Hello,
Was hoping to get some advise for a last minute trip to Portugal, when I say that I mean we literally plan to leave next week Friday.
My husband and I have moved jobs in the last two years and it’s been impossible to get a large enough bracket of days to travel to Europe together. We discovered last week we can put together a 11 day trip together to travel (we initially had a 5 day trip planned to London). Given how hard it is for us to get this time we have decided to go to Portugal next week. We have booked ourselves to fly into Porto and fly back from Lisbon (from Canada).
Itinerary
3 nights (we arrive really early) in Porto
Flight to Madeira (arriving there fairly early)
3/4 nights in Madeira
Flight back to Lisbon
4/5 nights in Lisbon
(We either just do 3 nights in Madeira or 4 night and while we really want to go to Madeira would be open to recommendations for an alternate route instead of Madeira)
While finding hotels in Porto and Madeira has been okay (fully realizing it’s more expensive). Trying to find ones that are pricey given last minute plans but not ridiculously expensive is really hard for Lisbon (250 Euro).
Any suggestions for last minute accommodations?
Plus if you have any recommendations for a local guide or guided walking tours for Lisbon I would appreciate it. Just 1-2 to get us familiar with the places since I won’t have a chance to do a whole lot of research.
Thank you. I realize I may have put a lot in one thread and should probably break up the questions.