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Portugal Hidden Treasures PORTUGAL HIDDEN TREASURES APRIL 20-28, 2018 FROM $3,249 AIR & LAND 9 DAYS, 7 NIGHTS INCLUDING HOTELS, MEALS, DAY TRIPS, AND AIRFARE FROM SAN DIEGO, CA HURRY, this price the at t trip will sell ou quickly For more details and reservations contact: North San Diego Business Chamber E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: (858) 487-1767 Reservations can also be made on our online booking engine www.aventuraworld.com/booking. The group booking code is: B002298 PORTUGAL HIDDEN TREASURES 9 Days from $3,249 air & land DESTINATION HIGHLIGHTS (4) Lisbon – (3) Porto Explore historic & colorful Lisbon • Old-World neighborhoods of Alfama and Belem • UNESCO World Heritage Jeronimos Monastery & Belem Tower • Traditional Fado show • Discover Historic towns of Sintra & Óbidos • Visit world famous Shrine of Fatima • Santiago de Compostela Picturesque fishermen’s villages and charming coastal towns • Magnificent Gothic Monastery in Batalha • Sampling Port wine • SPAIN Roaming through Coimbra, Europe’s oldest university town • Welcoming art of Portuguese people • Santiago de Compostela the icon of Christian Spain PORTUGAL 3 Porto Duoro Valley Nazaré Batalha Fátima Coimbra Óbidos Sintra 4 Lisbon Cascais Estoril # - NO. OF OVERNIGHT STAYS TOUR FEATURES •ROUND TRIP AIR TRANSPORTATION - Air transportation from San Diego, CA •FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS - Hotel accommodations for 7 nights Chianti Sintra •SUPERB CUISINE - 10 included meals consisting of 7 buffet breakfasts and 3 dinners. Wine and water included with dinners •SIGHTSEEING TOUR PROGRAM - Sightseeing, including local Day 1 Depart USA Depart the US bound for Portugal on an guide and all entrance fees as follows: Full day tour of Lisbon, full day tour to Sintra, Cabo da Roca, Cascais and Estoril with overnight flight. Portuguese liquor tasting, a tour of Coimbra, and a full day tour Day 2 Arrive Lisbon, Portugal Arrive at Lisbon Airport and be of Porto with wine tasting. Optional tours available greeted by your Central Holidays tour director for transfer to your •CULTURAL DISCOVERY SERIES - Our program encompass hotel. Spread across picturesque hillsides that overlook the River cultural connections, in-depth learning on the local economy, social systems and interaction with locals Tejo, Lisbon offers a myriad of delights as Portugal’s star attraction, •PROFESSIONAL TOUR DIRECTOR - Assistance of a professional yet with a fraction of the fuss of other European capitals. Tour Director for the entire length of the tour upon arrival to Cathedrals, regal monasteries and charming museums are all part Lisbon of the colorful cityscape, but the real delights of discovery lie in its •DELUXE MOTORCOACHES - Touring by private deluxe air- people, touring its sites, and Lisbon’s lovely and old-world conditioned motorcoach •BAGGAGE HANDLING AND TRANSFERS – Baggage handling for backstreets. Dinner is on your own tonight, offering you the one piece of checked luggage outside of the airport opportunity to venture along on your own pace and take in the acclaimed gastronomy of Portugal. OPTIONAL SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA EXTENSION Day 3 Lisbon - City Tour After breakfast at your hotel, enjoy a full T0UR FEATURES day visit of Lisbon, including the opportunity to explore the city center, the old quarter of Alfama, as well as the Belem quarter and •FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS - Hotel accommodations its monuments including Jeronimos Monastery, the Belem Tower, for 2 nights and the Monument to the Discoveries. This city, the capital of •SUPERB CUISINE - 2 included meals consisting of 2 buffet breakfasts Portugal, is a legendary city with more than 20 centuries of history. •SIGHTSEEING TOUR PROGRAM - Sightseeing, including local Voyages of discovery turned Lisbon into one of the world’s greatest guide and all entrance fees as follows: City tour of Santiago de ports and the base of an empire that stretched from Brazil in the Compostela including its cathedral. West to India in the East. This monumental city features typical tile •PROFESSIONAL TOUR DIRECTOR - Assistance of a professional covered building facades and narrow winding streets. Tonight your Tour Director for the entire length of the tour welcome to Portugal features a flavorful dinner of local favorites •BAGGAGE HANDLING AND TRANSFERS – Baggage handling and an unforgettable Fado show, a part of our Cultural Discovery for one piece of checked luggage outside of the airport Series. Meaning “destiny or “fate,” fado is the urban folk music of Portugal. It thrives today in the country’s bars, taverns and fado houses for everyone to relish as a global melodic symbol of Portuguese culture and tradition. Sit back and feel free to linger over some port wine and take-in the soulful passion of Portugal via its musical tradition of fado that is sure to stir the passion in you! (B,D) Day 4 Lisbon - Tour of Sintra, Cabo da Roca, Cascais and Estoril Power up with breakfast at your hotel, and then embark on a full day tour