✅ 10-day Portugal wine + cheese + stud-farm tour
Day 1 — Lisbon → Azeitão / Setúbal (Azeitão wines + cheese) 08:30 Depart Lisbon by bus → 09:30 arrive Azeitão / Quinta da Bacalhôa / José Maria da Fonseca area. 10:00 José Maria da Fonseca — guided cellar + tasting (historic cellars and Moscatel). jmf.pt 11:30 Bacalhôa Palácio & Adega-Museu — guided tour of palace, gardens and museum-cellar (multiple daily guided tours). bacalhoa.pt +1 13:00 Free time / lunch in Azeitão or Setúbal (local seafood & regional dishes). 15:30 Azeitão cheese workshop / queijaria visit
Day 2 — Setúbal → Alentejo (Évora / Reguengos direction) — 2 wineries + stud / cheese 08:30 Depart Setúbal → Évora area (approx 1h30–2h). 10:30 Herdade do Esporão (Reguengos de Monsaraz) — visit + tasting Esporão runs scheduled tours and tastings and has an excellent visitor centre. Esporão +1 13:00 Lunch at Esporão or local Alentejo restaurant (free time). 15:00 Herdade da Malhadinha Nova — winery visit + tasting estate also has hospitality offerings. malhadinhanova.pt +1 17:30 Short visit to a local small queijaria (Alentejo has artisan cheeses — some producers open by appointment). 19:30 Check in 4★ hotel in Évora region.
Day 3 — Évora / Alter do Chão (cartuxa + Alter Real stud farm) 09:30 Adega Cartuxa / Fundação Eugénio de Almeida (Évora) — guided visit + tasting (Cartuxa / Pêra-Manca are iconic Alentejo wines). cartuxa.pt +1 12:30 Lunch in Évora (historic centre). 14:30 Transfer to Coudelaria de Alter — Alter Real (Alter do Chão) — National stud farm with interpretation centre and guided visits about the Lusitano Alter Real horses. (Excellent equestrian visit Centre de Interpretação). alterreal.pt +1 17:30 Late tasting/visit at a nearby winery or quinta (if schedule allows). 19:30 Hotel in Évora or nearby.
Day 4 — Évora → Baixo Alentejo / Beja (Malhadinha, Rocim) + stud/cheese 09:00 Check out → drive southwards to Herdade do Rocim / Herdade da Malhadinha Nova area. 10:30 Herdade do Rocim — amphora/talha tradition visits or standard cellar tour + tasting (Rocim is a well-known modern Alentejo producer). rocim.pt +1 13:00 Lunch on the property or local village. 15:00 Herdade da Malhadinha Nova — visit & tasting (estate offers enotourism programs and has accommodation & dining options). Wine Tourism Portugal +1 17:30 Short visit to a local small producer of Alentejo cheese (many family queijarias accept visits by appointment). 19:30 Overnight 4★ hotel in Beja / Alentejo with dinner included.
Day 5 — Alentejo → Serra da Estrela region (cheese focus) — travel day + cheese visits Early departure (longer transfer) up toward Serra da Estrela area (central Portugal) — travel time longer (allow most of day). 13:00 Arrive Serra da Estrela / Seia area. 14:00 Queijaria / experience: Serra da Estrela cheese producers — many guidable visits and a “shepherd & cheese-maker” experiences available in the PDO region (see official Serra da Estrela tourism & Rota dos Queijos). rotaqueijoscentrodeportugal.com +1 16:30 Visit an artisan queijaria such as Queijaria Messias Cruz / Queijaria Vale da Estrela (examples of producers open to visitors). visitseia.pt +1 19:30 Overnight 4★ hotel in Guarda / Seia / Covilhã area — dinner included.
Day 6 — Serra da Estrela → Dão / Viseu (Dão wines + cheese) 09:00 Depart Serra da Estrela → Dão region (Viseu / Penalva do Castelo area). 10:30 Two Dão wineries (example: Quinta dos Carvalhais or Casa de Santar) — cellar tour + tastings (I can suggest specific Dão producers to book). (Dão cellars typically offer guided tastings and vineyard walks.) 13:00 Lunch in Viseu (historic centre). 15:00 Visit a local artisan cheese maker in the Beira/ Dão area (there are small sheep/goat cheese producers offering tastings). 17:30 Check in 4★ hotel in Viseu — dinner included. (If you prefer less driving, we can swap Day 5/6 order — I arranged travel north as an arc that reaches Douro next.)
Day 7 — Dão → Douro (Peso da Régua / Pinhão) — big wine day 08:30 Depart Viseu → Douro (Régua / Pinhão). 11:30 Quinta do Crasto (Pinhão/Régua area) — guided tour + tasting iconic Douro terrace estates. portugalbywine.com +1 14:00 Lunch in Pinhão / riverside. 15:30 Quinta do Vallado / Quinta do Pacheca / Quinta do Bomfim — choose two of Douro’s top houses (I recommend Crasto + Vallado / Pacheca / Pinhão houses) all offer tours & tastings and some offer cellar tours and port lodges. Quinta do Crasto +1 19:30 Overnight in 4★ hotel in Peso da Régua or Pinhão.
Day 8 — Douro (second day) — wineries & quintas + river views 09:30 Quinta do Bomfim / Quinta do Noval / Quinta do Vallado — second day to reach additional top quintas morning tour + tasting. (Many Douro quintas require prior booking). portugalbywine.com +1 13:00 Lunch at a quinta or riverside restaurant. 15:00 Visit a small family quinta for a second, contrasting tasting. 17:30 Return to hotel — scenic drive along Douro. 19:30 Dinner and overnight in 4★ hotel (Régua / Pinhão).
Day 9 — Douro → Vinho Verde / Minho (Monção / Melgaço) — Alvarinho day 07:30 Depart Douro → Minho (Monção / Melgaço Vinho Verde region) — travel day but early start. 11:00 Quinta do Soalheiro (Monção) — cellar visit + tasting (one of Vinho Verde’s leading Alvarinho producers). Soalheiro +1 13:00 Lunch (Minho cuisine). 15:00 Quinta do Ameal (Ponte de Lima) — visit & tasting (historic Vinho Verde estate). portugalbywine.com +1 17:30 Short visit to a local Minho cheese/food producer (Minho focuses also on smoked products and local cheeses). 19:30 Overnight 4★ hotel in Braga / Ponte de Lima area — dinner included.
Day 10 — Minho → Central Portugal → Return to Lisbon (final tastings + Golegã stud / equine experience en route) 08:00 Depart Minho → southwards toward central Portugal / Lisbon. 11:30 Short stop near Golegã / Ribatejo for an equestrian visit or activity (Golegã area has coudelarias and equestrian tourism — Coudelaria Rita Cotrim and many riding activity centres offer visits/passeios). Visit Golegã +1 13:30 Lunch en route (traditional Ribatejo cuisine). 16:00 Final stop near Azeitão / Setúbal or Arrábida for a last tasting if desired (or straight to Lisbon). 18:30 Arrive Lisbon — end of tour. Drop off at Lisbon.
