Tours 2015

Travel, Food, Wine and, of course, Riding We dedicate our work to make sure that your adventure through Portugal is not just the best motorcycle trip in your life, but also the best holiday you have ever had!

Portugal Motorcycle Tours is not just about the motorcycle tours. It prides itself on providing inaccessible Portugal experiences and emotions. Granting you profound contact with all the reality that makes Portugal a unique destination.

Riding makes all the difference! Experience the sea, the coast, the views of the mountains, the windy hilly effervescent roads of Portugal from a completely different perspective. One that only a rider know how to take advantage!

For bookings or for more information shoot us an email for more information, including a complete itinerary. Be sure to check out our website for an overview of just how we make every day the Best Day Ever. Come Ride with US!

Motorcycle journeys across the inaccessible, private and unprocessed Portugal, through its culture, people, food & wine

We want you to feel our traditions and our pride for Portugal and it is with this in mind that we plan and operate our trips. Portugal Motorcycle Tours prides itself of being an insider when it comes to showing you authentic Portugal, either it be by staying in a 17th century feudal palace, leading you through unbelievable scenic routes that only the locals know, getting one of our friends to cook a speciality meal for you in their home or granting you access to a wine tasting in a private vineyard.

At Portugal Motorcycle Tours, we pride ourselves on providing true full service. This is why Miguel will always be present at every tour, taking care of everything for you and ensuring that your riding experience is problem free.

Harley Davison, BMW and Honda As go-to motorcycles for our tours we choose Harley Davison, BMW and Honda as the motorcycles of these brands offer outstaying road touring experiences by nature.

Available Models are:

• Harley-Davidson Touring

• BMW 1200GS

• Honda NC750

These motorcycles offer you and extra comfortable ride so you can concentrate on experiencing the most out of Portugal. Also you can be sure that even with two passengers and with the luggage cases fully loaded, their powerful engines will shrug off the additional loads.

At the end of the day we want you to be able to take the most enjoying of your holiday and to do it in your favourite ride!

MISSION

PLEDGE

MOTORCYCLES

The journey starts in Lisbon and heads south where the landscape imminently engulfs us with its vast grazing pastures, vineyards, lakes and the constant reminder of the Moorish presence in this territory over 700 years ago. Here its all about taking it slow and joining the locals in their easy way of life through slow food and gentle conversations. Following the curvy flow of the Guadiana River we ride through uncharted Portuguese territory and cross the Guadiana Valley Natural Park, not seeing a living soul for hundreds of kilometres.

Reaching the Algarve, the odor of the beach and sea joins our journey as we ride our motorcycles through Portugal’s playground. Here we will reach the tip of Europe in Sagres and see the place where the ancients believed the land ended and sea began. From here its a drive up to Lisbon, wiggling our way though one of Europe’s widest coastlines, and certainly one of the most exciting as well. A surfer’s and adventure seeker’s paradise, this coast has razor sharp cliffs which serve as a wall to the relentless pounding of the Atlantic. Now imagine sitting comfortably in a empty cliff, eating some grilled fish and chatting away with the locals as nature takes its course in front of you…This is what we call freedom!

The first part of this journey is almost all spent on coastal roads, where the Atlantic Ocean will always be in sight and where you will have the opportunity drive through some the Lisbon Regions most scenic and lush landscapes. From the top of a mountain you will be able to see the almost full extension of the “White City” and a further 60 kilometres into the blue horizon of the ocean. From here we head north to the fish and surf capital of Portugal, where you will meet José Manuel, an old “wolf of the sea” who will tell you all about how you catch (and eat) the best fish in the world.

Onwards we take a turn inland to the heritage capital of Alentejo and meet up some very interesting wine and olive oil boutique producers, whose demand for quality is as high as their warm welcome to new friends. Sit back and enjoy the never-ending plaines of cork trees, vineyards and wild bulls.

3 DAY PORTUGAL TOURJuly 2-6 | August 27-31 | October 22-26 December 17-21 | December 26-29

Itinerary:

Lisbon Accommodation - Palácio Belmonte Day 1: Lisbon to A dos Cunhados (172 Km) Accommodation - Areias do Seixo Day 2: A dos Cunhados to Évora (235 Km) Accommodation - Convento do Espinheiro Day 3: Évora to Lisboa (201 Km) Accommodation - Palácio Belmonte

SOUTH PORTUGAL TOURJuly 10-17 | September 10-27 | November 5-11

November 19-25 | December 3-9Itinerary:

Lisbon Accommodation - Palácio Belmonte Day 1: Lisbon to Coimbra (363 Km) Accommodation - Quinta das Lágrimas Day 2: Coimbra to Crato (304 Km) Accommodation - Pousada do Crato Day 3: Crato to Tavira (350 Km) Accommodation - Quinta dos Perfumes

Day 4: Tavira to Sagres (230 Km) Accommodation - Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel Day 5: Sagres (50 Km) Accommodation - Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel Day 6: Sagres to Lisbon (326 Km) Accommodation - Palácio Belmonte

Starting from Lisbon, we will make our way up the west Atlantic coast of Portugal, with nothing but hundreds of kilometres of coastal back roads, small fishermen’s villages and endless pine forests. It’s a taste of the Portugal by the sea that little appreciate and few bother to discover. At the end of this surf spray journey we reach Europe’s next Food and Wine Meca : Porto.

