9-Day Lisbon Exploration Tour for Families

What to expect on this itinerary
This luxurious 9-day adventure presents you and your family with the best and most elite excursions and adventures, ensuring that your experience of Portugal is nothing short of epic. From touring Lisbon like a local to kayaking through nature parks, an endless amount of family fun awaits. Partake in an off-roading Jeep adventure, venture by horseback Louro Mountain Trail, and indulge in a walking tour of Lisbon.
Customizable Itinerary
Lisbon – Learn to Make Gelato
From the moment your flight lands in Lisbon, your private driver will be waiting to transfer you and your family to your luxurious accommodation in the heart of the city. After you have checked-in and had some time to unpack and rest, your private guide will sweep you away for your evening’s activity. First, you will be led to one of Lisbon’s most renowned gelato establishments. After you have finished your treat, you will visit your guide’s home, where you will share a meal with them and a few of their friends. Following dinner, you will be taught how to craft your gelato from scratch.
What's Included:
Lisbon – Experience Live Fado
Lisbon – Jeep Excursion through Cork Oak Forest
Lisbon – The Secret Lives of Honeybees
Lisbon – Venture to Lagos and Sagres
Lisbon – Ride Horseback through Louro Mountain and Cooking Class
Lisbon – Snail Farm Excursion
Lisbon – Kayaking Adventure in Arrabida
Lisbon – Farewell to Lisbon
Trip Highlights
- Witness a live Fado performance, which will be accompanied by a mouthwatering meal
- Explore the charming city of Evora before careening through a cork oak forest on an exhilarating, off-roading Jeep adventure
- Delve into the secret lives of honeybees as you journey to a working bee farm to witness how they live together in hives and produce their sweet and golden honey
- Enjoy an excursion to the coastal enclaves of Lagos and Sagres, where you can explore its natural caves and much more
- Venture on a private horseback ride on the Louro Mountain Trail and witness Portugal’s beautiful scenery from a unique point of view
- Marvel at the pristine beauty of Arrabida Nature Park as you kayak along its picturesque perimeter
- Meander through Lisbon on a walking tour with a local and be introduced to the most iconic sites of the capital city while snapping Polaroid photographs
Detailed Description
Prepare yourselves for an unforgettable family getaway that will feature much of the best of Lisbon and beyond. This exciting 9-day getaway has been specially crafted with to offer you only the most elite and exclusive excursions.
Your handcrafted adventure will begin the moment that you arrive in Lisbon. Your private guide will be waiting for you at the airport to transfer you to your luxurious accommodation in the heart of the city. Your introductory event to the city will be a hands-on culinary caper. You and your family will enjoy a lovely dinner before participating in a gelato-making course under the tutelage of a master gelato maker. The following morning will find you touring the captivating city of Lisbon with a private guide and a Polaroid camera, which will allow you to each snap Polaroid photos along the way. That evening, you will be treated to a delicious dinner, which will be accompanied by a fiery evocative Fado performance that will introduce you to the national pastime.
Day three will provide you with a day of exploring the city of Evora and traversing through a cork oak forest on an exhilarating Jeep tour. Afterward, you will visit a working honeybee farm. During your time with the honeybees and their human helpers, you will see the inner workings of how honey is harvested in addition to sampling some of the sweet nectar right from the comb. The coastal gems of Lagos and Sagres and their stunning coastlines will beckon to you to the next day. Day six will then offer a horseback ride along the scenic trails of Louro Mountain outside of Lisbon. Later that evening, your family will participate in a private cooking class that will provide you with the opportunity to craft an authentic Portuguese meal alongside a master chef.
Snails will be the theme of day seven, and you will embark on an excursion to a snail farm, where you will learn about snails and how to pick the best ones to make savory entrees. You will even make a Portuguese dish with some of the former residents of the farm that night. An outdoor adventure will be waiting for you on day eight, during which you will join your private guide for an exhilarating kayaking excursion to Arrabida Nature Park. You will spend the day paddling through the water, which will leave your soul refreshed and your heart full.
