Hi!
I have total three days in Lisbon next week. One of these days I am interested in taking a day tour. There are three different tours. If anyone has been to these areas, which one would be your favorite?
Thank you.
You don’t mention which tour company you are considering, but I highly recommend Lisbon Riders.
I took 2 tours with them this past March: 1) Sintra and Cascais and 2) Fatima, Nazare and Obidos.
https://lisbonriders.com/group-tours/sintra-cascais/
https://lisbonriders.com/group-tours/fatima-nazare-obidos/
The first tour, with sintra, was fantastic. Great guide and I enjoyed all 3 stops on the tour.
With the second tour, the guide was not great, which I’m sure impacted my feelings about the tour. I’m Catholic and I did not enjoy Fatima. I think you have to be pretty religious to appreciate it. Now seeing the pope and St. Peter’s in Rome, that was impressive for me. I did really enjoy Obidos and Nazare was nice.
So, I would go with tour # 1.
Some details from my trip report if you’re interested:
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/trip-reports/solo-in-lisbon-portugal-my-trip-report
With your limited time, I would go with number 1. This time of the year, Sintra will be as uncrowded as it ever gets (still very busy) but the others you will spend a lot of time just driving.