We make our way up the Douro Valley following every turn of the river in a discovery of the World’s oldest and certainly most beautiful wine region in the world. The mirror like surface of the Douro and the corrugated lush green hills will be the backdrop to one of the most beautiful rides of your life. Set amongst this heaven like of a scenery are centuries old estates and manor houses, all privately owned and all with birds eyes view of the landscape. It is amongst this ambiance that you will be tasting

Portugal’s finest cuisine and meeting some very interesting characters. At the en of the Douro, right next to the border of Spain, we continue our trip north to the forgotten, unexplored Portugal of Trás-os-Montes (literally translated as behind the mountains). Here we sill travel through a Portugal that stood still in time for decades, where remote villages of 10 habitants still live of what the land and the cattle give them. In all directions, red earth rolling hills of olive and almond trees as far as the eye can see. Image sitting in a town square, drinking wine and eating charcuterie with the locals, knowing that your are the only foreigner for 50km… The last leg of the journey is Minho, home of Vinho Verde (Green Wine) and Salt Cod. We have saying that “In Portugal one can prepare salt Cod in 1001 different ways”. Wont make you try them all, but you get the picture!

Itinerary:

Lisbon Accommodation - Palácio Belmonte Day 1: Lisbon to Coimbra (363 Km) Accommodation - Quinta das Lágrimas Day 2: (210 Km) Coimbra to Porto Accommodation - The Yeatman Day 3: (235 Km) Porto to Alfândega da Fé - Accommodation - Hotel Spa Alfândega da Fé Day 4: (362 Km) Alfândega da Sé to Bragança Accommodation - Pousada de Bragança Day 5: (278 Km) Bragança to Paço de Calheiros Accommodation - Casa Senhorial Day 6: (128 Km) Paço de Calheiros to Monção Accommodation - Convento dos Capuchos Day 7: (484 Km) Monção to Lisboa Accommodation - Palácio Belmonte

NORTH PORTUGAL TOURJune 5-13 | July 24-August 1 | August 13-21

We asked out women rider friends for some of their expert advise on the best way to put a tour through Portugal together. After a heated discussion over some seriously good seafood and Vinho Verde, we came up with the Ladies Portugal Tour, made exclusively to our female audience. Over the course of 3 days the excitement will contage you and you will see that the best ride of your life can be easily combined with good food, your make up kit and an all round relaxing massage.

If you love amazing food, free-flowing wine, riding through breathtaking landscapes and meeting female riders who are as enthusiastic as you are, then we have a love connection.

Itinerary:

Lisbon: Accommodation - Palácio Belmonte (172 Km)Day 1:Lisbon to A dos CunhadosAccommodation - Areias do Seixo (235 Km)Day 2:A dos Cunhados to ÉvoraAccommodation - Convento do Espinheiro (201 Km)Day 3:Évora to LisbonAccommodation - Palácio Belmonte

LADIES PORTUGAL TOURMay 28-31 | August 6-10

May 15-23 | June 19-27 | October 1-9 HARLEY PORTUGAL TOUR

On our 7 day Harley tour through Portugal,  you can get to know an exclusive and untouched part of a country that was once called Lusitania. From Lisbon, north is our first direction, as we hit the back roads of the centerwest atlantic coast, passing through fishermen villages, vast fruit orchards and even making a barbecue on the beach. Further north we enter the culinary and wine heartland of Portugal, where we will be staying with a local family in the Douro Valley and learn how some of the top wines in the world have the most humble beginnings. After we will be travelling through the Alentejo and the Algarve, once the  land of the Moors, who behind their beautiful Islamic culture and living heritage. After stopovers in the lively capital of South Portugal, Évora , your motorcycle tour heads to the extreme southwest corner of Europe,  Cabo de San Vicente with it’s lighthouse on the Atlantic coast.

Itinerary:

Lisbon Accommodation - Palácio Belmonte Day 1: Lisbon to Coimbra (363 Km) Accommodation - Quinta das Lágrimas Day 2: Coimbra to Crato (304 Km) Accommodation - Pousada do Crato Day 3: Crato to Tavira (350 Km) Accommodation - Quinta dos Perfumes Day 4: Tavira to Sagres (230 Km) Accommodation - Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel Day 5: Sagres to V.N. Mil Fontes (153 Km) Accommodation - Monte Zambujeiro Day 6: V.N. Mil Fontes to Lisbon (173 Km) Accommodation - Palácio Belmonte

Itinerary:

Lisbon Accommodation - Palácio Belmonte Day 1: Lisbon to Porto Accommodation - The Yeatman (345 Km) Day 2: Porto to Pinhão (143 Km) Accommodation - Quinta de La Rosa Day 3: Pinhão to Alfândega da Fé (196 Km) Accommodation - Hotel Spa Alfândega da Fé Day 4: Alfândega da Fé to Porto (236 Km) Accommodation - Pousada do Porto - Palácio do Freixo Day 5: Porto to Lisbon (345 Km) Accommodation - Palácio Belmonte

