Porto private tours and shore excursions
Private Porto tours and day trips
Private Porto tours and shore excursions
Porto
was a pre-Roman settlement
called Calle or Portus Cale. Records show that the town was settled in 417. Over many centuries, it had many rulers, among those of the Suevi, the Goths and Moors.
As a result of large commercial activities, Porto
developed rapidly and during 14th century, the old medieval wall was replaced by the new Ferdinand wall.
However, during the “Age of Discoveries”, Portugal and Porto
achieved an important role in the Europe. Porto was a major trading port and during the 15th century, it was the greatest ship building ports
in Portugal.
In the 17th Century, Porto had an important growth because of the wine industry. It was a period of great development and had significant artistic changes during this period reaching its peak in the 18th century.
Porto
has a very long tradition of defence of human civil rights. Its population held off a long siege by the royalist forces
between 1832 and 1833. The peoples sacrifice, who were fighting in support of the Constitutional Chart, made the victory of the Liberal cause
possible.
Because of all of this, Porto is considered one of the most impressive cities in the north of Portugal
and deserves the award of the World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Private day trips and shore excursions from Porto
Porto full day shore excursion
Full day tour of the Porto with driver and transport and private Porto guide including entrance tickets and Port tastiing
Private wine tour of Douro Valley
Visit of two wineries including Port wine tastings and a boat ride at Pinhao river with private guide and transport
Shore excursions from Porto to the delights of Portugal
If you are arriving with a cruise ship and would like to make up a group of 8 passengers or more so you can benefit with sharing costs, we would highly recommend that you sign up with the website Cruise Critic. You will find other members also traveling on the same ship and you can arrange to group up with other passengers if you wish to do the shore excursion together to reduce the overall price.
Private coach tours from Porto for your shore excursions group and tours
If you have a larger group, we can provide private
Coaches and Minibuses for all your personal day trips or shore excursions throughout Portugal
Please contact us regarding prices and tours.
If you have a larger group, we can provide private Coaches and Minibuses for all your personal Porto day trips or private excursions.
Please contact us regarding prices and tours.
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