A 7-Day Private Portugal Itinerary
One week is the sweet spot — long enough to leave Lisbon for two nights and come back, short enough to keep the rhythm slow. Lisbon and Sintra anchor either end; the Alentejo wine country and the Comporta coast fill the middle.
7 days · Lisbon → Sintra → Alentejo → Comporta
The rhythm of the journey
Your designer swaps, stretches or removes days so the pace fits your group. Nothing below is a package — every day already exists in our real Signature catalog.
- Day 1 · Lisbon · Arrival
Arrive in Lisbon and eat within walking distance of your hotel.
A soft landing day. Your designer holds one dinner reservation you can move by lunch. Nothing else on the schedule.
- Day 2 · Sintra · Cascais
Sintra's palaces, then the Atlantic coast home.
A private early start, one palace done properly, and the wild coast road back through Cabo da Roca and Cascais.
- Day 3 · Arrábida · Sesimbra
South of the bridge — wine country and a fishing village.
Family cellars in Azeitão, a viewpoint over the Arrábida park, lunch in Sesimbra harbour. Back to Lisbon by early evening.
- Days 4–5 · Alentejo · Évora
Two nights in Évora — Roman ruins, marble villages, clay-amphora wine.
The Alentejo is Portugal's slow-Portugal — cork oaks, marble towns, and a wine tradition (vinho de talha) that still ferments in Roman-style clay amphorae. One night in Évora, one night at a quinta outside town.
- Day 6 · Comporta · Tróia
Comporta and the Sado estuary on the way back to Lisbon.
Rice fields, pine forest, and Portugal's quiet-luxury beach coast — the Sado ferry over to Tróia, a long lunch, and an unhurried drive back into the city.
- Day 7 · Lisbon · Departure
One last Lisbon morning.
Coffee at the market, a walk you didn't have time for on day one, and a private car to the airport.
Seven days lets you leave Lisbon without losing it. Your Travel Designer builds the real itinerary around your tastes — a slower Alentejo, more Comporta beach, or an extra Lisbon night if the food capital hits differently than expected.
Signature days your designer draws from
About this itinerary
- Is a 7-day Portugal trip better than 10?
- For a first visit, 7 days covers the south (Lisbon, Sintra, Arrábida, Alentejo, Comporta) beautifully. 10 days lets you add the north (Porto and the Douro). If your priority is depth over distance, seven private days in the south beats a scattered ten.
- Can you plan the whole trip, including drivers between cities?
- Yes — every transfer in the itinerary is with our own driver-guides. You never touch a bus, a train timetable or a rental-car counter.
- How far in advance should we plan?
- Peak season (May–October) fills 8–10 weeks out for the best small hotels and quintas. For shoulder season, four to six weeks is comfortable.
Compose the real days with a designer
The itinerary above is a shape. Your Travel Designer builds the real one — hotels, timings, tables — around your rhythm.