Throughout your entire family getaway, you will stay in luxurious accommodations and will have every detail of your vacation taken care of, including all private transfers to and from every destination and airport. Nearly everything about this itinerary is customizable, so you can adjust nearly anything and everything to better suit your moods and interests once you are in Lisbon.
Starting Price
$3,000 per person (excluding international flights)
Your Zicasso trip is fully customizable, and this sample itinerary is a starting place for your travel plans. Actual costs are dynamic, and your selection of accommodations and activities, your season of travel, and other such variables will bring this budget guideline up or down. Throughout your planning experience with your Zicasso specialist, your itinerary is designed around your budget. You can book your trip when you are satisfied with every detail. Planning your trip with a Zicasso travel specialist is a free service.
What's Included
The starting price is based on travel during the low season for a minimum of two travelers staying in shared 3-star accommodations. Please inquire for a custom trip quote based on your travel preferences and travel dates.
Verified Traveler Reviews
Based on 565 reviews
The planning experience was wonderful overall. From the initial conversation about what my family was looking for to the final touches to the itinerary, Zicasso's travel expert was engaging, responsive, and helpful.
The accommodations he selected for us exceeded expectations; they were spacious, beautiful, and well-located. The tours/activities suggested were really fun and gave us a sense of the locale in a unique and memorable way that fit our family well. Once we were in-country, communications were easy and helpful. We felt very well cared for.
Payment to our travel company was easy and it was a real pleasure once we were in-country to have all the identified items already paid for. I would definitely book a trip with them again.
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Our trip to Portugal was wonderful. The itinerary was well planned. Our Zicasso coordinator was in contact with us throughout and listened to our goals for the trip. We feel like we saw all the highlights, while getting to do a deep dive on selected items, for example, the Douro Valley and wine tours.
The hotels were perfect for our family; welcoming, spacious, and centrally located.
Our guides were premium! A wealth of knowledge. They were flexible to our schedule/needs and ensured we had all of the necessary experiences (best pastry shops and other unique culinary delights).
Thank you for a wonderful trip.
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Zicasso's travel expert made the trip seamless and easy, from greeting us at the airport to providing drivers and guides for our excursions, selecting beautiful hotels in fantastic locations, and sending us off at the airport. I would highly recommend her to anyone traveling to Portugal.
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We enjoyed the trip. The guides were good, although our guide in Lisbon provided a little bit too much history. But he was very knowledgeable and we enjoyed his tours. The communication with the Zicasso company through WhatsApp was very good and they were very accommodating to upgrading our transport vehicle because our luggage was large. The food tours were good. We enjoyed all the sites that we saw. Barcelona, especially, was great.
We stayed at four hotels. Only the hotel in Porto was a disappointment. The other hotels were good and we were very comfortable. The breakfast that was served at the various accommodations varied in quality, but the breakfast buffet in Lisbon was extremely good. The hotel in Porto was definitely not a four-star facility. The local airline definitely does not have its act together. When we left Barcelona to come home, the line for the airline was about five or six times the length of every other line. I would have definitely been willing to pay a higher amount for a business class seat in order to use the very short line in the Porto airport.
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The trip, from the planning stages to the completion, could not have been more perfect. Zicasso's travel expert was efficient and responsive in the planning stages and execution of the trip, and our guide couldn’t have been better. The service, efficiency, tours, and hotels were perfect.
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My husband and I just returned from a three-week trip in France, Spain, and Portugal planned by Zicasso's travel agent. It was an amazing trip, with every detail thoughtfully planned.
Our agent recommended a couple of tours and activities that had not been part of my plan for the trip, but I went with her recommendations and was so glad I did. They ended up being some of the highlights of our trip. Her restaurant recommendations were spot-on. The car service provided in each country made our travel so effortless and, therefore, much more enjoyable.
Her local team member was amazing. Whenever I reached out via WhatsApp, she replied in minutes (it always seemed instantaneous) and helped resolve or address my question/ask. I would definitely use her and her team again.
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