Créateur d’expériences de voyages, locaux et responsables à Porto
Créateur d’expériences de voyages, locaux et responsables à Porto
Choose the tour, the date and your departure time. On the vehicle days, the price shown covers the whole group.
In private, the itinerary stops being a constraint. You leave at the hour that suits you, you stay longer where you are enjoying yourself, you skip what does not interest you. The driver-guide is yours for the day, the water is on board, and with three or four of you the price per head often drops below a shared seat. These are the four formats we run most often.
Nine hours in the Douro, built around what you actually want from it. Family-run quintas rather than the big houses, or the other way round. Port and table wine tastings, lunch facing the vines, a stop in Pinhão, viewpoints for the photographs. If you would rather walk an hour through the terraces than take in a third cellar, tell the guide on the morning.
Practical: 9 hours, hotel pickup and drop-off in Porto. Included: private driver-guide, air-conditioned vehicle, water on board. Vehicle supplement: €180 for the van (5 to 8 people), €480 for the minibus (9 to 19). Not included: lunch, river cruise, personal expenses.
A whole day for the city, without chasing the clock. Ribeira, Livraria Lello, São Bento, the viewpoints, and the rest according to what you feel like: markets, quieter neighbourhoods, free time in the middle of the afternoon. The guide books the lunch table if you want it and tells you frankly which add-ons are worth it, whether that is the six-bridges cruise or the Gaia cellars.
Practical: 9 hours, hotel pickup and drop-off. Included: private driver-guide, air-conditioned vehicle, water on board. Vehicle supplement: €198 for the van, €540 for the minibus. Not included: lunch, cruise, cellar admissions.
Both towns, at your own pace. In Coimbra, the university quarter and the Joanina Library, whose slot is booked in advance. In Aveiro, the canals, the Art Nouveau facades, the ovos moles and the moliceiro cruise if you want it. Nothing stops you spending three quarters of the day in just one of the two either. It is your vehicle.
Practical: 9 hours, hotel pickup and drop-off. Included: private driver-guide, air-conditioned vehicle, water on board. Vehicle supplement: €180 for the van, €480 for the minibus. Not included: admissions, tastings, the moliceiro cruise.
Three hours in the centre with a guide who is yours alone, and nothing but your legs. The route takes shape as you talk: the listed lanes, Livraria Lello, São Bento, the viewpoints, a coffee stop, a cellar if you want one. This is what we suggest for your first morning, to get the city straight before anything else.
Practical: 3 hours, base rate for two people, €15 per extra participant up to twelve. Included: private local guide, meeting point in the historic centre, recommendations for the rest of your stay. Not included: food and drink, admissions, cellar visit.
Yes on the three vehicle days: €330 or €420 whether there are two of you or twelve. Only the van or minibus supplement is added beyond four participants. The walking tour works differently: €120 for two, then €15 per extra person.
Up to 19 on the vehicle days, up to 12 on the walking tour. Beyond that, write to us and we will put a second vehicle on the road.
That is the whole point of going private. An extra hour at a quinta, a longer lunch instead of a visit, an earlier finish: the guide adapts as long as the road allows.
No, on none of the four. The guide books the table if you want, and you settle up there. That leaves you the choice between a quinta with a view and a twelve-euro tasca.
From three people on the Douro: €420 between three works out at €140 each against €152 shared, with the vehicle to yourselves. For two, the shared tour is still cheaper.
English or French, to be specified when you book. For Spanish, Italian or German, give us notice and we will check guide availability for your dates.
Free cancellation up to 48 hours before departure. After that the tour is payable. If a flight is cancelled or you fall ill with a doctor’s note, we move the date at no cost.
