Private Wine Tours from Lisbon: Sintra, Setúbal & Alentejo

Three wine regions lie within 130 km of Lisbon, each producing wines with no equivalent elsewhere in Portugal. Our day tours reach all three with a private vehicle: Colares DOC (Sintra, 30 km west), Setúbal DOC (40 km south), and Alentejo DOC (130 km east).

Pricing is per vehicle from €285 – not per person. Wine cellar visits and tastings are add-ons: +€35 to +€85 per person, selected when booking.

Duration

8 Hours

Tour Type

Private

Group Size

Máx. 8px/Van

Pickup & Drop-off

Lisbon city centre (outside centre on request)

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Wine Tours at a Glance

Sintra Wine Tour

  • Distance from Lisbon: 30 km west.
  • Wine region: Colares DOC.
  • Signature wine: Ramisco (red wine).
  • Optional add-on: Port wine tasting.
  • Private vehicle from: €285.
  • Duration: 8 hours.

Setúbal Wine Tour

  • Distance from Lisbon: 40 km south.
  • Wine region: Setúbal DOC.
  • Signature wine: Moscatel de Setúbal.
  • Optional add-on: Two separate cellar visits.
  • Private vehicle from: €310.
  • Duration: 8 hours.

Alentejo–Évora Wine Tour

  • Distance from Lisbon: 130 km east
  • Wine region: Alentejo DOC
  • Signature wine: Vinho de Talha
  • Optional add-on: Cork factory visit and olive oil tasting
  • Private vehicle from: €330
  • Duration: 8 hours

All tours include:

  • Private vehicle.
  • Licensed driver-guide.
  • Hotel pickup from central Lisbon.
  • Maximum 8 passengers.
  • Duration: 8 hours per tour.
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Why a Day Trip Beats a Wine Bar

Lisbon has dozens of wine bars within walking distance of each other. Tasting menus run €25–€60 per person and last 90 minutes. A day trip to a wine region does something a city bar cannot: it explains the wine through the landscape that made it.

Colares wine comes from Ramisco vines growing in coastal sand dunes 30 km west of Lisbon. These vines were never grafted — the phylloxera louse that destroyed most European vineyards in the 1860s–1890s cannot penetrate sandy soil. You can taste this fact in the glass. Moscatel de Setúbal, produced 40 km south, is a fortified wine aged in barrels for a minimum of 18 months; some versions for 20 years or more. Vinho de Talha from the Alentejo — 130 km east — is fermented in Roman-era clay amphorae with no equivalent anywhere else in Europe at commercial scale.

We have been guiding tours in this region since 2013. In our experience, guests who visit wine regions leave understanding wine differently. What you taste in a city bar is the finished product. What you see at the source is the story behind it.

Three Wine Regions Within 130 km of Lisbon

Sintra-Cascais - Colares DOC

The Colares DOC is one of the smallest controlled wine designations in Portugal – annual production is estimated at 10-400 hectolitres, compared to several million hectolitres for regions like the Alentejo. The wine region sits 30 km west of Lisbon on the Atlantic coast of the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park.
The main red grape, Ramisco, grows in coastal sand dunes. When phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae) destroyed most European vineyards between 1860 and 1900, Colares was unaffected – the louse cannot penetrate sandy substrates. Colares vines were never grafted onto resistant rootstocks, making them among the oldest continuously growing ungrafted vines in Europe. The white variety, Malvasia de Colares, shares the same Atlantic microclimate: frequent fog, high humidity, significant temperature difference between summer and winter. This tour also covers Sintra (UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Landscape since 1995, population ~380,000 municipality), Cabo da Roca (westernmost point of continental Europe, 140 m cliffs), and Cascais (municipality population 214,158 per 2021 INE census).
 
Sintra Wine Tasting Tour · From €285/vehicle · Add-ons from €35/person

Setúbal-Arrábida - Moscatel & Azulejo

The Setúbal Peninsula lies 40 km south of Lisbon. It holds two separate DOC designations: Setúbal DOC (fortified wines) and Palmela DOC (table wines). Moscatel de Setúbal is made from Muscat of Alexandria grapes, fortified with neutral grape spirit at mid-fermentation — the same method as Port wine — then aged in barrels. Minimum ageing is 18 months; premium versions are aged 20 or more years, producing deep amber wines with flavours of dried fig, orange peel, and caramel.
The principal red variety, Castelão (locally called Periquita), produces tannic, earthy wines adapted to the sandy soils of the peninsula. Azeitão, the main wine village, is also known for Azeitão sheep cheese (DOP designation). The Option 2 wine experience on this tour includes a visit to a traditional azulejo tile factory in the village — a combination of two Portuguese craft traditions found nowhere else in our programme. The Arrábida Natural Park (17,641 hectares including 5,311 ha marine territory, established 1976) frames the coastal drive south of Azeitão.
Setúbal Wine Tasting Tour · From €310/vehicle · Add-ons from €35/person

Alentejo-Évora - Vinho de Talha & Cork

The Alentejo produces approximately 30% of Portugal’s bottled wine across eight sub-regions. Portugal supplies approximately 50% of the world’s cork — most of it from Alentejo cork oak (Quercus suber) forests — the Alentejo accounts for an estimated 556,000 of Portugal’s 736,000 total hectares of cork oak. The Options 2 and 3 wine experience on this tour includes a visit to a cork processing facility.
Vinho de Talha, the region’s most distinctive wine style, is fermented in clay amphorae (talhas de barro) holding up to 1,000 litres. The wine remains on grape skins for approximately one month, then is bottled directly. This winemaking technique has been documented in the region since Roman times and is practiced at commercial scale today only in the Alentejo. Main grape varieties: Aragonês
(Tempranillo in Spain), Alicante Bouschet, Antão Vaz. The city of Évora, 130 km from Lisbon, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986 — it contains a Roman Temple of Diana (1st century AD), a Gothic Cathedral founded in 1186, and a Chapel of Bones (16th–17th century).
Alentejo Wine Tour · From €330/vehicle · Add-ons from €35/person

Prices

Sintra Wine Tour

Prices are per vehicle, not per person.

