Across Portugal

Overall João and his team did a splendid job. They had looked into every detail and have planned a variety of activities giving us a broad taste of Portugal…. We had a great time!

My husband and I recently went on our Honeymoon - a dream vacation we'd talked about for years to Portugal, and KimKim travel, and our main contact Marisa at Across Portugal, helped make the trip truly unforgettable. From our first conversations with Marisa through the end of our trip, everyone was an absolute pleasure to work with. They planned a completely customized trip for us through Lisbon, Nazaré, Óbidos, Porto, Madeira, and São Miguel, and we loved every minute of it.

Everything they arranged for us was wonderful, including our hotels, restaurants, tours, drivers, and guides. Our drivers and guides were especially fantastic, incredibly knowledgeable about Portugal, friendly, and just genuinely nice people.

There were also so many thoughtful surprises throughout the trip, including welcome baskets, flowers on the bed, a private wine tasting, and an amazing luxury boat tour.

Most importantly, Marisa and the team were so incredibly helpful and kind, genuinely excited for us and our vacation, and they let us know they'd always be available when we needed them, both before and during our trip. We felt completely taken care of!

We fell in love with Portugal and definitely plan to return. We would use KimKim and Across Portugal again without hesitation! Highly recommended for a once in a lifetime experience!

Pedro & the team exceeded our expectations in every way possible. We had the most beautiful and amazing honeymoon ever, we were able to navigate through all activities and days with minimal stress because of how engaged the team and Pedro were with us. Outstanding experience all the way around.

Hotel Reviews

The Lumiares

Lisboa

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Jardins do Porto

Porto

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Estoril Vintage Hotel

Estoril

Absolute paradise! Staff members & overall service was out of this world!

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Activity Reviews

Explore Sintra's Fairytale Villa with a Private Driver and Pena Palace Tickets

Portugal

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Unveiling Douro Charm on a Small Group by Land, River and Rail

Portugal

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Food

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Pedro and the whole team were such a blessing to work with on our honeymoon. Both before and during the trip they were very thorough, very detail oriented, and gave great reminders, recommendations, and just overall exceptional communication if we had questions or needed to reach out for whatever reason. Overall 10/10 experience and would recommend to anyone!

Hotel Reviews

The Lumiares

Lisboa

Beautiful hotel. Easy to navigate. Outstanding service! Great location in Lisboa with everything you could want or need close by.

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Estoril Vintage Hotel

Estoril

Best experience I’ve ever had. Breathtaking property and views from the property. The service was more than amazing. We literally did not leave the hotel and we wish we could have stayed longer. So classy, so relaxing, so perfect. I have no complaints and it’s hard to put in words how special it was to stay at Estoril Vintage. Everyone from the staff was outstanding but Paulo might have been our favorite to interact with.

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Jardins do Porto

Porto

Great stay, great staff, great location, beautiful room. Wonderful experience staying at Jardins. Would recommend to anyone!

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Activity Reviews

Unveiling Douro Charm on a Small Group by Land, River and Rail

Portugal

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Food

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Explore Sintra's Fairytale Villa with a Private Driver and Pena Palace Tickets

Portugal

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Transport

This trip was Amazing! Diana Mota is a superb travel expert for her country of Portugal. From our first contact, I knew Diana would be a great person to work with. As a travel agent myself and having never traveled to Portugal, I relied on her expertise throughout the process. She carefully listened to our desires, likes and dislikes, to create a tailor-made vacation for us. This was my first time using kimkim and I will definitely utilize their services for other clients. The timings of all activities from the drivers to adventures were all on time and well described. Diana's travel agenda was well planned and well timed for all that we wanted to see and do.

The drivers from Carlos whom first picked us up from Lisbon to Porto, Ivo for a beautiful experience in the Douro Valley, Riccardo on our journey from Porto through Coimbra and Tomar back to Lisbon, and the two drivers in the Algarve to/from the Albufeira station to Lagos were all professional, courteous, on-time, and so knowledgable. Many thanks to them. Our guides were also outstanding, Sara in Porto, Margredia in Lisbon, and Fia on our Ponta da Piedade boat trip
were all so pleasant and extremely knowledgable. We greatly enjoyed all the time they spent with us to make our trip even more enjoyable. We left Portugal with a much better understanding of the people, places, culture and food. A truly outstanding trip. Thank you Diana and all for the constant communication and updates.

Dennis Sindel

Hotel Reviews

NH Hotel Porto Jardim

Porto

Great location in Porto, staff was always so friendly and helpful. Room was well maintained and very quiet. The breakfast facility and quantity and quality of the food was great. Would definitely recommend this hotel and stay there again.

