Historical & Heritage Tours in Northern Portugal

Discover the best of Porto on this guided historical half-day tour. As one of Europe's greatest cultural capitals, there's no shortage of amazing sites. Explore top attractions like Pena Ventosa, S. Bento Railway Station, The Clerigos Tower and more. You won't want to miss Lello Bookstore, or the final stop: a Porto wine cellar, where you will learn about how Portugal's famous world-class wine is produced, stored and consumed.

Following a morning pick-up from your hotel in Porto, meet your private guide and take a seat on-board a luxury vehicle. With exclusivity and all the privacy go towards the north of Portugal to Minho region  Enjoy the impressive views, history and culture of Braga and Guimaraes. Have a glamorous lunch in one of the best restaurants in Braga.

Enjoy this tour, which will enable you to explore the nature and culture of the Peneda-Gerês National Park, in a single day. You will be exploring the villages, mountains, rivers and waterfalls of this park, which has a kind of scenery which is hard to find anywhere else. Beside the landscapes, fauna and flora and the numerous wild rivers which form some of the most beautiful waterfalls in Portugal, it has a rich culture, history and heritage. Its monuments go back to the time before the birth of the nation, its villages still retain their peculiar culture and traditions, and villagers still live as their ancestors did.

Explore two of Northern Portugal's oldest cities - Braga and Guimaraes - on this full-day tour from Porto. Discover the spiritual heritage of Braga, visit the magnificent Braga Cathedral, and enjoy a lunch of traditional Portuguese cuisine at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, continue to Guimaraes, where highlights include the Palace of the Dukes of Braganza and Guimaraes Castle.

Are you a mountain bike enthusiast and want more challenging courses? This activity is for you!The activity begins at the Arts Platform, where a brief briefing on the tour and bikes will be held.The route continues through the historical center of the city, city park and follows to Paçô Vieira where begins the ascent of the mountain. Here the trails cross forests, fields, and villages and take you to the destination, the peak of Penha mountain at 605 meters of altitude.Here you will find leafy forests with vegetation composed mainly of oaks but also corktree, strawberry trees, cypress, cedar and linden trees. It is also possible to observe several species of birds, some rodents, and squirrels.After a short snack, we begin the downhill, one of the most fun parts of the tour, by the trail more suitable for you.

Porto is the city of tradition, a beautiful one, mostly known due to the wine, but with full of treasures, Palacio da Bolsa (Stock Exchange Palace), the Church of Stain Francis, Lello Bookstore, Clerigos Tower, Ribeira, the Porto Wine Caves, Douro River and Foz neighbor. We will leave Lisbon at 8 am for enjoying the full day. We will pick you up, in your hotel in Lisbon, please, contact us in advance to organize.  It is a small group one day tour with maximum of 8 persons. Monument fees and lunch is not included.