Portugal · Private and tailor-made
Portugal for Two, Porto to Madeira
Have Sintra's Monserrate Palace and its gardens to yourselves after closing.
By arrangement · How private access worksSuggested length
12 days
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From $11,976 per person, excl. flights, based on two sharing
Includes hotels, private guiding, experiences and transfers
When
April to June and September to October
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Only glass and 580 meters of air lie between you and the Atlantic on the skywalk at Cabo Girão. This romantic private tour of Portugal for couples runs from Porto to Lisbon and on to Madeira. In Porto you walk from the Clérigos Tower down to a riverside table on the Ribeira. In the Douro Valley a family quinta pours port and table wines for you both. Where your dates allow, Luisa takes you up to Pena Palace and along the coast to Cabo da Roca, and by arrangement Sintra’s Monserrate Palace and its gardens are yours alone after closing. Madeira adds laurel forest, waterfalls and the lava pools of Porto Moniz. The whole journey is planned around the two of you.
Walk from the Clérigos Tower down to a riverside table on the Ribeira quays, Porto.
Taste port and table wines at a family quinta above the river, Douro Valley.
Hear fado after an evening of petiscos with Luisa, Lisbon.
Visit Pena Palace with Luisa, then follow the coast to Cabo da Roca and Cascais, Sintra.
Ride the north coast road past the Véu da Noiva waterfall to the lava pools of Porto Moniz, Madeira.
Stand on the glass skywalk at Cabo Girão, 580 meters above the Atlantic, Madeira.
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The 12-day romantic Portugal itinerary at a glance
The route uses four bases and eleven nights: two in Porto, two in the Douro Valley, four in Lisbon and three in Funchal on Madeira. You change hotels three times, and Lisbon holds the longest stay, so Évora in the Alentejo, Sintra and the Cascais coast work as day trips with no packing.
The road links the three mainland bases. Porto to Peso da Régua in the Douro takes about 1 hour 15 minutes, and the Douro to Lisbon about 3 hours 30 minutes. From Lisbon, Évora sits about 1 hour 35 minutes east and Sintra about 30 minutes west. On day nine a direct flight of about 1 hour 45 minutes links Lisbon and Funchal, and Madeira’s airport sits about 13 kilometers from the city.
April to June and September to October suit the route best. IPMA, Portugal’s weather institute, gives Porto a mean daily high of 22.6°C (about 73°F) in June and Lisbon 25.7°C (about 78°F), on its 1981 to 2010 averages. In September, Porto averages 23.4°C (about 74°F) and Lisbon 26.6°C (about 80°F). Funchal stays mild all year, from 19.7°C (about 67°F) in January to 26.4°C (about 80°F) in August and September, and July brings the island less than 2 millimeters of rain.
Licensed guides we work with on this route include Susana and Tania in Porto, Luisa and Anabela in Lisbon, Elsa and Nuno in Évora, and Isabel in Sintra. Each is a highly educated local expert who cares about the people in their group. We request your guides by name, and your planner confirms who leads each day once your dates are set.
Why the route runs from Porto to Madeira
The route starts in Porto and moves south, so the journey never doubles back: river city, wine valley, capital, then island. Porto airport sits about 11 kilometers from the Clérigos Tower, and the Douro lies close enough for an easy first transfer on day three. Lisbon, with four nights, works as the hinge of the trip, with the Alentejo to the east and Sintra and the coast to the west. Our note on flying into Porto or Lisbon weighs the two arrival airports.
The angle is a slow finish. Most routes end in a city. This one ends with three nights on Madeira, an Atlantic island with mild weather in every season, where each day holds one drive along a coast and the evenings stay free for the two of you. The romance sits in specific places: a riverside table in Porto on the first night, a terrace above the Douro vineyards, fado in Lisbon, and a waterfall on Madeira’s north coast named Véu da Noiva, the bride’s veil.
Journey at a glance
Length
12 days
From
$11,976 per person, double occupancy
Route
Funchal, Lisbon, Sintra, Cascais, Alentejo Region, Douro Valley, Porto
Your planner adjusts every day to your dates.
