Guimarães Half-Day Private Tour from Porto
Description
Delve into ancient Portuguese history on this 4-hour Guimarães tour, from Porto. Explore the city’s well-preserved historical center, a UNESCO World Heritage site, via guided tour. Discover landmarks such as the 10th-century Guimarães Castle, the Palace of the Dukes of Braganza, and the medieval quarter. Visit the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira church, and hear the story of the nearby Padrão do Salado monument. Morning and afternoon tours are available to accommodate your schedule.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Witness the first portuguese Castle
Visit the church where our first king was baptised
Learn more about this building
Visit this wonderful church
Glimpse the old Santa Clara Convent
Visit the medieval historic center
Admire the Gothic porch
Visit this church from the XV century
Witness the well kept preservation of this city
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
You will have available a range of locations and hotels to choose from, please select the one closer from your accommodation. You will receive the exact pick-up time the day before by email, text, or WhatsApp.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Parents should bring the baby car seat ajusted to infant's age (1 to 3 years old). We only have seats available after 4 years old.
- We will contact by email the day before the tour with details regarding meeting point and pick up hour.
- On this private option infants or childrens must be booked as an individual adult/place. Prices shown are per group/vehicle.
Reviews(21)
It is a beautiful place to visit. Very well organized and very good guide Juliana. Highly recommended.
Paulo was very prompt, friendly and knowledgeable! It was like being with family. Really fun! Thank you Paulo for a memorable day!
Guimarães is a wonderful city, full of history. The guide Paulo is a great knowledge of history, shared many interesting points and was very friendly, courteous and concerned.
We’ve been on a lot of tours all over Europe. My tour to Guimaraes with Pedro Pais was one of the best. Pedro is an archeologist with a 20th century perspective, who is able to tie the past to the present. He was accommodating in making sure our wants and needs were met. I will definitely reach out to him again if I need a guide for Porto & the surrounding area.
Thank you for your kind review! Pedro is indeed a fantastic guide and we are very lucky to have him on our team! We are very happy to know you had a wonderfull time with him in Guimarães. You will always be welcomed with open arms!
Interactive conversations with our tour guide and his thorough knowledge of the subject matter. Would highly recommend this tour.
Phenomenal tour with Adur, good knowledge of the country and professional history. 1•2•TOURS: you have a great collaborator!!!!
A great guide, Steve, who was very knowledgeable and answered lots of questions. It was a good introduction to Guimarães when you have limited time.
We enjoyed visiting the city of Guimaraes. However, this is how our “tour” went… Our guide, Steven, picked us up at 9:00, as planned. We drove to our destination which took 45 minutes. We spoke mainly of futball. When we arrived at the castle, we waited around while Steven took 10-15 minutes to pick up our tickets. We entered the castle without our guide since he had a fear of heights. It took all of 10 minutes to go around the entire perimeter of the structure. We came out and waited for him for about 5 minutes. He then walked us through the old city and told us we had free time for the next hour until 12:15 when we met up with him for our 45 minute drive back to Porto. We got a minimal amount of information from him. He didn’t offer us a water, snack, nor suggestion when we needed a bathroom break. This tour was basically a taxi ride round trip.
This was the smallest small-group tour possible with just the two of us and our British [Welsh ] driver /guide. Having his undivided attention added so much to this memorable half day as we were able to ask questions and learn so much more. The pace was relaxing and unhurried and we learned about the surrounding region in addition to Guimaraes
Interesting, informative and entertaining tour. Our guide Steve - from Wales - was not only very competent, helpful and easy to understand but also a very safe driver.
