Secrets of Cadiz

Experience more than 3000 years of history in just one tour. This Cadiz tour introduces you to Europe's oldest city, a city rich with attractions both modern and ancient. Here's your chance to travel back in time and watch history unfold for yourself.

Your tour begins at the cruise terminal, where you'll meet your guide. From there, you'll board an air-conditioned minibus and proceed toward the first of many points of interests. You will then head towards the outskirts of the city and go over the New Bridge over the ocean to embrace of view of the surrounding villages nearby. From there, you will continue onward to Campo Sur to witness the incredible La Caleta Beach. Although it's a tiny beach, it has served as a big inspiration to the likes of artists and writers like Paco Alba and Carlos Cano and was also the set of a famous secret agent movie! Other notable landmarks include Santa Catalina castle where your guide will take you for a visit. Walk through Genoves Park, the city botanical garden before stopping at Spain Square. Your old town visit will take you to Mina Square, Plaza de las Flores and Cadiz Cathedral among other sights.

The star of the Cadiz sightseeing tour, however, is the final stop: Populo. This medieval quarter that dates back to the 13th century and is widely known for its stone gates, which Christopher Columbus walked through to start his second journey to America. This is also where you will get to enter Cadiz Roman Theater! There's a lot of exploration to do on the 1.5 hour walking portion of your Cadiz tour, and after some free time you will get hungry.

At the conclusion of the tour, your licensed guide will take you to a private wine and cheese tasting event. You will be taken to a 360-degree roof top of a hotel, where they have a few different glasses of sherry (a traditional wine from Andalucia) and some locally made cheese! We utilize lifts to ascend rather than climbing stairs. What a great way to end your day!

The list of attractions above is by no means exclusive; there are dozens more that you will encounter throughout the extensive tour. For a comprehensive look at the city, make your reservation today.

Discover Lisbon on Foot

This short, but concise 3-hour tour is overflowing with all things Lisbon and will have you experiencing historic sites as well tasting your way through the city. Visit the districts of Baixa, Chiado, and Alfama and discover a unique way to see all the major sites of central Lisbon. Alongside your local and knowledgeable guide, be provided great insight into Lisbon's lifestyle, history, and culture.

Your friendly, English-speaking guide will first take you to the famous Restauradores Square, which is known for its obelisk that commemorates the country's independence from Spanish rule in 1640. View the Rossio train station from Rossios Square and marvel at the intricate Neo-Manueline architecture of this old station, this area is the heart of old and new Lisbon.

The Great Earthquake of 1755 (followed by a tidal wave and fire) destroyed most of the city's larger buildings. Twenty years of frantic reconstruction led to many impressive new palaces and churches as well as the street grid pattern spanning the seven hills of Lisbon. Several buildings from Portugal's golden age survived the earthquake, notably the Torre de Belem, the Castelo de Sao Jorge, and the Monastery of Jeronimos at Belem. Next, learn about the Carnation Revolution of 1974 as you visit Carmo Square, the very place where Portugal's old dictatorial regime fell after 48 years.

Walk through the elegant neighborhood of Chiado, with its old cafes, boutiques, theatres, and bookstores. Stop and snack on a typical Portuguese pastry, the famous Pastel de Nata. The city has a sweet tooth and its most iconic pastry is the palm-size egg tart. A creamy custard tart that seems to be available in pastelarias across the city.

Wander through the old maze of small squares and narrow alleyways of the Moorish neighborhood of Alfama, where time seems to have stopped a thousand years ago. Learn about Fado, Portugal's own musical genre, as you go past the Fado Museum and some of Alfama's hidden, intimate Fado restaurants.

As you will no doubt have begun to work up an appetite, stop next and visit an old wine bar for a delicious wine tasting and an authentic and delectable tapa.

Finish up in the Comercio Square, formerly the entrance hall of the city, one of Europe's largest and most beautiful squares. At the waterfront end of the Baixa, the Praca do Comercio is now pedestrianized and buzzing with some of Lisbon's best restaurants and cafes.