NZ
Tours
Portugal and Its Islands
featuring Lisbon, Azores & Madeira Islands
13 DAYS
$7,249
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*Rate is per person, land only, double occupancy, tour inclusions and available options may vary based on departure date.
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Accommodation
Lumen Lisboa Hotel
Nights 1-3
Azoris Royal Garden Hotel
Nights 4-7
Pestana Casino Park Hotel
Nights 8-11
Lumen Lisboa Hotel
Night 12
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Too many people in the tour
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except for one hotel everything was better than I expected and I loved being in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.George Bator
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Great accommodations, transportation, and activities. Superb tour manager.Robert Birkey
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Jose, our tour guide was amazing as well as Enrique. They were very knowledgeable and excited about sharing their experiences of Portugal with my clients.
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Our first time to tour with Collette & are pretty happy with our experience. I could have rated higher but not too happy with some of the hotels /accomodations. Collette could do better.
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Trip home took 4 days and there was no Delta or Collette representation in Lisbon when the Delta plane was cancelled.Jerome Fitzer
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we did a private tour to Fatima
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They are very good and efficient.
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We were very satisfied with all aspects of the tour except the optional tour where we provided with the wrong information.
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Great tour guide and loved the places we visited however not all our meals lived up to expectation.
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Best tour manager we’ve ever had.Charles Lacroix
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Great tour manager. Accommodations were very nice. The pineapple tour and the rum distillery were just time fillers.Christine Lacroix
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Wonderful group of people. Excellent tour guide. Great drivers. Beautiful scenery from the mountains, to the cities, to the shores. Would have loved more time!Mary Helen Finn
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Great Tour, many beautiful sites.Joyce Albin
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The whole trip was wonderful!Patricia Powley
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Time spent in Portugal, Azores and Madeira was wonderful. Getting there was a nightmare. Communication between Collette and airlines was horrible! We were told Collette would "take care of everything" but we were unable to contact them. Collette needs to understand that they are a 24/7 operation and need to have personnel AVAILABLE to handle emergencies.
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Travel issues…cancelled flight…too much time on buses and airplanes & too early of flights & too busy of a schedule. Not enough personal time to enjoy the localitiesChristine Walsh
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Yes, I can. How can a tour company have 40 plus customers departing on an international trip from one airport and not have a company representative there to see them off and address any issues that may arise? How can Collett allow two full days be taken from a vacation schedule and not address the issue via communication to the customer?William Schiffhauer
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No help for flight cancellation. Group was too large. One hotel was old, dated and in need of updated & repairs. Some meals were below expectations and a few people ended up with food poisoning after dining at restaurant that was part of the tour.
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The tour guide made the experience one of the best of my many journeys around the world. She is a most valuable asset to your company.Charles Manto
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Love Nadrira out if all 3 Usksbds the most. Enjoyed the Tibaggan Rude and the team taking us to the top of the mountainBernadette Salvador
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It was a small group. We had a terrific guide who was very accommodating. Since we were a small group and always on time, we were able to travel to a great many sights. For instance, we went to the thermal pool and we were able to take the nature walk. It was great!!Catherine Cole
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We were able to have a small tour group of 8 and Maria was the best tour manager I've ever had!!!Linda Mattes
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Azores Islands were spectacularAnn Rochelle
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Kayaking on Sao Miguel. Beautiful setting and great experience. We had enough time to really enjoy the experience.
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Castle Obidos, we're Medieval Reenactors,... the castle was awesome ! :DRuth Wertz
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Great combination of natural and man made wonders.Craig Carlsen
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The dinner in Furnach was amazing! To see them pull our meal out of the volcanic ashes and take it to our restaurant captured everyone’s attention.Anna Carlsen
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Great trip and good tour manager
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The Azores days were by far the highlights of the trip, thanks to Maria, for doing such a wonderful job taking us to Furnas, and the hotsprings and the wonderful earth cooked lunch in the beautiful cottage. Touring her home island was very special. I appreciated having a little walking tour at the beginning, to get our bearings, and then having some free time the next day to explore on our own. If only, the whole trip could have been this way........Laura Close
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As mentioned previously, the trip was great except there were too many travelers and the hotel location in in Lisbon was less than satisfactory. Again, Ledean Hamilton was especially helpful and accommodating (six stars)Gale Fullerton
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A bit too much shopping opportunities for my taste. Most memorable was the scenery on the islands, riding the street tobaggan in Funchal. The wine and fruit flavored liquors were delish, even brought some home.
