The season for this holiday is:
01 April - 31 October 2019
10 nights: 01 April - 31 October 2019
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - 18 April | £1460 | £895 |
| 19 April - 14 June | £1495 | £945 |
| 15 - 24 June | £1460 | £895 |
| 25 June - 22 August | £1390 | £890 |
| 23 - 31 August | £1460 | £895 |
| 1 - 30 September | £1495 | £945 |
| 1 - 21 October | £1460 | £895 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£10 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £10 |
Includes accommodation, meals, travel between hotels and any other services integral to the holiday as described, plus a detailed information pack, but no travel from the UK, nor any connecting travel from the airport unless stated below.
Included travel: rail Porto-Coimbra-Lisbon
Pay locally for inexpensive rail Porto-Pinhão-Porto & Lisbon-Sintra-Lisbon
Book your flights through us and we'll find the best route and times to suit you. Please contact us to find out more about our flight booking service. We can also book connecting travel - see below.
Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
| Hotel Pestana Vintage Porto | ||
|---|---|---|
| 'Plaza': 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2019 | £14 | |
| 'Vintage' with river view: 01 Apr - 30 Apr 2019 | £45 | |
| 'Vintage' with river view: 01 May - 30 Jun 2019 | £54 | |
| 'Vintage' with river view: 01 Jul - 30 Sep 2019 | £50 | |
| 'Vintage' with river view: 01 Oct - 31 Oct 2019 | £45 | |
| 'Vintage' with river view & balcony: 01 Apr - 30 Apr 2019 | £55 | |
| 'Vintage' with river view & balcony: 01 May - 30 Sep 2019 | £64 | |
| 'Vintage' with river view & balcony: 01 Oct - 31 Oct 2019 | £58 |
| Sapientia Boutique Hotel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Apartment: 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2019 | £42 | |
| Junior suite: 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2019 | £15 | |
| 'Loft': 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2019 | £10 | |
| Superior: 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2019 | £60 |
| Solar do Castelo | ||
|---|---|---|
| Superior: 01 Apr - 30 Jun 2019 | £28 | |
| Superior: 01 Jul - 31 Aug 2019 | £20 | |
| Superior: 01 Sep - 31 Oct 2019 | £28 |
| Lawrence's Hotel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Suite: 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2019 | £20 |
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
| Hotel Pestana Vintage Porto (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr - 29 Apr 2019 | £130 | £250 |
| 30 Apr - 30 Jun 2019 | £145 | £281 |
| 01 Jul - 30 Sep 2019 | £148 | £286 |
| 01 Oct - 31 Oct 2019 | £130 | £252 |
| Quinta de la Rosa (with dinner) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2019 | £140 | £225 |
| Solar do Castelo (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr - 30 Jun 2019 | £96 | £176 |
| 01 Jul - 31 Aug 2019 | £70 | £132 |
| 01 Sep - 31 Oct 2019 | £100 | £184 |
| Lawrence's Hotel (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2019 | £82 | £140 |
Travelling from the UK
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen - Porto (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Aberdeen - Porto (via Paris CDG) | Air France, KLM |
| Return route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Lisbon - Aberdeen (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh - Porto | Ryanair |
| Return route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Lisbon - Edinburgh | easyJet, Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London City - Porto | TAP Air Portugal |
| Return route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Lisbon - London City | TAP Air Portugal |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Gatwick - Porto | British Airways, easyJet, TAP Air Portugal |
| Return route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Lisbon - Gatwick | Air Europa, Azores Airlines (SATA), easyJet, TAP Air Portugal |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Luton - Porto | easyJet, Wizz Air |
| Return route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Lisbon - Luton | easyJet, Wizz Air |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Manchester - Porto | easyJet, Ryanair |
| Manchester - Porto (via Brussels) | Brussels Airlines |
| Manchester - Porto (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Manchester - Porto (via Lisbon) | TAP Air Portugal |
| Return route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Lisbon - Manchester | easyJet, Ryanair, TAP Air Portugal |
| Lisbon- Manchester (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Newcastle - Porto (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Newcastle - Porto (via Brussels) | Brussels Airlines |
| Newcastle - Porto (via Paris CDG) | KLM |
| Return route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Lisbon - Newcastle (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Norwich - Porto (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Return route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Lisbon - Norwich (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
This list of flight options should be used as a guide only, and you should check each airline’s website for current routes, frequency and schedules. Not all flights operate daily, and may not run for the entire season. You should also heed the latest flight arrival time and earliest flight departure time, as it may not be possible to arrange connecting travel outside these times. Please do not book your flights until we have confirmed your accommodation to you. Alternatively, our expert reservations team will be happy to offer advice and to make flight bookings for you. We charge £30 per person for our flight booking service (£50 for India and Nepal). Your flights are then covered by our package-booking conditions, which give you greater protection in the event of delay or cancellation, as well as providing ATOL cover.