of Sintra, Cascais, and Estoril. Your first stop on this fascinating day’s adventures is the historic town of Sintra, where a walking tour takes you to delve into the village’s treasures and includes a tour of the Palacio Nacional de Sintra. Next it’s on to Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of Continental Europe where you can sample a Portuguese liquor called Ginjinha. Your day’s activities take you along to the famous resort of Cascais and the cosmopolitan coastal village of Estoril. (B) Porto Day 5 Lisbon Today is yours to explore at leisure or embark on a captivating optional excursion to Óbidos, Batalha, Fátima, and OPTIONAL SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA EXTENSION Nazaré. Take in the spectacular views of Óbidos, a breathtaking medieval walled village. Explore the magnificent Gothic Monastery Day 9 Porto/Santiago de Compostela Today we will have a scenic in Batalha, celebrated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Discover drive and travel over the border to Northwest Spain from Porto to the famous pilgrimage center of Fátima to view one of most famous Santiago de Compostela, a well-trodden pilgrimage route since the Marian shrines in the world. Some four million people visit Fátima early Middle Ages. Santiago de Compostela is one of Spain's most each year, drawn by apparitions of the Virgin Mary reported by three beautiful and magical cities, and an exceptionally good reason for local shepherd children in 1917. Afterwards we will stroll through any traveler, pilgrim or not, to make their way to Spain's the picturesque fisherman’s village of Nazaré. (B) northwestern corner. Medieval pilgrims walked the Way of St. James for months to arrive at Santiago Cathedral, home of the relics of St. Day 6 Lisbon - Tour of Coimbra/Porto After breakfast at your James. (B) hotel, depart to Porto, making a stop along the way to visit the university town of Coimbra and its outstanding library. Porto, the Day 10 Santiago de Compostela - City Tour After breakfast, world’s port wine capital, beckons with her winding streets, old town embark on an exciting half day tour of Santiago, including visits to and is the country’s second-largest city. The city is a colorful mix of Plaza del Obradoiro, the town’s acclaimed Cathedral with her stately medieval architecture, bell towers, extravagant baroque churches Romanesque sculptures, multi-tiered bell towers, porticoes, and and stately buildings. Porto’s old town is the Ribeira district, a cloisters. See where so many pilgrims have laid their hands on the Unesco World Heritage Site where tripeiros (Porto residents) mingle pillar just inside the doorway to rest their weary bones that a groove before old shop fronts, on village-style plazas and in the old houses has been worn in the stone. Afterwards we will enjoy a walking tour of commerce where Roman ruins lurk beneath the foundations. of the old town. (B) Tonight dinner will be served at the hotel. (B,D) Day 11 Santiago de Compostela to USA After breakfast transfer Day 7 Porto - City Tour & Wine Tasting This morning start your to Porto or Santiago Airport for your return flight home. (B) day with breakfast at your hotel. Next your day’s activities include a B – Breakfast, D – Dinner full day tour of Porto and the Minho Province. In Porto, visit of the Stock Exchange, St. Francis Church and Port Wine Cellars with the TOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL EASY 1 2 3 4 5 ACTIVE delicious opportunity to sample port during a wine tasting experience - Cultural Discovery Series. This afternoon, visit of TOUR PRICE Guimarães, the first capital of Portugal and Braga. Return to Porto where you will have an evening on your own to delve into the magic Tour price is $3,249 per person, double occupancy. of Portugal’s Porto. Consider a night out in the medieval quarter For single occupancy, add $499. facing the river that boasts the city's liveliest restaurants and bars. (B) Fuel surcharges of $536 per person are included in the price. Taxes and other fees are currently $150 per person and are Day 8 Porto After breakfast in your hotel, enjoy a day at leisure or embark on an optional tour to the Douro Valley, home to the additional. Fuel surcharges and taxes are valid at the time of vineyards where Port Wine and Portugal’s most outstanding red printing but are subject to change. table wines are produced. Here you will love the spectacular scenery Please note: Though rare, it may be necessary to substitute where verdant hills and valleys, and colorful fields dotted by almond hotels and adjust itineraries at guide’s discretion due to local trees meet the vast Douro River and its tributaries. Tonight you will conditions. savor a farewell dinner at a local restaurant. (B,D) Day 9 Porto to USA or extend your stay with an optional OPTIONAL SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA EXTENSION: Santiago de Compostela extension Depart your hotel and transfer Santiago de Compostela Extension: $599 Double Occupancy or to Porto Airport for your return flight home.
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