DOURO TOURSeptember 3-9 | September 24-30 | October 15-21

Starting at Europe’s next Food and Wine Mecca: Porto, we will be sure to taste all the delicacies prepared by the  little eateries and small restaurants that make up the Porto Food Scene. We make our way up the Douro Valley following every turn of the river in a discovery of the World’s oldest and certainly most beautiful wine region in the world. The mirror like surface of the Douro and the corrugated lush green hills will be the backdrop to one of the most beautiful rides of your life. Set amongst this heaven like of a scenery are centuries old estates and manor houses, all privately owned and all with birds eyes view of the landscape. It is amongst this ambiance that you will be tasting Portugal’s finest cuisine and meeting some very interesting characters. This journey is all about private access to the most famous wine region in the world.

Discovering that behind all the glamour and tourists lies a candid and heartfelt land, where you will be treated as a member of the family and where every meal is a reason for celebration. This is what is most interesting about the Portuguese wine country: We know we have three wines in the top 5 best wines in the world by Wine Spectator 2015, we know that Hollywood stars and rich wannabes travel to this secluded part of Europe, but at the end of the day it is Rita and Nuno, the owners of a little vineyard estate in the Douro, who make their own wine and cater themselves to their guests who make this land that much more interesting.

PAYMENT CONDITIONS In order to secure your place on one of our tours we charge a non-refundable 30% of the total value of the tour you are booking. This allows us to make the necessary arrangements in order to guarantee that your experience in Portugal is flawless.  You may pay the remaining 70% up to 90 days from the start of the journey you have booked. All prices are based on one single driver per motorcycle and single occupancy at the designated hotels, unless stated otherwise.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS We do our best to keep you happy travelling with us. however there is always a bit of paperwork and legal formalities that need to be taken into account before you start your Portugal Ride with us. Even despite all our good will to make this Portugal journey through motorcycle, the best ride of your life, our lawyers insisted that we make our Terms and Conditions available to you. So, please be informed of the Terms and Conditions of the trips organised by Portugal Motorcycle Tours. By purchasing a trip (or several) you are automatically accepting these Terms and Conditions:

INCLUDED

• Accommodation in iconic hotels with breakfast included (single room or double room for couples)

• All food and beverages which are part of the program of each journey

• Admission to all activities during the journey• Welcome and farewell dinner• Personal Guide and tour leader• Tour Information package• Rental of the Motorcycle with unlimited kilometres• Fuel• Parking fees and Toll Charges• Transfer from Airport to hotel and hotel / airport• Civil responsibility insurance up to 50.000.000,00€,• Collision damage insurance• Theft insurance• Motorcycle maintenance• 24h on the road motorcycle assistance• All Portuguese taxes

NOT INCLUDED

• Police fines• Personal accident insurance • Travel insurance• Collision damage insurance excess• Theft insurance excess• Additional driver• Flights to Portugal• Drinks, food and snacks not included in the itinerary• Tips and gratuities• Souvenirs• Everything else that is not listed in the included

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Price for 1 person as driver Price for 2nd person as passenger3 Day Portugal Tour €4404 $4799 €3567 $3886South Portugal Tour €7918 $8627 €6222 $6779North Portugal Tour €8878 $9673 €6970 $7594

Douro Tour €6961 $7585 €6007 $6546Ladies Tour €4404 $4799 €3567 $3886Harley Tour €7924 $8634 €6333 $6900

PRICES

*Prices will be adjusted in accordance with the daily conversion rate.

MINIMUM AGE • The minimum age for participating in a trip is 26 years

old.DRIVER’S LICENCE • The designated driver of the motorcycle must present

a valid driver’s licence and must be eligible to drive category A motorcycles (above 600 cc) for over 3 years.

USE OF THE MOTORCYCLE • The motorcycle is only meant to be driven on tarmac

and approved roads within the Portuguese National road system. Its use in sporting events or off road driving is strictly prohibited. No other person, otherwise than the designated driver is allowed to drive the motorcycle.

DAMAGES GUARANTEE FEE • At the moment of booking, a credit card number will

be required to assure for a damages guarantee fee of 5000,00 €

NUMBER OF AVAILABLE PLACES • Each tour as a minimum and a maximum of

participants. Please contact us for more information. If the tour is no longer available on out calendar then it is sold-out.

ACCOMMODATION AVAILABILITY DISCLAIMER • Each accommodation referred in this document

represents our first choice. In case of unavailability of any of the accommodation mentioned in the itinerary, an alternative accommodation in the same category will be arranged.

CANCELLATION POLICIES The first 30% are non-refundable regardless of when the tour is booked.  50% refund if cancelled at least more than 60 days prior to the trip. For cancellations made between 60 and 30 days prior to the departure, a credit minus your initial deposit will be issued towards a future trip within two years. For cancellations made within 30 days of departure no credit can be applied.