Great Way to Spend the Day Visiting Sintra and Cascais - We spent the day with Rodrigo touring the Queluz Palace, seeing the packed, crazily busy Sintra and finishing with a stroll through beautiful Cascais. Rodrigo was personable, had a great wealth of knowledge and spoke English almost flawlessly. We started out at the Queluz Palace, which as you arrive, doesn't look like much, but once you get inside and get a look at the gardens, it's quite the place! And, they are doing a great job of slowly, meticulously, restoring it. We next traveled into Sintra, along with about 5,000 other tourists, most of whom seemed to arrive on multiple Cruise ship busses, swarming the small town! But, that wasn't Rodrigo's fault, just the nature of travel in this quasi-post pandemic travel storm! We left there, using a small, twisty, scenic backroad to Cabo da Roca, Europe's most Western point. It was much less crowded, had beautiful views of the ocean and was a nice break from the craziness of Sintra. We then headed along the coast to Cascais. What a beautiful, small beach town! We wish we would have known about this town when arranging our trip so we could have booked a room there. Lots of small shops, a beautiful square overlooking one beach and a smaller beach over by the marina. And, Rodrigo's knowledgeable commentary helped enjoy the visit more. We finally left there and embarked on Portugal's version of California's Pacific Coast Highway as we drove along the Atlantic, heading back to Lisbon, passing through Belem with commentary by Rodrigo. A perfect day, perfect weather and great guide!

Great day tour with Paolo to Sintra and the surrounding area - Paolo did a wonderful job of providing us with a tour of Sintra and the surrounding area. When a rainstorm called for a change in some of our plans, we did a driving tour of Caxcais and parts of Lisboa. He clearly has a passion for his country, its culture, and food and wine. We learned a lot and invited him to join us for lunch. In return he showed us to a great seafood restaurant, locally owned for years that had the best meal we’ve had in Lisboa. We look forward to seeing Paolo for a return visit to Lisboa or maybe Morocco.

Magical and Memorable - Two day tours of Sintra, Bellum, Obidos, and Batalha far exceeded our expectations. The sites not only included beautiful monuments and magnificent churches and palaces, but also adorable, quaint villages.. Our guides for these days were Paolo and John, respectively. Paolo's forte was a contagious cultural enthusiasm and pride of country, while John's was an extraordinary knowledge base of historical information. Both were extremely considerate of their clients. We highly recommend this company, specifically these two gentlemen.

Wonderful! - Our private tour with Paulo was outstanding!!! He tailored it to our preferences…mostly away from typical tourist attractions yet beautiful places steeped in history. His knowledge and passion for Portugal, especially with respect to our shared Jewish heritage, was amazing. We had lunch together at O Prado in Belem where he ordered for us so that we could experience a true Portuguese meal. My daughter who doesn’t eat fish ate everything..all fish and absolutely delicious. Thank you Paulo…you gave us a memory to cherish forever!!

Great Private Tour - Rain or Shine !!! It's all about the details !!! - My wife and I booked a trip with Joao (John) for Sintra and Cascais and although the weather wasn't perfect (Rainy), the tour was outstanding. The attention to details was what made this experience, if we wanted more time here, we took more time here, if we wanted a cool seafood local restaurant, we were at a local place that made us feel like we were experiencing the real Cascals. John was very detailed oriented with things that we were interested in...just amazing!! the tour locations were bucket list items! Looking forward to our next tour when we return. Obrigado (Thank you) I learned that too Ed

Ricardo, the beer guide in Lisbon! - We had a great day with Ricardo who listened to what we wanted and planned everything perfectly. We are now experts on Portuguese history! His passion for his country, culture and history was contagious!

Private Sintra Tour - I recommend this tour of Sintra, Cascais and Belem. It was a great tour and the guide was very knowledgeable. A lifelong resident of Lisboa, he has information only a lifelong resident would know. It was great!

Ask for Paulo! - We did a private tour with Paulo of Sintra, Cascais and Belem. We were supposed to see Pena Palace but it was closed due to fire concerns. Paulo made sure our trip was just as amazing. We went to the Queluz Palace instead which was beautiful. Paulo's love for his country and his knowledge of the history and sights of Portugal make him one of the best guides I have ever used. He knows the best places to take photos and will suggest authentic and reasonably priced restaurants with great food. And if you happen to be Jewish, Paulo is an added bonus as he is also Jewish and had so much to share with us about the history of the Jews in Portugal. We had booked with Joao but due to issues at our end we could not use him. Joao was always responsive and very helpful during my initial booking and the change we required. Taking you there is the way to go!

Thank you Joao, you made all the difference - Joao did a private tour for our 40 member group in early June, accompanying us to Sintra and Cascais. He is the most friendly and approachable guide one can imagine, and really tuned in to meet all our group's requests and expectations. He is very knowledgeable of the visited sites and was able to run the tour in any of the 4 languages that we spoke, namely Portuguese, Spanish, German and English. His presence made all the difference to our experience of all places we visited. I highly recommend Takinguthere to anyone wanting to hire an experienced, friendly, ,knowledgeable guide.

Just Do it !!!! - Everything on this tour was fantastic. Prompt pick up time, . Paulo was absolutely fantastics. He is passionate about his country, fun to be with on his wonderful history of Portugal & Sintra. His knowledge of the Castle & history was terrific and made the tour so much more enjoyable. He is an amazing person with great food recommendations, this little place outside of Sintra, and within Lisbon. Incredibly funny and honest. Just an absolute delight. He apologized for the rain many times, which was beyond his control. And our travel thru Cascais was beautiful and by mid day the rain had stopped and treated us to some spectacular views of the Portugal coastline. Just do the Tour and this is your guy ! Paulo - this picture is for you :-)