Day One
Arrival in Porto: A Riverside Table in the Ribeira
Your licensed driver-guide meets you at Francisco Sá Carneiro airport, about 11 kilometers northwest of the Clérigos Tower, and brings you to a hotel in the historic center for two nights. UNESCO inscribed the historic center of Porto in 1996, together with the Luiz I Bridge and the Monastery of Serra do Pilar across the river. The afternoon stays free for rest. Toward evening, walk down to the Ribeira, where colorful façades line the quay and the iron arch of the Luiz I Bridge, which opened in 1886, spans the Douro to Vila Nova de Gaia. Théophile Seyrig, a former partner of Gustave Eiffel, designed it, with a central arch of about 172 meters. Dinner follows at a riverside table, which our team reserves on request, with the lights of the Gaia port lodges across the water. Logistics: Porto airport to central Porto by private vehicle with your licensed driver-guide, about 11 kilometers.
Day Two
Porto's Old Town: Clérigos, the Cathedral and Bolhão
Your licensed driver-guide leads a walking day through the old city. Nicolau Nasoni, an Italian architect and painter, designed the Clérigos Church, and builders raised its tower between 1754 and 1763. At 75.6 meters it still marks the skyline, and 240 steps climb to the top for the view over the roofs. At the cathedral, begun in the second half of the twelfth century, King John I married Philippa of Lancaster in 1387, and tile panels by António Vidal decorate the terrace. The Bolhão market occupies a building from 1914 and reopened in 2022 after more than four years of restoration, with stalls of fruit, flowers, fish and cured meats under its galleries. The walk ends back on the Ribeira quays, where the river turns gold in the late light. Logistics: a full day in Porto on foot with your licensed driver-guide, no hotel change.
Day Three
Into the Douro Valley: A Family Quinta
Your licensed driver-guide follows the river east into the Douro Valley. UNESCO inscribed the Alto Douro Wine Region in 2001, and its listing records about 2,000 years of winemaking and port quality rules in force since 1756. The oldest terraces, the socalcos, are narrow steps behind walls of schist, wide enough for one or two rows of vines. Where available, your guide introduces you to a family quinta, with a walk through the vines, the cool of the lodge where the wine ages and a tasting of the estate's ports and table wines. The night is at a hotel among the vineyards above the river, and the terrace at dusk belongs to the two of you. Logistics: Porto to Peso da Régua by road, about 1 hour 15 minutes, licensed driver-guide, then two nights in the Douro.
Day Four
A Douro Day: The River, Pinhão and the Villages
Today belongs to the river, at the pace you choose. Where it suits your party, a rabelo boat takes you out on the Douro from Pinhão. Before the railway, these boats offered the quickest way to move goods from the valley down to Porto, where merchants traded the wine, and the port companies still keep a few. At Pinhão station, 24 tile panels from 1937, with more than 3,000 tiles, show the vines, the treading of the grapes and the rabelo boats on the river. The afternoon offers a choice: a stroll through a river village, an easy walk on the terraces, or a kayak on the calm water, each arranged by your licensed driver-guide. Dinner in the valley pairs the local wines with the slow quiet of the evening. Logistics: a full day in the Douro by road and river with your licensed driver-guide, no hotel change.
Day Five
South to Lisbon: Petiscos and Fado
Day five is a road day of about 3 hours 30 minutes, with your licensed driver-guide at the wheel and your luggage in the car. In the late afternoon, where your dates allow, Luisa, one of our licensed guides in Lisbon and Sintra, meets you with a licensed driver for a walk through the old quarters and their petiscos, small plates for sharing over a drink. Expect pastéis de bacalhau, round salt cod cakes, pica-pau, bites of meat in a garlic and wine sauce, and amêijoas à Bulhão Pato, clams with garlic, coriander and white wine. Later, on request, an evening of fado. UNESCO added fado to its intangible heritage lists in 2011, and the song likely began in the bohemian quarters of Alfama, Mouraria and Bairro Alto. Logistics: Douro Valley to Lisbon by road, about 3 hours 30 minutes, licensed driver-guide, then an evening with Luisa and a licensed driver.
