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Guest Book
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Rick H, October 2022
“We just completed a 19 day trip to Spain completely arranged by Joao Silva at Portugal Trails. We used him a few years ago for a trip to Portugal. He did a fantastic job planning both trips. He selected wonderful hotels & tours and the personalized book they gave us had lots of information and travels trips. I have recommended Portugal Trails to several friends and will continue to do so. They made the trip so easy. He was very responsive on email and easy to contact by phone before the trips.”
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Bonnie B, USA, October 2022
“We just returned from two weeks in northern Portugal and a few days in Madrid, all arranged by Portugal Trails. We had heard wonderful things from friends who’d used them for a private tour in 2019. Our private tour was spectacular. Private cars or trains for travel and tours, even for some intercity travel. Not driving ourselves was a first for us, but from now on we’ll stick with it. Our drivers and guides were, without exception: pleasant, personable, intelligent and highly informed. Our private tour of the Douro was aboard a mint ’60s Chris Craft! The hotels were perfect, the private wine tasting and gourmet tasting luncheon splendid. Can’t say enough positive things about Portugal Trails.”
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S. Bell, September 2022
“My husband and I have been singing the praises
of our 24 day self- drive trip organized by Portugal Trails agent,Gonçalo Oliveira. Everything was perfect from start to finish! Gonçalo listened to our requests , implemented them beautifully, made excellent suggestions for tours, guides and places to visit and arranged for car rental as well as airport pick upon arrival and delivery on departure.His choice of accommodations were spot on. We selected category “ moderate” and the hotels were well above our expectations with 4 star category. They were centrally located, clean, helpful staff ,excellent buffet breakfasts and parking.
The personal programmed GPS for our trip was invaluable. It was a real bonus and an excellent idea of Portugal Trails.
Upon arrival in Portugal, we were given an excellent Portugal Trails guidebook as well as a portfolio of individual coupons for our accommodations and tours. Made checking in effortless!
We are seniors and were very happy to have 24 hour emergency service. Fortunately, we did not have to use it.
Gonçalo checked in with us during our trip to be sure all was well and reminded us to get in touch with him , if needed.
My husband and I have travelled the world , usually planning our own trips. Our choice of Portugal Trails to help us transition to travel agents was an excellent choice. We highly recommend the company as well as Gonçalo Oliveira as an agent.You will very happy with your choices!” -
jb007, September 2022
“Two years after our (group of 6) originally planned private tour of Portugal, we were finally able to complete this awesome trip in September 2023. Selecting Portugal Trails was the best choice we had made for this trip. During pandemic when we canceled the trip, they fully refunded our deposit and offered same price for 2021. Alas we had to wait for 2022. Portugal Trails planned an amazing itinerary for us. We traveled from Porto, Douro Valley to Algarve region to Lisbon, Sintra, Cascais and back home. We worked with couple of travel consultant with the company but Filipa was best. She answered all our questions patiently, be it via emails or phone calls. She even modified the original itinerary to include a detour to the world’s longest suspension pedestrian bridge 516 Arrouca. All the hotels were top notch and in good location. Our driver Antonio was very friendly and safe driver. Our Porto, Sagres and Lisbon guides were friendly and knowledgeable. Three hours were not enough. It is so hard to describe 11 days in an amazing country on a well planned trip by a company that knows what they are doing. Kudos to Portugal Trails for helping us making memories of lifetimes. Can’t wait to be back in Portugal to explore more.”
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Holly H, USA, May 2022
“I cannot say enough about the excellent experience we had working with Portugal Trails in designing our wonderful trip (after getting a recommendation from another friend who had worked with PT twice with great results!) Our advisor Filipa Rodrigues was so knowledgeable, so responsive and quick to communicate, and so helpful in every way. Even when my husband had a medical issue arise which required a last minute change in our itinerary, Filipa handled that quickly and came up with a wonderful alternative for us. The boutique hotels were beautiful, the guides for our walking tours exceptional, and our excursions were varied and so interesting. All in all, a fabulous trip. I highly recommend Portugal Trails, and ask for Filipa!”
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Emily Gaston, USA, December 2021
“Portugal Trails did an amazing job for our trip! They took care of everything, and made great selections for accommodations, tours, etc. The drivers were always punctual and courteous. They were very accommodating with changes we wanted to make, and always available. We would definitely use them again. Highly recommend!”