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Lisbon Private Driver: Customizable Day Trips, Sintra & Beyond

4.9641 reviews

  • 2–12 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • 5 languages
  • Instant confirmation

Highlights

Some days are best left unscripted. With Swingo's private driver-guide, you decide the day and we make it happen: the palaces of Sintra with your Pena Palace and Quinta da Regaleira tickets already booked, the cliffs of Cabo da Roca and the seaside at Cascais, the sanctuary at Fátima, the walled town of Óbidos, or simply the corners of Lisbon you have not seen yet. Your driver is a certified local guide, so you get the history, the context and the right recommendations, not just the wheel. Tell us your wish list and your guide turns it into the day's route, pre-books your monument tickets on request, handles the parking and the queues, and adapts the pace to children, seniors and wheelchair users. We drive comfortable, air-conditioned vehicles with Wi-Fi on board. An electric vehicle is available on request and enters Lisbon's low-emission centre without restrictions. A car takes up to 4 passengers and a van up to 8; for larger groups we add a second vehicle (up to 16 in total).

Inclusions

What's included

  • Bottled water
  • Certified private driver-guide, live guiding in English, Portuguese, Italian, French and Spanish
  • Air-conditioned vehicle with Wi-Fi on board (electric vehicle available on request)
  • Hotel, airport or cruise-port pickup and drop-off
  • Airport transfers included with multi-day bookings
  • Range of up to 130 km from Lisbon, maximum 250 km in total per day

What's not

  • Gratuities
  • Monument entrance tickets (pre-booked for you on request, charged at cost)
  • Lunch

Itinerary

  1. Start: pickup at your hotel in Lisbon, at Lisbon Airport or at the Lisbon cruise terminal. The route is yours to build; a typical full day runs to Sintra for Pena Palace and Quinta da Regaleira with tickets pre-booked, then Cabo da Roca and Cascais before returning to Lisbon. End: drop-off at your starting point, or at your next hotel on request.

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Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

4.9

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Know before you go

Pickup
Pickup is included for everyone.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by
SWINGO by Avenidas
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

How it compares in Lisbon

  • Its from-price is 59% below the median of the 4320 experiences we list in Lisbon.
  • It is longer than most of them.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 84 of 4320.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Lisbon

Lisbon spills down its hills to the Tagus estuary, a city of tiled façades, rattling yellow trams, viewpoint terraces and late, unhurried dinners.

The old quarters hold most of the charm. Alfama's tangle of lanes climbs to São Jorge Castle and echoes with fado in the evening, the Baixa's orderly grid runs down to the vast Praça do Comércio on the river, and Bairro Alto and Chiado mix bookshops and cafés by day with bars by night. Viewpoints such as Santa Luzia and Senhora do Monte frame red rooftops and shining water.

Top-ranked sights in Lisbon: Commerce Square (Praça do Comércio), Pena National Palace (Palacio Nacional da Pena), Alfama.

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