Day Six
Lisbon: The Castle, Belém and the Tile Museum
Where your dates allow, Luisa leads the day, with a licensed driver alongside her. Berber forces built the walls of São Jorge Castle in the tenth century, and Afonso Henriques took the castle and the city in 1147 with knights from northern Europe. From the terraced square inside the walls, Lisbon spreads down to the river. Across the valley, the Bairro Alto keeps the grid of streets its builders laid out in the sixteenth century. In Belém, Francisco de Arruda designed the tower, which builders finished in 1519, as a fortress and ceremonial gateway to the city, and Vasco da Gama lies in a stone tomb in the lower choir of the Jerónimos Monastery. The bakery near the monastery has sold pastéis de nata since 1837, warm, with cinnamon on top. Where it suits your party, the National Tile Museum, in the convent Queen Leonor founded in 1509, or a sunset sail on the Tagus closes the day. Logistics: a full day in Lisbon by private vehicle with Luisa and a licensed driver, no hotel change.
Day Seven
Évora and the Alentejo
Today your licensed driver-guide heads east into the Alentejo, a region known for olive oil, wine, cheese and cork. Portugal produces about half of the world's cork, and harvesters strip the bark of each cork oak every nine years once the tree reaches about 25. UNESCO inscribed the historic center of Évora in 1986, and the city reached its golden age in the fifteenth century, when the Portuguese kings lived here. The Roman temple at the top of town dates from the first century and honored the emperor Augustus, and it survived as a butcher's shop from the fourteenth century until 1836. Builders finished the cathedral in 1250, 46 years after its consecration in 1204. It ranks as the largest medieval cathedral in Portugal, and its terrace looks over the white houses and their wrought-iron balconies. Beside the church of São Francisco, Franciscan friars lined the Capela dos Ossos with the bones of about 5,000 people. Lunch brings Alentejo cooking and a glass of the region's wine. Logistics: Lisbon to Évora by road, about 1 hour 35 minutes each way, licensed driver-guide.
Day Eight
Sintra, Cabo da Roca and Cascais with Luisa
Where your dates allow, Luisa leads the day with a licensed driver. UNESCO listed Sintra in 1995 as the first center of European Romantic architecture. On a hilltop above the town, King Ferdinand II turned the ruins of a monastery into Pena Palace, where construction ran from 1842 to 1854, with red and yellow façades and a park of more than 200 hectares. The coast road then reaches Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of continental Europe, where the cliffs rise more than 100 meters and the lighthouse stands 165 meters above the Atlantic, with the wind off the ocean and nothing ahead but water. The day ends in Cascais, the summer resort of the royal family from 1870 to 1908, and at the Boca do Inferno, where the swell breaks into the rock. Logistics: Lisbon to Sintra by road, about 30 minutes, with Luisa and a licensed driver, then the coast to Cascais and back to Lisbon.
Day Nine
Lisbon to Madeira: An Afternoon in Funchal
A direct flight of about 1 hour 45 minutes links Lisbon and Madeira. Part of the runway sits over the ocean on a platform of 180 columns, each about 70 meters tall. Your hotel in Funchal is home for three nights. In the afternoon, walk to the Mercado dos Lavradores, the farmers' market Edmundo Tavares designed in the Art Deco style. It opened in 1940, and tile panels by João Rodrigues decorate the façade and the fish hall. Stalls of fruit, vegetables and flowers fill the main hall. Dinner brings espada com banana, fillets of black scabbardfish, a fish of the deep water between 800 and 1,300 meters. The cook seasons the fillets with lemon and garlic, fries them and serves them with banana. Logistics: Lisbon to Funchal by direct flight, about 1 hour 45 minutes, and your licensed driver-guide meets you at Madeira airport, about 13 kilometers from Funchal.
Day Ten
Eastern Madeira: Machico, São Lourenço and Santana
Your licensed driver-guide takes you east along the coast. In 1419 João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira landed on the beach at Machico, and in 1440 Henry the Navigator gave Tristão Vaz the captaincy of Machico, the first in the archipelago. Further east, Ponta de São Lourenço, the easternmost point of the island and a nature reserve since 1982, runs out to sea in ridges of volcanic rock cut by basalt dykes, and a path of about an hour leads out from the entrance where you want to walk. The road then crosses to the north coast and Santana, where the traditional houses stand under steep triangular roofs of straw, with white walls, red doors and windows trimmed in blue. Farmers lived in them during the settlement of the island, and the straw roofs need renewing every four to five years. Logistics: a loop of eastern Madeira by road with your licensed driver-guide, back in Funchal by evening.