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Very near everything in the old town of Porto

Staff

All truly wonderful

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Everything was clean

Hotel Lisboa Plaza

Lisbon

Hotel, though older, was excellent in character and quality. We were fortunate to have been upgraded to a mini-suite. The suite was great, plenty of room. Hotel is well maintained. Staff courteous and very friendly. Breakfast was excellent. Would definitely recommend it and stay there again.

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Deliteful hotel

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Need to be able to walk in Lisbon or take locale transportation. Lisbon's attractions are very spread out.

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Marina Rio

Lagos

Wonderful location a short distance from the old town but still a short walk. We were fortunate to have a marina view room with a small balcony. It was great just to sit on the balcony and enjoy the view. Breakfasts were great. Even has a rooftop pool and a rooftop terrace .

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They all were so friendly, kind, and helpful. Many have been there a long time which tells you a lot.

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Meliá Lisboa Aeroporto

Lisbon

We were only there for about 12 hours as our train was late coming in and we needed to be at the airport in the early AM so it is hard to give a full rating. The room was nice, small, but very clean. The overhead shower did not work as the knob controlling it came out. Not a big problem as there was still a hand held shower head. I mentioned it on check-out and they would get it fixed.

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We could walk to the airport, no transportation needed.

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Activity Reviews

The Flavors of Port Wine - Sip & Discover

Porto

A great learning and tasting experience. Our guide, Pedro, was very informative and we learned a lot about Port wine. A neat experience on the Gaia side of Porto.

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Explore Sintra's Fairytale Villa with a Private Driver and Pena Palace Tickets

Portugal

Wonderful place to visit, quite crowded, but not as bad as during the summer. Once you got through part of the castle, it thinned out and you were able to wonder around easier. Beautiful and amazing place. We felt it was less over-the-top than a place like Schoennbrun outside Vienna. Felt very nice.

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Pepe was great

Transport

Nice Mercedes vehicle

Porto's Historic Odyssey on a Private Walking Tour

Porto

Sara was an outstanding guide. She really knows and loves her city and that was very apparent. We felt that we had a much better understanding of Porto beyond what the guidebooks/reviews give.

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Guides, Drivers and Staff

Sara was great

Scenic Voyage along the Douro River aboard an Exclusive Boat

Portugal

Ivo, our driver, gave us a wonderful experience on a day trip to the Douro valley. He asked us exactly what we would like to see and do. Our focus was to see the area, take the 1 hour boat trip, and get and overall perspective of what happens in the valley. We did not visit any wineries as that was not our focus. I am sure the Quintas would be lovely to visit but that was not our goal. He took us to some quaint areas, gorgeouse views of the valley area, and even stopped at one of the 5 locks so we could see how that functioned. A great day out of the city. The restaurant in Pinhao he recommended, the Veladouro, was great.

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Seamless Discovery - The Ultimate Douro Valley Experience with Private Driver Service

Portugal

see review of the boat trip

Lisbon's Historic Odyssey on a Private Walking Tour

Lisbon

Great walk of the Alfama and Biaxia areas of Lisbon. Margareda was an excellent guide give great perspectives on the city, the culture, and the people. She gave a great history of Lisbon of the pre and post 1755 earthquake happenings in the city.

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Exclusive Panoramic Boat Tour to the Ponta da Piedade Caves

Portugal

We were fortunate to have a private tour, arranged by kimkim, with Fia as our guide. She was so informative about what we were experiencing and had a great knowledge of the area and the coastline.

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We spent a truly memorable week recently in Portugal. Portugal is a country that we have wanted to visit for quite some time ever since we were unable to do so on a trip we made to Spain approximately 10 years ago. The 10 year wait was rewarded because Portugal is a beautiful country with amazing scenery and very friendly people. Perhaps the highlight of our trip which involved stops in Porto, Lisbon and the Douro Valley was the time we spent at the port winery and surrounding area in the Douro Valley. This part of Portugal reminded me of Tuscany in Italy with its beautifully landscape and terraced vineyards in a micro climate that is truly unique on the Earth. Our trip organizer João was amazing in his desire and ability to craft many activities and tours that we enjoyed immensely. Our driver Eduardo was full of good and useful information about his beloved country and made our time traveling around Portugal, enjoyable and informative. The lunch that we had at the Quinta de Pacheca winery was truly a highlight, and the 20 year old Port wine that we were served was exceptional. All in all, this was a trip that we thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated the efforts that Joao and KimKim went to make it the success that it was.

