Published on Sep, 2024
A all-day private tour like this is so much worth the cost if you are lucky enough to have an excellent tour guide like Joao Pedro. One important item to note is that we were never rushed or felt rushed to see something in a certain time period, we always had plenty of time to enjoy the area we were visiting. Although I had considered simply taking a train to visit Evora we would have made a very big mistake. Since Joao was/is also an agricultural engineer we learned all about the local farming in this part of Portugal as we drove to the various destinations along the way. We also have a change to stop and look at cork trees and learn how the cork is harvested and graded. In Evora it seemed like every 10 minutes someone would say hello to him as he went to school there and still has many friends in the area. Needless to say, we were very happy we had Joao as our guide again as we had also had him the day before on another tour. If you have Joao as a guide, be ready to learn and be entertained at the same time.