Connecting travel options - flying via Lisbon
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| own taxi/bus/metro Lisbon airport to Lisbon Oriente (0h05-0h15 pay locally), rail Lisbon Oriente to Porto Campanha (2h30), own taxi Porto Campanha to hotel (0h15, pay locally) | £36 | 1800 |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| walk/own taxi hotel to Sintra station (0h15/0h05), rail Sintra to Lisbon Rossio (0h40) | pay locally | 1000 |
| taxi hotel to Lisbon airport (0h30) | £22 | flexible |
Connecting travel options - flying via Porto
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| arrange own travel from the airport | pay locally | flexible |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| walk/own taxi hotel to Sintra station (0h15/0h05, pay locally), rail Sintra to Lisbon Oriente (0h50, pay locally), rail Lisbon Oriente to Porto Campanha (2h30) | £36 | 1430 |
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The vineyard stay was excellent in every respect with wonderful food and a very interesting insight into wine and port making. We loved the modern studio apartment in Coimbra despite there being nowhere to put our clothes and the hotel in Lisbon had the most hospitable and helpful staff. Take ear plugs if barking dogs stop you sleeping! (Quinta de la Rosa)
Visit to Graham's Wine Lodge in Oporto was superb, gilded interiors of the churches were amazing, sitting on a terrace at Quinta de la Rosa with a glass of local wine looking out over the stunning Douro Valley was a memorable moment, seeing so many beautiful cloisters, wandering around Coimbra and visiting the stunning library and talking to students in their black flowing capes, being bowled over by the Castro museum in Coimbra with its wealth of artefacts and a fabulus buffet lunch on the roof terrace, listening out for the 6 o'clock bell at our hotel when they served a complimentary glass of wine in the lovely garden, tasting grilled octopus with garlic in Lisbon, the surprise of seeing the purple jacaranda trees in the Lisbon squares, the quirky eccentric palaces in Sintra which completely take you aback and the sheer delight of an impromptu piano recital in a small music chamber in the Pena Palace, the wild Moorish castle with its ramparts and the beauty of the ceilings in the National Palace displaying swans, mermaids, galleons and birds, not forgetting the incredible views all over Sintra.
Everybody was unbelievably friendly towards us as Brits, and very helpful. Anne had to use a stick to help her with the hills, and all were most solicitous. Avoid big set piece restaurants; local bars, cafes and tapas bars are perfectly adequate everywhere. Plan on a sleep every afternoon. We were doing 5km a day and up and down at that, and it was hot perfect weather every day. Take lots of euros for taxis, bars, and snacks.
