We are two 60-something yo retirees with much travel experience that will be visiting Portugal for the first time in August. We'll have already spent a month in Europe before finally arriving in Porto on August 11 to start the 11-day leg of our Portugal visit.
Thanks in advance for your advise and coaching regarding our possible itinerary. Here's our first draft of our itinerary:
Day 1–3: Porto (August 11–13) - Three nights in Porto and stay in the Ribeira district. Then pickup rental car and travel to Douro Valley.
Day 4–5: Douro Valley (August 14–15) - Two nights and stay at a vineyard estate such as Quinta do Crasto or Quinta da Pacheca.
Day 6–7: Fátima & Nazaré (August 16–17) - Prefer two nights at one of these towns or maybe Batalha? We would like to spend one day at the Nazare beaches and one day visiting Farima.
Day 8–11: Lisbon (August 18–21) - Four nights visiting Lisbon. We would return rental car upon arriving at Lisbon from Fatima/Nazare on Day 8.
Day 12: Depart Lisbon for home in am.
We are a bit concerned that our visit to Portugal is during the hottest weather month, so we're trying to craft our visit to keep somewhat cool. We would not have a rental car in Porto or Lisbon but would have a car on our travel between those two cities.
Thanks again for your recommendations!