful city in southern Europe, with its seven hills, mosaic pavements, and the melancholy music of fado rising from cellars at night.

Beyond Lisbon, Portugal opens up into some of the most beautiful landscapes in Europe. The Douro Valley — steep hillsides of terraced vineyards dropping to the river — produces port wine and increasingly acclaimed table wines. The Alentejo is cork oak forests and whitewashed villages unchanged for centuries. Our tours cover all of it with the depth it deserves.