Palaces and Pousadas Cruise Port Guide

A 3-Day Portuguese

Visit to the Countryside

Pre-Cruise Package

Air/Sea Guests $1,595 Cruise Only Guests $1,895 2 nights at the Hotel Palace do Bussaco Full breakfast and dinner every day, with house wine and beverages at dinner English-speaking guide

Post-Cruise Package

All Guests $1,895 per person, based on double occupancy.

Day 1 Lisbon / Sintra

Upon arrival to Lisbon International Airport, you will be met by our local staff, assisted and transferred to Hotel Palacio De Seteais in Sintra. The hotel is an exemplary monument to the palace architecture of the 18th century.

hills above Sintra this palace with its lovely garden command's a great view of the city. 30 guestrooms and all the public rooms are decorated with exquisite taste peaceful to the eye, yet grand in flavor. After check in you are free to relax after your international flight and enjoy your Dinner is on your own this evening. Overnight at the Hotel Palacio De Seteais.

Seteais Dining Room

Day 2 Sintra/Bussaco

Enjoy full Breakfast at the hotel. This morning, you make your way to Lisbon, to visit the district of Belem, the area where the old harbor was located and from where departed the caravels of the old navigators. En-route you will stop at the Belem Tower and the Memorial to the Navigators. After the visit to this area you continue on to the Palace of Queluz on the outskirts of Lisbon. Queluz was a summer residence of the Portuguese Royal family decorated in the 18-century French style and known as the Portuguese Versailles.

displays a beautiful collection of furniture porcelains, rugs and portraits of the Royal family. You shall visit the palace, still used these days to host foreign Heads of State, and the gardens fashioned after the famous gardens of 'Le N�tre'. Lunch will be served at 'Cozinha Velha'. This deluxe restaurant is housed in the former kitchen of the palace. In fact the origin of the name is derived from the worlds 'the old kitchen.' make our way to Bussaco. Upon arrival in Bussaco in the late afternoon you will check in to the Palace Hotel. The Bussaco Forest, together with Sintra, is considered by some to be the most beautiful place in Portugal.

giant arboretum that was created by Portuguese explorers who carried in trees from all over the world. from Lusitanian oak to Mexican cypress, down to shaded grottoes of tree ferns and camellias, this is definitely a delight for all who love nature. In the heart of this forest is the Palace Hotel built as the last summer residence for Portuguese monarchy.

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