Top Alentejo Unique Experiences

Portugal’s Arrábida Natural Park is known for its extraordinary limestone rock formations, bijou beaches, and other spectacular scenery—and a sea-kayaking tour offers the best way to get an up-close look. Make your own way to the Clube Naval de Sesimbra, grab your kayaking equipment, and set out with your guide. You’ll paddle past some of the region’s most photogenic vistas, will soak up the coastal ambiance, and will even have the chance to dive to see the underwater sights.

Explore the beautiful Nature Park of Arrábida the traditional way on this horse-riding tour from Almada. Following a pickup at your hotel, transfer to the head of the trail with your guide. Hop into the saddle and track through dense pine forests to wide, sandy beaches, and admire panoramic views over the Alcube Valley landscapes. You’ll also have time for lunch with wine in Quinta de Alcube.

Go deep into the Alentejo Cork Forest and enter a world that’s rich with plants, flowers, and native wildlife. By traveling in a Landrover, you’ll get to places that would be difficult to find alone. Learn about a family business of managing cork forests, rearing sheep, and running a vineyard. You’ll have a delicious lunch in a family-run restaurant, and get a chance to purchase handmade cork products. An informative tour that’s enriched by commentary from your guide.

This fascinating tour will take you deep into a cork forest and teach you about a family trade that has lasted for six generations. You won’t have to worry about getting lost as a local archaeologist and conservationist guide will lead the way. Learn about cork harvesting as well as other farm activities such as wine and honey production, and harvesting olive groves. After you’ve worked up an appetite, you’ll enjoy a three-course meal in a family-run restaurant.

Eating Portuguese food is one thing, mastering the secrets behind it another—and hard to do without an insider’s know-how to guide you. Get straight to the real source of the country’s cuisine on this hands-on Lisbon class with a local cook. Create an authentic Portuguese meal and enjoy your dishes with wine and your host—giving you more time to glean their culinary tips and local cultural insights.

• Enjoy an original dining experience with a local professional chef catering for you • Experience the flavours of one of Portugal’s most prominent regions for food and wine; the Alentejo! • Bespoke three-course dinner with a brilliant atmosphere and plenty of delicious food • Expect to be wowed by an expert in Portugese cuisine taking you on a true tasting experience of his country

Coasteering is a recent activity, mainly in Portugal. It is an activity in which one crosses the coast line, swimming, climbing, jumping into the water and walking. This activity allows you to discover scenarios and nooks that otherwise are impossible to see. In this specific activity we also conjugate rapelling and other rope maneuvers such as zipline and banisters. At the end of the activity the group will arrive at one of the wild beaches of Sesimbra and from there will be boarding a speedboat returning to the Port of Abrigo de Sesimbra.

Watch the sun rise over the scenic landscape of Alentejo on a Montargil hot air balloon flight that takes in medieval villages, Roman temples, churches, and the rugged Costa Vicentina. Celebrate the occasion with an included Champagne toast after touching back down to earth; a ground crew will greet you for transport back to the departure point in Montargil.