Portugal / 2024
October 7–15, 2024 · Guided motorcycle tour
A nine-day guided loop from Lisbon with Portugal Motorcycle Tours: up the Atlantic coast to Porto, north to the Minho and Peneda-Gerês, through the Douro Valley, south on the N2, and home across the Alentejo by Marvão and Évora.
Day 1 · Mon, Oct 7
Out of Lisbon and onto the back roads of the west coast: fishing and surfing villages, orchards, and the ocean alongside most of the way north to Nazaré and São Pedro de Moel.
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Day 2 · Tue, Oct 8
A short coastal run into Porto and a food tour through the city’s small eateries.
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Dining
Traça
Largo de São Domingos, 88, Porto
Dinner on the square in the old town.
Day 3 · Wed, Oct 9
East into the Douro, the world’s oldest demarcated wine region, following the river through terraced vineyards to Quinta de la Rosa above Pinhão, in the middle of the harvest.
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Day 4 · Thu, Oct 10
Off the bikes: out on the river by boat, along the Douro by train, and into the port lodges.
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Day 5 · Fri, Oct 11
North out of the Douro through green-wine country toward the mountains of the Minho, by way of Casa do Penedo, the little house built into the boulders near Fafe.
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Day 6 · Sat, Oct 12
Through Peneda-Gerês, Portugal’s only national park: granite ridges, oak and pine forest and stone villages, then down to Braga for the night.
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Day 7 · Sun, Oct 13
South through the mountains and gorges of the interior to Quinta Lusitania, a manor house near Santa Comba Dão, for the night.
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Quinta Lusitania
Santa Comba Dão, Portugal
Day 8 · Mon, Oct 14
South on the N2, Portugal’s longest road and its answer to Route 66, and on to the hilltop fortress of Marvão on the Spanish border.
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Day 9 · Tue, Oct 15
Out of Marvão across the cork-oak plains of the Alentejo by Elvas and Évora, and back to Lisbon to close the loop.
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Dining
Zazah
R. de São Marçal, 111, 1200-420 Lisboa
The farewell dinner with the group.