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Our tour guide and the local tour guides did a great job in arranging culturally accurate dining adventures that included Fado singers, dancers and Poncha!!!!!! Beautiful scenery, great shopping opportunities.John Dent
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I thought the tour of all the sites was thoroughly enjoyabel. I enjoyed the Azores most of all. However, Hotel Atlas was terrible-extremely poor lighting in room. Couldn't read or put on makeup properly. On last night, we were put in a room with a sagging mattress. I was told housekeeping would "take care of it". HA! I ended up sleeping on the floor due to back pain. We had panned to stay there several extra days to explore Lisbon further, but moved to another hotel the next day. There was way too many people on the tour. As a result, being crammed into small restaurants created long, long waits for cold, tepid food,and a waste of time when we could have been enjoying the sights. The optional tour to eat at the palace in Lisbon was highly promoted both before and during the tour. It was terrible-terrible service, terrible food, and highly overpriced. I will be requesting a refund for the optional tour as it was a total rip off.
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hard to say, liked azores and madeira and Portugal itself.
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Tobagan ride in Monte on Madeira. Madeira was the Island I liked best overall. It just had a nice vibe.Mary Stepetic
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Lisbon, Azores, Madeira. Highlight was seeing the beauty of the entire country.
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very good, but pricey. excellent accomodationsWilliam Mertz
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The tour showed some parts of Portugal that I did not expect to see and was pleasantly surprised.Robert Molyneux
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See my previous comments.
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Overall trip was good except for the last two included meals, tired hotel on Madeira and over-scheduled wasting time on meaningless “sights”.Kathleen Westcott
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Well planned . Good highlights of each place visited. Tour was complete and obviously vocised on clients. Excellent customer service in every hotel. Wonderful guidesIrene Paonessa
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The Azores main island was spectacular. From the time we landed until we left it ceased to amaze. The views and stops along the tour were amazing. It was a great itinerary.George Ouellette
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Very nice well worth the timePhilip Verzin
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Difficult to answer which was our favourite experience, as it was such a varied and interesting trip. Probably the basket ride on Madeira, which was quite exhilarating! Due to the swell following the hurricane which passed close to San Miguel and the Azores, the two open sea trips had to be cancelled. The sea water pool at Moniz was also affected by this. Lisbon was a lovely city, but so hot (not complaining!)Colin Stone
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The tour was excellent. My favourite experience was the traditional dinner we went to in Madeira. It was called "espetada" and was a great experience.Cynthia Pace
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I enjoyed hearing the Fado Music in Lisbon!
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See previous statement that I wrote.Andrea Salwen
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One of my favorites was the gardens in Madeira. They were stunning. Everything was in bloom and the island was so green. The distillery was fun too, even though I don't like Madeira wines. It was interesting to learn about Portuguese cultures.Eleanor Sharpe
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Everything except *personal details removed by Feefo* the local Madeira person who assisted the amazing Collette Tour Guide, *personal details removed by Feefo*.
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Excellent tour guide, great hotels. I especially love San Miguel in the Azores, it was beautifulAndrew Jackson
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Please see item 1 above regarding tour. Memorable experience was trip to Pico do Areeiro in Madeira
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San Miguel Island in the Azores was Fabulous! Loved wandering around town on our own.Clytie Mead
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Whale watching and have to include the wicker basket experience in Madeira
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We enjoyed the tour however we thought it was a bit overwhelming. We were on the go most days from early in the morning to late in the evening. Many stops we only had 20 minutes to get off the bus, use a bathroom, get something to eat or drink and then reboard. This is just not enough time to do any of that much less get a feel for the town in which you stopped. By mid tour couples were dropping out for the day or days and went sightseeing on their own to shop and get a better feel for the islands at a much less rushed pace.Susan
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The hotels were all good. The tour manager was well organised and everything ran smoothly. I had not really thought through that 5 flights and 4 hotels in 12 days implied a lot of time in Airports and packing and unpacking suitcases so at times the pace was rather hectic. The local guides were all excellent as were the coach drivers and their vehicles.
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Well cared for by tour manager and local guides. Wonderful tours that included beautiful scenery and churches. Food was outstanding.