The vineyard stay was excellent in every respect with wonderful food and a very interesting insight into wine and port making. We loved the modern studio apartment in Coimbra despite there being nowhere to put our clothes and the hotel in Lisbon had the most hospitable and helpful staff. Take ear plugs if barking dogs stop you sleeping! (Quinta de la Rosa)
Visit to Graham's Wine Lodge in Oporto was superb, gilded interiors of the churches were amazing, sitting on a terrace at Quinta de la Rosa with a glass of local wine looking out over the stunning Douro Valley was a memorable moment, seeing so many beautiful cloisters, wandering around Coimbra and visiting the stunning library and talking to students in their black flowing capes, being bowled over by the Castro museum in Coimbra with its wealth of artefacts and a fabulus buffet lunch on the roof terrace, listening out for the 6 o'clock bell at our hotel when they served a complimentary glass of wine in the lovely garden, tasting grilled octopus with garlic in Lisbon, the surprise of seeing the purple jacaranda trees in the Lisbon squares, the quirky eccentric palaces in Sintra which completely take you aback and the sheer delight of an impromptu piano recital in a small music chamber in the Pena Palace, the wild Moorish castle with its ramparts and the beauty of the ceilings in the National Palace displaying swans, mermaids, galleons and birds, not forgetting the incredible views all over Sintra.
Everybody was unbelievably friendly towards us as Brits, and very helpful. Anne had to use a stick to help her with the hills, and all were most solicitous. Avoid big set piece restaurants; local bars, cafes and tapas bars are perfectly adequate everywhere. Plan on a sleep every afternoon. We were doing 5km a day and up and down at that, and it was hot perfect weather every day. Take lots of euros for taxis, bars, and snacks.
We enjoyed our holiday very much. Accommodation, restaurant recommendations and rail travel were all excellent. We particularly enjoyed the waterfront and Lello & Armao bookshop in Porto,the meals at Chanceleiros, the Tile Museum and tram ride in Lisbon and generally wandering around narrow streets in the sunshine.
The 2 recommended restaurants in Sintra were excellent - O Regional and Dom Pipas
Lunch at the restaurant at Quinta de La Rosa after the wine tasting was excellent. The visit to Graham's in Porto is well worth doing and there is a very attractive restaurant there too.
We have done many walking holidays with you and have also done Slow Motion holidays with a hire car, but this was our first using the local rail network. It all worked very smoothly and we had no difficulties. In fact we thoroughly enjoyed our holiday which was up to the usual excellent Inntravel standard. The hotels were all really good, but it was essential to include extra days in order to get to know the cities.
Chanceleiros was exceptional. Would recommend allowing plenty of time for purchasing rail tickets at Sao Bento station (understand that they can be purchased on train but were unsure whether this would allow for senior discount).
This is now our third Inntravel holiday and it lived up to our high expectations. We look forward to our next Inntravel adventure! (We live in Australia and find Inntravel most reliable and the booking process from afar to be straightforward.) We particularly enjoyed our time at Sintra at Lawrence's hotel and we did the recommended day walk to Monserrate. This was a wonderful walk from start to finish. The countryside was stunning and we felt we had stepped back in time, passing a monastery and seeing a communal stone wash house in use! The day was a welcome escape from the crowds at Sintra and the palace and gardens at Monserrate were magnificent and importantly from our point of view were almost deserted. Another unexpected highlight was Coimbra. We enjoyed the town walks which took us for example to the colourful and vibrant indoor market which we would not have found otherwise. The university with its unique library and colony of bats was fascinating. We went back to the historic cafe on the town square for a lovely Fado concert in the early evening which cost nothing other than a purchased drink.
We enjoyed our holiday tremendously. With the exception of Lawrences, you picked beautiful luxury hotels to stay in. We have 2 restaurant recommendations you may wish to share with future visitors: Porta 4 - Rua Do Dr. Barbosa de Castro 4, Porto. High quality but reasonably priced small plates, open kitchen. Really small and cosy venue. Chef and owner passionate about food. And Romario de Baco -Rua Gil Vicente, Sintra. Delicious main meals, steak, duck etc. in lovely sauces. Very friendly young team of staff. A Lisbon resident advised us to take the old tram from Sintra to Praia das Macas. We really enjoyed the trip, uncrowded, unlike everything else in Sintra, 3 euros each way.
We had never been to Portugal before and were unsure what to expect. July/August is not the best time to go and it was very hot towards the end, but despite this we had a brilliant time. We will remember our holiday for a long time - and it was greatly helped by the choice and quality of hotels.
