Travel Review: Luxury Portugal Trip, Lisbon, Porto, Douro Valley, Vineyards, Beaches, Tile-Making Class, Cooking Class

I don't think we would have changed much in terms of places we went and things we did. Starting in Porto was great and our hotel overlooking the river was a perfect location. Douro Valley was beautiful and fun with wine tours, river cruise, cooking class....maybe we would have preferred to be closer to a twin as we were fairly isolated without a car at our hotel which was very beautiful and the owners and staff were so hospitable. Finally we loved Lisbon and our location at a FourStar hotel was perfect as it was fairly easy to walk all the key parts of the city and when we got tired to take a taxi, or elevator to manage the steep hills. I think the change we made to go over the bridge south of Lisbon on the coast was a great change and we loved our day--- going to a tile-making factory, thru the national park with majestic views of the beautiful blue water and beaches, walking at different places to be on the beach or in a beach town, stopping for lunch in Stubel and then stopping at the Redeemer Monument for views of the city before we finished the day....maybe one of our favorite days of the trip.