Day Eleven
Laurel Forest, Waterfalls and Cabo Girão
Today your licensed driver-guide takes the long way round the island. UNESCO inscribed the Laurisilva of Madeira in 1999 as the largest surviving area of laurel forest, and it describes the Laurisilva as about 90 percent primary forest. At Fanal, between the Seixal and Ribeira da Janela mountains, centuries-old til trees, some older than the discovery of the archipelago, stand in a rest and quiet reserve of the Madeira Natural Park. On the north coast, the Véu da Noiva viewpoint on the old road between São Vicente and Seixal looks onto a waterfall whose white fall against the green cliffs gave it its name, the bride's veil. At Porto Moniz, in the northwest corner of the island, a complex of natural lava pools fills with the sea, and a swim suits the warmer months. The day ends on the south coast at Cabo Girão, which Madeira's tourism board calls the highest cape in Europe, 580 meters above the sea. From its glass skywalk you look straight down to the small farmed fajãs at the foot of the cliff. Logistics: a full day by road around northern and western Madeira with your licensed driver-guide, back in Funchal by evening.
Day Twelve
Departure from Madeira
Madeira airport, which took the name of the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo in 2016, sits in Santa Cruz, about 13 kilometers east-northeast of Funchal. A midday flight leaves the morning free for a last coffee near the marina and a walk through the old town, with the bay below and the hills behind. VIP assistance at the airport is available by request, and our note on VIP airport services in Portugal explains how it works. Logistics: hotel to Madeira airport by private vehicle with your licensed driver-guide, about 13 kilometers, at an hour to suit your flight.
What is a good romantic itinerary for Portugal?
A good romantic itinerary for Portugal gives a couple a few bases with full days in each, a mix of city, wine country and coast, and one quiet stretch at the end. This route does it in 12 days: two nights in Porto, two in a Douro hotel among the vineyards, four in Lisbon with day trips to Évora, Sintra and Cascais, and three on Madeira. Each base holds one shared moment at a named place, from a riverside dinner in the Ribeira to the bride’s veil waterfall on Madeira’s north coast, and the rest of each day stays loose.
Is Madeira worth adding to a Portugal trip for couples?
Madeira suits couples who want a slower finish after the city days, with mild weather in every season and a different side of Portugal: laurel forest, sea cliffs and mountain roads. IPMA records a mean daily high in Funchal of 19.7°C (about 67°F) in January and 26.4°C (about 80°F) in August and September, so the island works in winter as well as summer. Three nights give you two full touring days, one east and one around the north and west. A direct flight of about 1 hour 45 minutes links it to Lisbon, and our Madeira seasonal weather guide covers the island month by month.
How many days do couples need for Portugal and Madeira?
Twelve days cover northern Portugal, Lisbon and Madeira at an easy pace, with no one-night stops. Ten days would mean losing either a Douro night or a Madeira touring day. With two more days, the 14-day Portugal tour with Madeira adds the Alentejo and the Algarve coast and gives Madeira two nights. On this route the extra time goes to the Douro and to Madeira instead, with two nights and three nights.
This route, the Portugal honeymoon, or a Spain and Portugal trip?
This journey suits couples who want Porto, the Douro and Lisbon on the mainland and an island finish on Madeira. A sibling route serves you better in four cases.
If beaches and countryside matter more than an island, the 12-day Portugal honeymoon runs the other way, with three nights on the Algarve coast, two in the Alentejo, two in Lisbon, two in the Douro and two in Porto. It suits couples who want resort days by the sea and nights in the Alentejo countryside, and it leaves out Madeira.
If you want both the Algarve and Madeira, the 14-day Portugal tour with Madeira adds the Alentejo and three nights on the Algarve coast before two nights in Funchal.
If Spain belongs on the same trip, the 10-day romantic Spain and Portugal tour pairs Barcelona and Madrid with Lisbon and Sintra, and the 14-day Spain and Portugal honeymoon runs from Porto and the Douro through Lisbon, Évora and Seville to Madrid and Barcelona.
For Spain alone, the 10-day romantic Spain tour keeps to Madrid, Seville, Ronda and Granada, and the 12-day Spain honeymoon pairs Mallorca with Barcelona and Madrid. Every Portugal route sits on our Portugal destination page, and our romantic journeys page gathers the couples’ routes across all three countries.
Who this journey suits
Couples marking an anniversary who want three regions of Portugal and a quiet island finish.
