Portugal
Land of Sea, Sun, Sardines, and so much more! To visit Portugal is a trip back in time, with a modern twist for our young explorers. Very much a modern country with excellent services, industry, technology, and infrastructure, yet Portugal is a historical feast for the eyes, with its landscape and traditions rooted in a rich and long cultural history that has influenced the world since the time of the exceptional Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama.
Portugal- land of history, culture, explorers, royalty, nature, fine food and wines, expansion, the arts, science and technology and much more. Join us for an unforgettable educational and hands-on tour of this colorful, inspirational country and expand your connection to a simpler way of enjoying life’s pleasures.
Our group will spend a day each tasting the best Portuguese contemporary life has to offer, while understanding the rich past that has made this nation so special and unique for today’s visitors and residents.
We’ll get to try out a number of fun and informative experiences including:
- Learning alongside organic wine growers
- Cooking a national dish, the right way
- Exploring fresh markets, historical museums and stunning castles
- Learning to surf the Atlantic and enjoy the landscape
- Trying our hand at traditional tile-making and/or art
- Learning what it takes to manage a technical project for a local business
- And much more!
Good to Know
Read the basic info and also some fun facts about Portugal! Here you will find everything you should know about the land once known as 'Lusitania' to the Romans.
Tour Features
Each day on our 'Lisbon Explorer' tour, a favorite with students, we will encounter a new activity to delight our senses and get us just a little further out of our comfort zones. Together we're going to learn about the aspects of life 'Portuguese style' that centuries' old explorers were very familiar with- a spirit of expansion and new horizons. Try your hand on this excellent adventure at cooking, organic farming, surfing, art, technology, history, urban exploration, and more, all while making new friends and memories for a lifetime!
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