A Portugal Summer Road Trip Guide
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A Portugal Summer Road Trip Guide
Plan For Me Dani
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This guide is for anyone visiting Portugal in the summer that wants to get down to the Algarve and see some incredible towns and beaches. This itinerary has you spending most of your trip in the Algarve. However, it does not leave out Lisbon and Sintra as I feel both of these locations are essential and not to be missed.
This guide will be full of suggestions for things to do, see, and eat, and many many beaches that are worth visiting! It's a GREAT summer itinerary for visiting Portugal.
This guide takes you through Sintra, Tavira, Albufiera, Lagos, and Lisbon. It also features quite a few stops in between!
This guide will feature things that I have personally done and are vetted by me and my experience through my time in Portugal.
This itinerary is done with a car.
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This is our personal itinerary for this trip. Depending on how much time you have you could definitely add a day or two in certain places to explore further and deeper into any of the areas. Below is exactly what we did and we felt really happy with it! The only thing I may have added was another day in Sintra!
Day 1: Arrive to Lisbon airport and drive straight to Sintra (1 hour)
Day 2: Spend the morning in Sintra then drive to Tavira (approx 3 hours)
Day 3: Tavira
Day 4: Drive to Albufiera (about 45 minutes)
Day 5: Albufiera
Day 6: Drive to Lagos (about 45 minutes)
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Plan For Me Dani
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My name is Danielle and I have been planning trips for the past 10 years.
One thing special and unique about my guides is that I am not producing guides that I didn't currently use myself. The places in my guides are places I have been, the itineraries are itineraries that I have personally followed. Everything is real and I have vetted myself.
My travel planning story started with a honeymoon to Italy and since then it has grown each and every year. I love all kinds of travel! It's hard to fine a niche because I fit into so many categories. I love nature, hiking, and being outdoors. I love beaches and sunsets and sipping wine and cocktails in pretty places. I love learning about people and cultures and history. I love street art and busy cities and I also love small towns and quieter places. I will sleep in a hostel and I enjoy a beautiful hotel. I love South and Central America and I am obsessed with Europe. I've been to Asia twice and hope to get back in the next few years. I love to eat and one thing you'll always get from me are true and great reviews of places that I've personally eaten! I have just returned from Albania and I am working on guides from that trip!
My full time job is as a School Leader of Social and Emotional Learning in Philadelphia. All my travel is done on school breaks and in the summer. I have still managed to visit over 36 countries and countless cities along the way. Being a teacher my whole life is about planning and I do believe I am exceptional at it. I work VERY hard to plan incredible trips and now you can hopefully benefit from that as well!
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Digital Map
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54 places
54 hand-picked places with notes from the creator
DESTINATION(S) COVERED
Santa Luzia, Portugal
Sintra, Portugal
Albufeira, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal
Lagos, Portugal
Tavira, Portugal
Portugal
Algarve, Portugal
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