Honeymooners who prefer wine country, old cities and mountain roads to a beach resort.
Couples returning to Portugal after a first trip to Lisbon, who now want the Douro and Madeira.
Food and wine lovers, with port in the Douro, petiscos in Lisbon, Alentejo cooking in Évora and espada com banana in Funchal.
Easy walkers, with terrace paths in the Douro, the Sintra hills and the headland at Ponta de São Lourenço, each set to your own pace.
The people behind the route
Luisa, one of our licensed guides in Lisbon and Sintra, leads the Lisbon and Sintra days where your dates allow. She works alongside a licensed driver, so the walks start where the car drops you, from the petiscos evening in the old quarters to the castle, Belém and the hill of Pena. She knows the order of palaces, viewpoints and pastry shops to suit the day and the season. In Porto, the Douro, Évora and on Madeira, a licensed driver-guide looks after you, one person holding both licenses who drives the car and leads the visits.
What the 12-day journey costs and what it includes
This 12-day journey starts from $11,976 per person, double occupancy. The from-price covers eleven nights in deluxe four-star properties selected for comfort, location and service. Five-star luxury properties are available by request. It also covers a licensed guide and a licensed driver in Lisbon and Sintra, licensed driver-guides in Porto, the Douro, Évora and on Madeira, private vehicles for every transfer and excursion, and the planning and in-country support of our team.
What moves the price: travel dates and season, hotel category, the size of your party, and added private experiences such as a rabelo boat or a kayak on the Douro, the fado evening in Lisbon, a sunset sail on the Tagus, or extra nights in the Douro or on Madeira. Our team prices each journey to your dates and party.
When Porto, the Douro, Lisbon and an island finish sound like the trip the two of you have in mind, speak with our team about your dates and the pace you want.
Questions about the 12-day romantic Portugal itinerary
Does this itinerary work as a honeymoon?
Yes. The route works as a honeymoon or an anniversary trip, with private touring every day and evenings left to the two of you. Each base holds one shared moment at a named place: a riverside table in Porto on the first night, a terrace above the Douro vineyards at dusk, an evening of fado in Lisbon, and the north coast of Madeira with the waterfall named Véu da Noiva, the bride’s veil. Our team reserves dinner tables on request and adds options such as a sunset sail on the Tagus or a rabelo boat on the Douro. Couples who prefer beach days to an island finish often choose our 12-day Portugal honeymoon, which starts on the Algarve coast.
Why end the trip on Madeira rather than the Algarve?
Madeira gives the trip a different second half. After Porto, the Douro and Lisbon, three nights on an Atlantic island bring laurel forest, waterfalls, sea cliffs and mountain roads, with mild weather in every season. IPMA gives Funchal a mean daily high of 19.7°C (about 67°F) in January, so a winter departure keeps the island warm while the mainland cools. The Algarve suits couples who want beach days and resort pools, and it lies within a road transfer of Lisbon. Madeira needs a direct flight of about 1 hour 45 minutes, and in return it feels like a separate journey at the end of the first. Our 14-day Portugal tour with Madeira includes both, with three nights on the Algarve and two in Funchal.
How do you get from Lisbon to Madeira on this route?
A direct flight links Lisbon and Funchal in about 1 hour 45 minutes, and TAP Air Portugal, SATA, easyJet and Ryanair all fly the route. Madeira airport sits in Santa Cruz, about 13 kilometers east-northeast of Funchal, and part of its runway rests on a platform of 180 columns over the ocean. A licensed driver-guide meets you on arrival and drives you to your hotel. Our team discusses flights with each client while planning the journey, and the schedule we send before you leave lists every flight and transfer with times and contacts. For the flight home, Madeira connects to Lisbon and Porto, and the departure transfer runs at an hour to suit your flight.
What is the best time of year for Portugal and Madeira?
April to June and September to October suit this route best. IPMA, Portugal’s weather institute, gives Lisbon a mean daily high of 19.8°C (about 68°F) in April, 25.7°C (about 78°F) in June and 26.6°C (about 80°F) in September, on its 1981 to 2010 averages. Porto runs a few degrees cooler on the Atlantic, at 17.6°C (about 64°F) in April and 23.4°C (about 74°F) in September. Funchal holds between 19.7°C (about 67°F) in January and 26.4°C (about 80°F) in August and September, with almost no rain in July and August. July and August bring about 28°C (82°F) to Lisbon, and our team plans summer touring around the cooler hours. A winter departure also works, with the mainland cooler and Madeira mild.
