I just posed this question on the Travel Forum and thought it might be a good idea to ask it on the Tour Forum as well. Will there be a stop on the Portugal tour where we will be able to do a quick load of laundry? Thanks for any advice!
Posted by
Carmichaels PA
35 posts
Hi Martha,
I was on the Portugal tour in 2022, and while there was no organized laundry stop, we were able to wash clothes in Coimbra. We took a taxi to a very nearby self service laundromat (while close, it would have been too far of a walk with laundry and up a hill) the taxi driver gave us his number and picked us up when we were finished.
We organized it through the front desk of our hotel.
You will have a really good time, it’s a great tour. I hope that you get Fatima as a tour guide, she’s fabulous and a lot of fun.
Cheryl
Posted by
OP
Upstate NY
31 posts
Thanks, Cheryl we’ve had laundry recommendations from guides on previous tours and were hoping that it would be the same for Potential. We did hear that Fatima was a great guide. We will have Maria. Posters who have had her in the past say that she’s well-versed in Portuguese food and gives excellent restaurant recommendations. We appreciate your response.
Posted by
CT
100 posts
Martha,
I think we're on the same tour as you! See you soon!
Stacy from CT
Posted by
OP
Upstate NY
31 posts
Ah, Stacy! I was hoping to run into a fellow tour member (and a fellow Northeasterner to boot!) We’ll be arriving at the hotel on the morning of the 24th. Looking forward to meeting you!
Posted by
South Carolina, USA
105 posts
I was on the Portugal tour that ended on Sept 8. Neither the Óbidos or Coimbra 2 night hotels offered a concierge laundry service, I did ask. The Coimbra hotel showed me on a map the locations of two self service laundrymats nearby. However I was too busy enjoying my free time to do laundry. By the time we got to the Douro Valley and Porto, I had given up and wore my airplane cloths around town, RS style. You will love the tour I am sure, safe travels.
Posted by
3 posts
Our Portugal tour ended September 8th, but we stayed in Porto a couple of extra days. The hotel in Porto offered laundry service (for a fee, of course) and we took advantage of it! During the trip, I didn't really think there was a good time to do a load of laundry in a self service laundromat; we were so busy and didn't want to spend the time doing laundry. We ended up washing a few things like socks and underwear, and quick-dry pants/shirts that would dry overnight in a hotel room along the way. If you really wanted to, however, there was a laundromat really close to the My Story Tejo Hotel in Lisbon. Have fun on your trip! It was amazing!
Posted by
19 posts
We arrived a few days early in Lisbon. One friend did the self service laundry near the hotel. My husband and I took our airplane clothes (jeans, etc.) to a Laundry service recommended by the hotel. Easy, and not terribly expensive. The rest of the trip we did hand wash a few items, including a t shirt or two. Coimbra had self service, but who wants to take time out for that! We did not have any hotels that would handle it for us like we did on other trips.
Posted by
OP
Upstate NY
31 posts
Thank you everyone for your responses. Our tour ended on Sunday. As some of you have said, there weren’t too many convenient options for self-service laundries so we got by with washing a few items in the sink in the hotels where we were staying 2 days or more. We were leery of hotel laundry service as we do like to get our clothes back the same size as we sent them out. Our system seemed to meet our needs,. Thanks again!