Portugal-10 days

Posted by fernandes_lo (Mumbai India) on 11/20/19 09:06 AM

Below is my tentative itinerary for Portugal.
Please let me know if this is doable.

19th April 2020-Land in Porto.
20th April-douro valley day trip.
21st April-Porto

22nd April-Bus to Aveiro-stay in Aveiro.

23 April-Bus to Coimbra-stay in Coimbra.

24th April-Bus to Fatima-stay in Fatima

25th April-Bus to Obidos-stay in Obidos.

26th April-Bus to Lisbon-stay in Lisbon
Basically 26th April to 28th April is stay in Lisbon and explore places in and around Lisbon.
29th April-Fly back home.

Your suggestions are welcome.If I need to drop or add days to anyplace in the above itinerary please let me know.We are a couple and its our first trip to Portugal.

Thanks
Lorene

Posted by RJean

New York, NY

11/20/19 04:43 PM

1586 posts

fernandes_lo - There are alot of 1 nighters in different towns on your itinerary. You can reduce that by staying in one central location within distance of the other towns and do day trips to visit them. Are you exclusively using public transport on your Portugal adventure?

Do 3 bases. Porto , Coimbra, and Lisbon. Take day trips from Coimbra to visit Aveiro and Fatima. Do a 1 nighter in Obidos on your way to Lisbon.

Places around Lisbon to explore are Sintra and Cascais. You can choose one of those to visit.

Here is the modify Itinerary:

April 19th - Arrived in Porto

April 20th - Porto (Douro valley day trip)

April 21st - Porto

April 22nd - Porto (Bus to Coimbra)

April 23rd - Coimbra (Day trip to Aveiro)

April 24th - Coimbra (Day trip to Fatima)

April 25th -Coimbra (Bus to Obidos)

April 26th - Obidos (Bus to Lisbon)

April 27th - Lisbon

April 28th - Lisbon (Day Trip To Sintra)

April 29th - Lisbon (Fly Home)

(Also if time permitted, while in Porto, consider a visit to the town of Guimarães. It is a charming town not very far from Porto).

https://juliedawnfox.com/guimaraes/

Posted by geovagriffith

11/20/19 04:58 PM

8488 posts

Obidos only takes 2-3 hours to see, but it has a very nice hotel there that is I think called a Pousada.
https://www.pousadasofportugal.com

Consider visiting Bathila Cathedral that is near Obidos and Fatima. Also, consider visiting Sintra as well.

Posted by kevin.j.cleary

11/20/19 10:16 PM

48 posts

To me, it seems like a lot of traveling around, constantly checking in and out of hotels, etc. It really doesn't give you much time to explore. I would add another day in Porto, at a minimum.

Posted by Helena Andrade

Porto - Portugal

11/20/19 11:03 PM

238 posts

25th April is a hollyday. So perhaps bus schedules are different.

Posted by Lisa

Calgary, AB, Canada

11/21/19 04:34 AM

591 posts

I like Rjeans schedule with a couple of changes. I would train from Porto to Coimbra, and I would stop at Aveiro on the way. I liked Obidos overnight once the day trippers had left. But would also say that skipping Obidos and adding that day to Lisbon would be possibly more worthwhile, particularly if you want to see Sintra.
Have a great trip. We have been twice at that time of year and really enjoyed it.

Posted by fernandes_lo OP

Mumbai India

11/21/19 09:24 AM

6 posts

Thanks a lot everyone for your suggestions.

We will definitely consider the changes in the itinerary.
We will probably now have 3 bases as suggested and do the day trips from there.!

Thanks Cheers:)