1. Lisbon, Coimbra and Porto
This private six-day tour of the cultural cities of Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra begins in the capital’s Bairro Alto with tours of the Alfama district, the art collection at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum and the Mercado Ribeira food market. You’ll stop in the university city of Coimbra to tour the exquisite Biblioteca Joanina and the Roman shopping center beneath the Machado de Castro museum before spending three nights at the Yeatman Hotel in Porto, where you’ll mainly drink fortified wines.
Details Six nights with breakfast from £ 1,760 per person including flights and a private tour (abercrombiekent.co.uk)
A sun terrace on Monte do Zambujeiro, Alentejo
2. Monte do Zambujeiro, Alentejo
The Mira River flows 90 miles from the Serra do Caldeirao to the Atlantic Ocean at Vila Nova