Also, I would advise not getting too worried about finding the "best" restaurants. We just walked around at random until we found somewhere we liked the look off - and found the general quality to be very high (and gluten free awareness much better than we expected).
We thought the standard of accommodation in all of our tours was outstanding. One personal highlight was walking along the Costa Brava Coast with its beautiful little bays and rugged headlands. Another was the slow train through Asturias and the chance to see small towns set in beautiful mountainous regions. In fact, we enjoyed all of our train travel, including the journey up the Douro River to Chanceleiros, which in itself was a highlight.
We all enjoyed our stays in the larger towns and cities, made even better because the accommodation was so close to the centres.
INNTRAVEL NOTE: Mrs Baker did a combination of our Along the Catalan Coast walking holiday, and two Slow Motion journeys - Cities, Palaces and Wine in Portugal and A Slow Train through Asturias.
Recommend that when at Chencelleros, people also have lunch at Quinta Del la Rosa when they take the tasting tour there. Lunch was fantastic.
Sintra was my favourite; it was a smaller city, easier to get around. If you are wanting slow travel - that I equate with a relaxing holiday - I would miss the bigger, busier cities like Lisbon.
This was one of our best holidays and we enjoyed every minute of it apart from the 50 mins queuing for tickets at the station in Porto! The standard of accommodation was consistently good and we were delighted with the rooms we were allocated, as well as by the distinctly different characters of the five hotels we stayed in. Highlights included a very interesting and enjoyable visit to Porto and Grahams, a delightful stay at Chanceleiros, the discovery of Coimbra and the Quinta das Lagrimas, the Solar do Castelo in Lisbon, the delights of Sintra and of Montserrate in particular, delicious seafood, outstanding breakfasts, all round good value wining and dining, friendly service, generous concessions to seniors.
Our first Inntravel holiday was thirty years ago, in the Auvergne. Since then we've walked with you in different parts of Europe and the States and had some wonderful experiences. Now our joints are creaking, and going uphill is harder (so is downhill actually!) and the prospect of 15km a day is daunting. So we were delighted to find this holiday, which still fits the Inntravel model of travel and discovery, but allowed us to explore sitting down. We had a very good holiday, and went to several places that we'd wanted to visit for some time. Thank you.
Highlight: In Porto we found an excellent vegetarian restaurant called Da Terra in Rue de Silveira which is on the way to the hotel from the station. It is buffet style - eat as much as you like of both hot and cold dishes for just under 10 euros. A real find!
Like most Inntravellers, we were most impressed with the Chancelleiros hotel - amazing place. So much so that we would have liked an extra night as the only full day was busy with winery tour and boat trip! Also in hindsight we would have done the holiday in reverse to have the relaxing time at Chancelleiros nearer to the end. Also loved Porto (and hotel) so will return to all places.
The hotels were well picked and the places visited were very good, luckily a lot of Portuguese speak English, which helped a lot at the stations when buying tickets and asking platform info, as not all stations show destination boards on the actual platforms. Chanceleiros was the most memorable place to stay, relaxing atmosphere, host with a good sense of humor and excellent food.
We found the arrangements faultless and the detail accurate and up to date.
The accomodations on the Valley of Gold section were individual and fascinating with two fantastic hosts. The walking journeys took us to delightful destinations through idyllic countryside. A perfect de stress activity.
Well done Inntravel!
INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers combined Valley of Gold with Cities, Palaces & Wine.
We had a lovely time!
two good restaurants to add to your list..
in Porto, Cozinha Cabral, close to the hotel (Pestana Vintage Porto, 5 mins walk). Modern but not fussy Portuguese cooking
in Sintra, Tascantiga - tapas again with a slightly modern twist. Relaxed, informal and great service. Cheap too. Escadinhas da Fonte da Pipa - We didn’t sit outside as the weather was a bit chilly, but nice looking terrace too.