There are many ways to fall in love with Portugal. Musicians see it as the land of fados - melancholy, entrancing love songs that speak of saudade, or yearning, as a state of being. Wine lovers know it as the land of port, vinho verde, Madeira and Moscatel de Setúbal. Ceramists will tell you that there's nothing more beautiful than the glazed earthenware tiles found all over the country, particularly in Mafra and Caldas de Rainha. Architects sing the praises of the narrow Moorish streets of Évora, the medieval and Renaissance palaces, the fortified village of Marvão, Almourol castle, the Cistercian abbey in Alcobaça, the Convent of Christ in Tomar and many other attractions. Some visitors adore the carpets of Arraiolos, the pottery of Estremoz or the lace of Peniche, while others have eyes only for the beaches or the magnificent cliffs in Ericeira. Lastly, some succumb exclusively to the spell cast by magical Lisbon, whose charms are seemingly inexhaustible. As they say, love will find a way!
Available in customized package only.
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The package includes round-trip air transportation with Air France, 14 nights in three- or four-star hotels (double occupancy), 14 breakfasts and 6 evening meals. Number of cyclists: 12 to 25. Start/Finish: Montreal-Trudeau/Lisbon with connection in Paris - Lisbon/Montreal-Trudeau with connection in Paris.
From day to day
Length of daily routes: from 50 to 90 km.
Day 1 – Arrival in Lisbon, trip to Évora.
Day 2 – Looped route via Valverde, São Brissos.
Day 3 - Évora, Arraiolos, Igrejinha, Santa Justa, Évoramonte, Estremoz.
Day 4 - Estremoz, Orada, Monforte, Arronches, Vale de Cavalos, Portalegre.
Day 5 – Break or looped route via Carreiras, Castello de Vide, Marvão, Portagem, Alvarrões, Portalegre.
Day 6 - Portalegre, Crato Monte da Pedra, Gavião, Pego, Abrantes.
Day 7 - Abrantes, Constãncia, Martinchel, Castelo de Bode, Tomar.
Day 8 - Tomar, Ourém, Fatima, Batalha.
Day 9 - Batalha, São Martinbo do Porto, Caldas da Rainha, Óbidos.
Day 10 – Break or looped route to Peniche.
Day 11 - Óbidos, Lourinhã, Ribamar, Ericeira.
Day 12 - Ericeira, Mafra, Praia das Maças, Colares, Sintra.
Day 13 - Sintra, Praia do Guincho, Cascais, Belém, Lisbon.
Day 14 – Break or visit Lisbon.
Day 15 – Trip to Lisbon airport and return trip to Montreal.
Itinerary subject to change.