Where we go

Nine corners of one country.

Every region below is one we plan by hand, road by road. Choose a starting point, or let us draw a route that links several.

Porto's Ribeira and the Dom Luís I bridge over the Douro at sunset

Porto

Granite, tile and river light. Cellars, markets and a table held after the kitchen closes.

Terraced vineyards and a quinta above the Douro river

Douro Valley

Terraced vineyards falling to the water. Quintas, private tastings and lunch on the river.

A yellow tram descending an Alfama street in Lisbon at sunset above the Tagus

Lisbon

Seven hills, Atlantic light. Palaces before they open and dinners far from the guidebooks.

Pena Palace rising above the misty forest in Sintra

Sintra

Mist, forest and romantic palaces. Private mornings before the gates fill.

Cattle resting under a lone holm oak on the golden Alentejo plain

Alentejo

Cork oaks, whitewash and silence. Working estates, long lunches, nothing hurried.

Riders on horseback along an empty Atlantic beach

Comporta

Rice fields, pine and empty sand. Beach houses, horses at dusk, barefoot dinners.

Atlantic cliffs and surf on the Algarve coast

Algarve

Cliffs, coves and coast known only by boat. The quiet west, not the crowded strip.

Waterfalls falling into a still lagoon on Flores, Azores Mount Pico at sunset above a lone green house Dolphins swimming in blue water below Mount Pico

Azores

Volcanic green in mid-Atlantic. Crater lakes, whales offshore, hot springs in the forest.

Village on Madeira's north coast at golden hour Black sand beach below green cliffs in Seixal, Madeira

Madeira

Cloud forest above the sea. Levada walks, cliff roads and old wine houses.