After a satisfying, adventure filled day of touring, we immediately decided to book another tour…read more Our guide, Pedro, was professional, reliable, and had strong community ties. He was knowledgeable about the towns, history, traditions, and the best sight-seeing locations. Sintra Magik Private Tours are passionate about providing the best customer experience and are very accommodating. With prompt responses, planning and communication was quick and easy. We highly recommend Sintra Magik and we will always remember our time in Portugal. We booked the full day Golden Triangle Private Tour as well as the full day Arrabaida Natural Park Private Tour - South Area of Lisbon. This was in 2018.

Spent three very full, very informative and fun days with Andy and his company Portugal Magik…read moretours. Have done private tours all over the world and this is by far the best guide EVER. Andy was smart, kind and most of all In tune with the multi generational nature of our family. Unflappable yet high energy and so full of interesting information on a wide variety of subjects. We loved every second of the three days we spent with him.

Pedro is wonderful! He gave us a comfortable fun and informative tour of some highlights in…read moreLisbon. After a couple of conversations he knew exactly what kind of travelers we are. He made us a custom map of things walkable from our hotel including stops,distance and times. He made us a list of restaurants for all of our stops in Portugal and included several types of food on the list. All of this was done on his own time when he dropped us off after the tour. He made us a reservation at an AMAZING restaurant where we had an unforgettable meal. His car was so comfortable and he offered us free wifi and phone charging on the tour. You will not find a better tour company than this one. They are the best!

Such an amazing tour with my guide Arthur who knew the history and secret passageways around Lisbon…read moreand Sintra. The car was retro and better than any tour bus. It was a personable and memorable experience that I will never forget. This tour will help you truly understand the culture and significant places around Lisbon at a pace that makes you feel that you are spending the day with a friend - as opposed to a tour guide.

After weighing our options for sightseeing Lisbon and its surrounding areas, we decided to use…read moreLisbon By Beetle to visit neighboring Sintra (an all-day 8-hour tour). We couldn't have asked for a better personal guide than Ricardo! Upon hearing of our sightseeing plans for the day, he suggested a side trip to the beach towns of Estoril and Cascais before heading up the mountains to Sintra. He was so informative and engaging, and a great conversationalist, making my girlfriend and me feel quite at ease. It was a great decision; we were treated to a very personalized tour of three towns, complete with multiple photo ops and food/drink places to try. We spent the entire day tooling around in an awesome Beetle, with a friendly and warm guide, and felt like every Euro was deserved. I can safely say we'd use Lisbon By Beetle again, whenever we come back to visit Lisbon!

First thing you do when your feet hit Lisbon is a Tuk tuk tour. It's like a cool cheesy golf cart…read more Lisbon is basically San Francisco's older, moodier sibling with more hills, stronger coffee, a drink called Ginjinha and an earthquake that rewrote history (1755, I see you). Our tuk tuk was basically a history lesson on wheels. Gotta get the juice before exploring. We learned Lisbon's got 7 hills (again, San Fran energy), elevators because obviously walking is for masochists, lions everywhere because courage or something and St. Vincent's the city's patron saint. Sardines are a thing, pastel de nata is the flakiest addiction you'll ever develop, and no, real pastel de bacalhau doesn't come with cheese, don't embarrass yourself. You'll spot cork in every shop like it's a personality trait. And then there are the tiles, which basically is the city's wallpaper from the Moorish people. June is the Saints Festival, so prepare for grilled fish, drunken joy, and streamers trying to strangle you in alleyways. Fun stuff! I learned so much.

What a great experience. Our tour guide Baltazar was beyond fabulous. Knowledgeable,…read moreaccommodating and added so much to our overall tour. He provided additional recommendations for restaurants and activities while in town. He made is such a personalized experience. I would recommend him highly

Jose Guerreiro is an amazing tour guide knowledgeable and sensitive to the dynamics of Lisbon. He…read moreguided us on being respectful to the rhythm of the city and his residents. He included all different areas of interest and included personal experiences. Highly recommended when visiting Lisbon.

Jose and Caio did an incredible job speaking about the history of the city, the country, and the…read morevariety of neighborhoods and the people in them. We got to see and learn so much, and I would recommend this tour to anyone.

DO NOT MISS THIS TOUR. One of the best days of our lives…read more My husband and I toured Sintra with Joao.

My wife and I took a tour of Sintra with Joao today, and we are marking this down as our most…read morememorable day of our 8 night trip. From start to finish, the tour was filled with personality, good friends, great food, tons of knowledge, but most importantly...FUN. Joao made the tour something that we won't forget, and is one of the reasons why we plan to return to Lisbon with our kids so they can experience his guidance. If you're looking for something to do while in Lisbon, book an experience with Keep It Local.

I can't recommend Cristina and Lisbon & Beyond enough! We booked her for a private all day tour…read more(for a very fair price) and soon learned why she's one of the city's top guides. She's been in the business for more than 30 years and knows her city inside and out. I feel like we got a really thorough overview of the city, but more importantly Cristina is great at drawing together information about history and culture in an engaging way, so you really get a full picture of Lisbon and not just "oh, here's this old church". She's funny, friendly and will customize an agenda if you have specific interests. Don't believe me? Watch the Rick Steves Lisbon episode where she's the featured guide. She's awesome and we're so glad we got to spend the day with her!

My wife and I were lucky to have Pedro provide us with 2 excellent personalized tours while in…read moreLisbon. The 1st was a wonderful 4 tour walking tour of the key sites and neighborhoods of the city, including the Aflama, the Bairro Alto and the Baixa. This provided a. great feel for the area for the rest of our stay. Pedro let us decide which areas we wanted to see as well as the pace of the tour. Pedro also drove us on an 8 hour tour outside the city including the National palace, Sintra downtown, Cabo da Roca , lunch by the beach at a wonderful restaurant where the surfers hang out ,Cascais and Estoril. It was a full day and all the sites were well worth seeing for a day trip. We highly recommend Pedro and Christina's personalized approach and extensive knowledge of all things Portuguese. By the way, the prices were very reasonable.

My husband and I, along with friends, recently spent 5 days of our 12 day vacation touring with…read moreArmando from The Best Portugal. It was totally delightful! We had an opportunity to experience Wine tours, restaurants and sites of Portugal we would have never been able to enjoy in the same manner as if we had been on our own. Not only is Armando an excellent tour guide and driver, but more than that he created an experience of the Portuguese people and culture that was up close and personal that we all thoroughly enjoyed. He came highly recommended to us and I agree 110% his services made our visit of Portugal all the more wonderful. Muito obrigada Armando

TLDR: Armando is terrific and professional and our wine tour was wonderful…read more My wife and I, both in our 30s, had a marvelous time with Armando, who drove us around all day in a Mercedes like royalty. Before we departed he bought us espressos that we drank together at the counter like locals. We visited two beautiful vineyards/wineries with tastings of a nice variety of red and white (and one "green"!) wines. Our guides were knowledgeable and friendly. We also stopped into Óbidos for a little stroll and lunch. He bought us some traditional chorizo bread on a little whim. Lunch had a nice atmosphere and good service, but the prices were drastically higher than other places we ate on our trip, and the food was a bit plain. This was only a small blemish on an otherwise outstanding day. We would gladly rebook something with Armando on a return visit!