Top 5 Things to Visit — By City
Compact top-5 lists of the essential attractions in every city and town we cover with a private Mercedes-Benz and English-speaking driver. Perfect for shorter stays.
Alentejo
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Arraiolos — Five reasons this small Alentejo village built around hand-stitched rugs is worth the detour.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Beja — Five reasons the quiet capital of the Baixo Alentejo deserves a stop.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Évora — Five reasons the UNESCO capital of the Alentejo deserves a full day.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Monsaraz — Five reasons this whitewashed hilltop village is the most photogenic stop in the Alentejo.
Alentejo coast
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Comporta — Five quiet stops along the rice fields, pine forests and white beaches south of Lisbon.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Porto Covo — Five reasons this whitewashed Atlantic village still feels like a secret.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Tróia — Five reasons to cross the Sado estuary to this quiet sand peninsula.
Algarve
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Albufeira — Five reasons this central Algarve resort still has a real old town behind the beach.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Carvoeiro — Five reasons this small central Algarve village is right next to the postcard.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Faro — Five reasons the Algarve capital deserves more than an airport transfer.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Lagos — Five reasons this Atlantic port is the western Algarve's best base.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Sagres — Five reasons the south-western tip of Europe is more than a quick photo.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Tavira — Five reasons the eastern Algarve's most elegant town deserves a slow day.
Andalusia, Spain
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Seville — Five reasons the Andalusian capital is worth a multi-day trip from Portugal.
Central Portugal
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Aveiro — Five reasons this lagoon town is more than just 'the Venice of Portugal'.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Batalha — Five reasons this Gothic monastery is one of Portugal's most important monuments.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Coimbra — Five reasons to visit Portugal's medieval university capital.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Fátima — Five reasons one of Europe's largest pilgrimage centres deserves a planned visit.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Óbidos — Five reasons this walled medieval village earns its place on every Portugal itinerary.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Tomar — Five reasons to visit the Templar capital of Portugal.
Central Portugal coast
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Nazaré — Five reasons to visit Portugal's most famous fishing town and big-wave capital.
Central Portugal interior
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Viseu — Five reasons this Dão wine capital deserves a half day of your trip.
Douro Valley
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Lamego — Five reasons the gateway to the Douro deserves more than a drive-through.
Greater Lisbon
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Lisbon — The five sights that define a first visit to the Portuguese capital, planned around a private driver.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Sintra — The five sights that make Sintra the most photographed town in Portugal.
Greater Porto
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Vila Nova de Gaia — Five reasons to spend an afternoon on the Port wine side of the Douro.
Lisbon coast
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Cascais — Five reasons to spend half a day in this old Atlantic fisherman village west of Lisbon.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Estoril — Five sights that recall the days when this Atlantic suburb hosted exiled royalty.
Lisbon riverfront
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Belém — The five essentials of Lisbon's monumental district, comfortably visited in a private vehicle.
Minho
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Viana do Castelo — Five reasons this Minho seaport is one of the north's most underrated stops.
North Alentejo
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Castelo de Vide — Five reasons this small spa town next to Marvão is worth the same day.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Marvão — Five reasons this granite eagle-nest village is worth the climb.
Northern Portugal
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Braga — Five reasons to visit Portugal's oldest religious capital.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Douro Valley — Five reasons the world's oldest demarcated wine region is worth a full day.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Guimarães — Five reasons to visit the medieval city where Portugal was born.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Porto — The five sights that define a first visit to the city that gave Port wine its name.
Peneda-Gerês National Park
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Gerês — Five reasons Portugal's only national park rewards a slow day on the road.
Ribatejo
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Santarém — Five reasons the Ribatejo capital deserves a stop on the way north.
Serra da Estrela
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Belmonte — Five reasons this Serra da Estrela town is one of Portugal's most surprising stops.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Guarda — Five reasons to stop in continental Portugal's highest city.
South of Lisbon
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Arrábida — Five stops on Portugal's most cinematic stretch of coast, an hour from Lisbon.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Setúbal — Five reasons this working port deserves a slow afternoon south of Lisbon.
Southern Portugal
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Alentejo — Five reasons Portugal's slow southern plain deserves more than a day trip.
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Algarve — Five reasons Portugal's south coast still rewards travellers who go beyond the resorts.
West of Lisbon
- Top 5 Things to Visit in Mafra — Five reasons to visit one of Europe's largest royal palaces, just outside Lisbon.