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Day 7 Transfer to Lisbon
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Iberia: Spanish Paradores & Portuguese Pousadas
adventure.
Breakfast

OPTIONAL TOUR

Minho region
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Portuguese warrior trying to wrest control
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“cradle of Portugal” for its role in the nation’s
origins. In the tenth century, a castle was
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the royal residence until the dawn of the
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considered tearing it down in the 19th
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visit the restored and preserved castle today.
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era, and one of the world’s oldest Catholic
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and now outlined with restaurants including
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today. Our tour concludes with a tasting of
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returning to Porto this afternoon.

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