Great visit to Portugal

Portugal | Nov 7 - Nov 15, 2025

Clean, nice location. There was a lot of construction in the area which was a little noisy in the mornings. They acknowledged by birthday verbally and with a bottle of champagne and cake in the room.

Excellent location, modern hotel.

Older, dated hotel. The breakfast was "meh". Staff was not friendly at check in. The weather was bad and we couldn't even walk outside to the pool even when the weather improved. Several areas were closed. We just wanted to go sit outside and admire the ocean but it wasn't an option.

We just had a snack and beer but the environment was cool and the beer and good was good.

Alex was amazing! She taught us a lot about Lisbon and the food choices were very good.

Our driver was very friendly and accomodating. We enjoyed the tour of the palace and gardens and then a visit to Sintra.

I'm rating this experience lower as our guide didn't offer as much history and stories as our guide in Lisbon. Also, one of our stops was a sales pitch, which I didn't appreciate at all. We felt pressured to purchase something from the shop. This should not happen on a private food tour.

Overall this was a great day. Unfortunately the weather wasn't great and our private tour of the winery was very short. The private river cruise was great - the weather held and our guide was very friendly. Our car driver was very nice, but I think he was sick which was a little disconcerting. He assured us it was allergies but because he was under the weather he didn't communicate as much as our other 2 drivers. We had to ask questions rather than him offering up a lot of information. I was not impressed with the meal at the winery. It was just ok and felt a little rushed.

As mentioned previously, the lunch was not very impressive and we felt rushed. Due to weather our private tour was very short and we didn't get to have the full experience (not blaming the winery for the weather).