Full Day Tour to Factory of Tiles, Setúbal and Évora from Lisboa

Ho conosciuto Antonio diversi anni fa, poi ricontattato da me quest’anno per organizzare un tour. Ci ha organizzato un’escursione personalizzata basata sui nostri desideri e come sempre Antonio crea qualcosa di magico! Il tempo passato con lui è prezioso, appassionato del suo lavoro e del suo paese ama consigliare o raccontare aneddoti. Lo consiglio a tutti!

We have known António for several years now . We have dealt with him while visiting Portugal, rented his apartment and taken tours like this one. Punctual, clean comfortable vehicle and amazingly knowledgeable about Portugal, it’s gastronomy the culture and heritage of its people. We left Estoril for the planned destination of Évora. En route we stopped for a coffee, a torta de Azeitão and locally made soft cheese at Cego. We stopped at the most amazing market in Sétubal, Mercado do Livremento (produce, baking, fish, and seafood). We stopped at the Resaurante Moinho do cu Torto, a windmill from the 1800s that still mills flour for their bread (delish). We had their famous tomato soup (vegetable with an egg). Next stop, Viana do Alentejo (Castelo and the Sanctuary de Nossa Senhora d’Aires. Then, our ultimate planned destination of Évora (university town, the Roman ruins of the Temple of Diana, within the wall of this medieval town. The return trip was equally informative. We have already booked another private tour to Sintra with António.

Portugal is an amazing country, made more amazing by its people and Antonio is an amazing ambassador of both. We saw, learned, experienced, and tasted things that we never would have without Antonio. And all without ever feeling rushed or on a schedule. He was so generous of his time and knowledge and is the kindest of men. I booked our tours - a combination of group tours and tours with Antonio - in advance of our trip and without much background knowledge of the Lisboa area. Once there, I discovered that our second trip booked with Antonio was covering much of the same ground as the group trip that I’d booked for our first day. I gave Antonio the information about our remaining tours and he custom built a day trip for us that covered places we would not otherwise have seen. He planned our lunch and dinner that day, as well as our dinner on our previous tour it’s him, which ensured that we sampled the best of Portuguese cuisine. I cannot say enough good things about Antonio and we are looking forward to seeing him again when we next visit Portugal.