Who guides and drives us on the 12-day tour?
In Lisbon and Sintra, where your dates allow, Luisa, one of our licensed guides, leads the touring days and works alongside a licensed driver, two separate people. In Porto, the Douro Valley, Évora and on Madeira, a licensed driver-guide looks after you, one person holding both licenses who drives the car and leads the visits. The same driver-guide drives you from the Douro to Lisbon on day five. Every transfer runs by private vehicle for your own party, from the Porto airport pickup to the Madeira airport drop-off. Our team plans the whole route, books the site entries and stays in contact through the trip. Our note on driver-guides in Portugal explains how the role works.
Do we sleep in the Douro Valley or visit on a day trip?
You sleep two nights in the Douro Valley, at a hotel among the vineyards above the river. Many shorter routes visit the Douro as a day trip from Porto, about 1 hour 15 minutes each way by road to Peso da Régua. Two nights give you the valley at dusk and in the early morning, a family quinta visit on the first afternoon, and a full second day for the river at Pinhão, a village walk, an easy terrace path or a kayak. The drive on to Lisbon then takes about 3 hours 30 minutes. Couples who want a third Douro night add one on request, and our team rebalances the Lisbon stay to fit.
How much free time do couples have on this route?
Every day carries one guided visit or a drive with your licensed driver-guide, and most evenings stay free. Day one leaves the afternoon open after the airport transfer, and day nine leaves the afternoon open in Funchal after the flight from Lisbon. On the Douro day you choose between the river, a village walk, the terraces or a kayak, and you set the pace. In Lisbon, the fado evening, the tile museum and the sunset sail on the Tagus are options, not fixed parts of the day. Our team reserves dinner tables on request, and your guide suggests places to eat when you prefer to wander.
How much walking does the itinerary involve?
Several places on this route sit on hills with cobbled lanes and steps, including the old town of Porto, Alfama and the castle hill in Lisbon, and Sintra. The 240 steps of the Clérigos Tower and the Ponta de São Lourenço path of about an hour are options, not requirements. Your driver drops you at the top of a quarter where the roads allow, so most walks run downhill, and your guide sets the pace to your party. On Madeira most viewpoints sit a few steps from the car, and the Cabo Girão skywalk stands beside the parking area. Your guide is glad to advise on suitability before booking.
Is the 12-day route fixed?
The route as written shows one balanced order of bases, and our team shortens, extends or reorders it around your dates, interests and pace. Common changes include running it in reverse from Madeira to Porto, adding a third night in the Douro, adding a night in Sintra, or extending Madeira to four nights for a walk on the levada paths. Each change keeps the same principle of few hotel changes and full days in each base. Guides, drivers and site entries all move with the change, and you receive a revised day-by-day plan and price before you commit.
We keep a list of vetted four- and five-star hotels, well located and enjoyed by our past travelers and by our own team.
Examples for each overnight stop on this route. Choose a deluxe boutique hotel or a five-star stay, and your travel advisor matches each night to your wishes, the season and availability.
Porto
Boutique: Torel 1884. An 1884 palace near São Bento station, with rooms themed on Portugal’s voyages of discovery.
Five-star: The Yeatman. Terraced into the Gaia hillside among the port lodges, every room with a terrace facing Porto.
Douro Valley
Boutique: Quinta do Vallado Wine Hotel. An 18th-century house once owned by Dona Antónia Ferreira, plus a modern schist building among vineyards.
Five-star: Six Senses Douro Valley. A restored 19th-century manor near Lamego, above Douro vine terraces, with a large spa.
Lisbon
Boutique: Memmo Alfama. A design hotel on an Alfama lane, with a pool beside its wine-bar terrace over the Tagus.
Five-star: Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon. A 1959 landmark beside Eduardo VII Park, filled with mid-century Portuguese art and tapestries.
Madeira
Boutique: Quinta do Monte Panoramic Gardens. A manor estate in Monte above Funchal, set in old gardens two minutes from the cable car.
Five-star: Reid’s Palace, A Belmond Hotel. An 1891 clifftop hotel above Funchal, known for afternoon tea on its ocean terrace.
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