Half-Day Wine Tour to Mafra & Bucelas

Tour Description

This Half-Day Private Tour invites you to travel in time. Preparing you for a taste of wine excellence in one of the Portuguese demarcated regions, you'll first cross the countryside enjoying an interesting perspective and contrast between the great city just left behind and rural Portugal.

In this option, follow the steps of kings and artists that have chosen the traditional area of Mafra, to develop what is considered to be, a pure expression of the baroque style as seen on the walls and in the magnitude of the Convent and Palace of Mafra. The perfection of shapes and the careful detail in the magnificent marbles that decorate and give structure, are a small part of the 18th century world that you will visit and live, passing through the noble way of life, to the religious orders option of simplicity. You'll find all inside this pearl of the European baroque.

Wine has always been challenged to achieve perfection. It is one of the legacies that has survived the evolution of times and the contradictions of taste, expressed by modern eras. The wine lives! Not far away from Mafra, crossing the countryside, find the vineyards that are the cradle, the seed, of this delightful product at Bucelas Wine Region. Tasting, learning, and contacting with this "art" are part of this half-day tour, inviting you to travel across historical references and to explore the genuine Portuguese Countryside, leaving a fabulous heritage that has not been forgotten, and you'll not forget.

Duration:

4 hours (morning or afternoon)

Note 1:

You will be picked up at your hotel and return to it at the end of the tour.

Note 2:

Mafra National Palace closes on Tuedays.

Note 3:

You can join this private tour with another half-day tour and transform it into a full-day tour, with more interesting spots to visit.

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