Travel Review: Tour of Spain & Portugal, Lisbon, Porto, Sintra, Cascais, Madrid, Barcelona, Rioja, San Sebastian, Bilbao

Almost the entire trip was memorable, so our list of favorites is lengthy.   In San Sebastián, we loved our bright and airy corner room at the villa, the guided city and pintxos tour, our tour of wineries in the Rioja region and a wonderful meal at El Bodegon de Alejandro.  In Porto, our corner room with river views was outstanding as was our city tour.  The restaurant at the hotel was excellent and we enjoyed memorable wines and dinners there and at the Vinum Restaurant on the hillside overlooking Porto.   We enjoyed our stay at Quinta da Pacheca where the room and restaurant again exceeded our expectations.  Our agent arranged a lovely tour for us to the Sandeman Quinta do Seixo winery that was highlighted by a lovely picnic lunch complete with wine flights.   We finished our travels in Lisbon, staying at a lovely hotel in a perfect location to tour the city.   Our guide gave us a very enjoyable and informative walking tour of the city and on our final day a guide and a chauffeur gave us a wonderful tour of Sinatra, Cascais and the sea coast of Portugal.  All of the above were totally selected and arranged by our agent after we expressed our desire to stay in top notch hotels, enjoy fine wines and gourmet dinners and tour sights that exemplified the regions we were visiting.