Activity Review

Indulge in Elegance on a Guided Winery Tour Infused with Tastings and a Delicious Lunch

Portugal

A highlight not to be missed!

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What an absolutely wonderful trip! All thru the planning stage to the very last day...we had excellent care from Pedro and his team! The choice of itinerary...to the hotels chosen for us were exceptional!
The schedule of events was well planned out and gave us a diverse agenda to truly enjoy what Portugal has to offer. The personalized service with private transfers and drivers made every step of the journey stress free and enjoyable (especially Pepe!)
The local tour guides were also very knowledgeable and gave us an in-depth history of each town we explored.
We loved our cooking class (Pastel de Nata), our gastronomic tour and the art of tile making workshop.
Although it's hard to pinpoint what our favorite experience was...the Douro Valley for us was a highlight for sure! The vineyards throughout the valley were outstanding and the lunch at the vineyard was very delicious!

Kudos to Pedro and his team for providing a very memorable trip for us! We will definitely be recommending KimKim to friends/family!

Ian & Margie Burman

Kimkim you have pulled through again. We all enjoyed the Portugal trip. Right from the beginning, speaking with Pedro our trip was planned so well! Places, activities, workshops, hotels and travel and recommendations for restaurants and places to shop.
Pedro was professional knowledgable and very friendly, always there to answer our questions and directing me for the technology part of the trip.
Hotel selection was right on.
The drivers were friendly and professional and looked so nice in their suits. Pepe was one of the drivers we spent more time with and enjoyed his company and driving skills. Loved the comfortable Mercedes Benz vehicles perfect size.
All guides were friendly, professional, knowledgable and passionate.
A wonderful memorable trip, thank you Pedro❣️
Sandy & John
Sandy & John · 38 minutes ago
What a beautiful country. So much history and beautiful historical buildings! Thanks to Pedro for planning our wonderful well executed itinerary, I think you covered it all and well, from tours to workshops to lodging to transportation. We lucked out for warm sunny weather for the 9 days

We spent 8 wonderful days in Portugal. It was enjoyable learning about Porto and the history of the city. Our tour of the port winery Sandeman was very interesting and the Port wine was very good. We visited the Douro Valley and the rolling hills of the vineyards were beautiful. We had a wonderful lunch and wine tasting was delicious.
The second part of our trip was in Lisbon. We had a great walking tour and learned more history. We saw some amazing surfers at the beach and also went to the magical city of Sintra. Thank you João for arranging this great trip in Portugal.

Hotel Review

Hotel Britania Art Deco

Lisbon

Activity Reviews

Porto's Historic Odyssey on a Private Walking Tour

Porto

We enjoyed this city tour. We learned a lot about Porto's history.

Seamless Discovery - The Ultimate Douro Valley Experience with Private Driver Service

Portugal

This was a great day! The Douro Valley is beautiful. We enjoyed our wine tasting experience.

Indulge in Elegance on a Guided Winery Tour Infused with Tastings and a Delicious Lunch

Portugal

This was a great day! The lunch was delicious. And after lunch we enjoyed having our personal wine with regular and port wines.

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The Flavors of Port Wine - Sip & Discover

Porto

We enjoyed the tour of the winery. I knew nothing about port wine and enjoyed the wine tasting along with the cheese board we had with it.

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The extra cheese board was a great addition.

Immerse Yourself in the Portuguese Culture by Experiencing a Fado Dinner

Portugal

We weren't really sure if we would enjoy this but I'm glad we went. The food was fine. Not the best but not bad either. I enjoyed watching and listening to the music.

We have experienced the most wonderful introduction to Portugal. Pedro and the Across Portugal Team planned the perfect week for us. Our drivers Ivo and Ricardo took such great care of us all along the way from suggesting the best restaurants to helping us join a grape stomping tour at the last minute during our stay in the Douro Valley. Our tour guides in Porto and Lisbon were both so knowledgeable and such a great treat to spend the day with. We couldn’t have asked for better planning. Thank you Pedro for such a memorable week in your beautiful country!

Hotel Reviews

PortoBay Flores

Porto

Lovely and convenient location.

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Lovely courtyard

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Easy to walk to everything.

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The Vintage House

Pinhão

Beautiful location on the River.

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Lovely lovely view of the river from our terrace.

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PortoBay Liberdade

Lisbon

Great location and friendly staff.

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Porto's Historic Odyssey on a Private Walking Tour

Porto

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