  • Up to 2 Pax €285
  • 3 to 4 Pax €340
  • 5 to 8 Pax €470

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure.

Cancellations within 24 hours of departure are non-refundable.

Setúbal Wine Tour

Prices are per vehicle, not per person.

  • Up to 2 Pax €310
  • 3 to 4 Pax €360
  • 5 to 8 Pax €490

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure.

Cancellations within 24 hours of departure are non-refundable.

Alentejo Wine Tour

Prices are per vehicle, not per person.

  • Up to 2 Pax €330
  • 3 to 4 Pax €420
  • 5 to 8 Pax €540

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure.

Cancellations within 24 hours of departure are non-refundable.

additional wine and tapas experiences

  • Option 1 +€35*

    Wine Tasting in a Local Wine Shop + Taste Local Traditional Pastry

  • Option 2 +€55*

    Visit a Wine Cellar & Wine Tasting + Tapas + Taste Local Traditional Pastry

  • Option 3 +€85*

    Visit a Wine Cellar & Wine Tasting + Tapas + Port Wine Tasting + Taste Local Traditional Pastry

 *Price per person 

Example: 4 people, Sintra Wine Tour + Option 2, €340 (vehicle) + 4 × €55 =€560 total = €140 per person

additional wine and tapas experiences

  • Option 1 +€35*

    Wine Tasting in a Local Wine Shop + Taste Local Traditional Pastry

  • Option 2 +€55*

    Visit a Wine Cellar & Wine Tasting + Tapas + Visit a Tile Factory

  • Option 3 +€85*

    2 Wine Tastings in 2 Wine Cellars + Tapas + Taste Local Traditional Pastry

*Price per person 

Example: 4 people, Setúbal Wine Tour + Option 2, €360 (vehicle) + 4 × €55 =€580 total = €145 per person

additional wine and tapas experiences

  • Option 1 +€35*

    Wine Tasting in a Local Wine Shop + Olive Oil Tasting

  • Option 2 +€55*

    Visit a Wine Cellar & Wine Tasting + Visit a Cork Factory

  • Option 3 +€85*

    Visit a Wine Cellar & Wine Tasting + Visit a Cork Factory + Olive Oil Tasting

*Price per person 

Example: 4 people, Alentejo Wine Tour + Option 2, €420 (vehicle) + 4 × €55 =€640 total = €160 per person 

What’s Included

Not included:

Note: Timed-entry tickets are required for popular sites (especially Pena Palace). Advance booking is strongly recommended. Please get in touch with us before purchasing any tickets.

Portuguese Wine Varieties

Portugal has an extraordinary diversity of native grape varieties, with more than 250 officially recorded, contributing to the richness and variety of its wines. These are the most important and expressive indigenous grapes in national production.

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FAQ

The base vehicle price includes: private air-conditioned vehicle (up to 8 passengers), licensed driver-guide, hotel pickup and drop-off in Lisbon city centre, fuel, tolls, parking, and mandatory insurance. It does not include the wine experience add-on, meals, or monument entrance tickets.
You choose your wine experience level in the booking form. Option 1 (+€35/person): wine tasting at a local wine shop plus traditional pastry. Option 2 (+€55/person): wine cellar visit, guided tasting, tapas, and pastry. Option 3 (+€85/person): full cellar experience, tasting, tapas, and a regional speciality — Port wine for Sintra; two separate cellar visits for Setúbal; cork factory plus olive oil for Alentejo.
The vehicle fee is per vehicle: Sintra €285–€470, Setúbal €310–€490, Alentejo €330–€540 (1–3 / 4–5 / 6–8 passengers). Wine add-ons are per person: +€35, +€55, or +€85. Example: 4 people on the Setúbal tour with Option 2 = €360 (vehicle) + 4 × €55 (wine) = €580 total = €145 per person.
For the most unique wine story: Sintra–Cascais (Colares DOC, Ramisco vines that survived phylloxera in sandy coastal soil — annual production 100–400 hectolitres, one of Europe’s rarest wines). For the most distinctive fortified wine: Setúbal (Moscatel de Setúbal, Muscat of Alexandria grapes, 18 months to 20+ years aged). For the broadest day combining wine, cork, olive oil, and UNESCO heritage: Alentejo–Évora.
We work with several partner wineries in each region and select the best available for your booking date. This allows us to adapt to seasonal availability and harvest schedules. Your guide confirms the specific winery before your tour.
Yes. Non-alcoholic alternatives (juice, water, soft drinks) are provided at the winery visits on request. All tours include significant sightseeing content — the wine experience is approximately 1 to 1.5 hours of the 8-hour day. Inform us when booking.
English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Specify your preferred language when booking.
Yes. Child seats available on request (provide age and weight when booking). Non-alcoholic alternatives are provided for children at tastings. The sightseeing portions are suitable for all ages.
Yes. The wine experience is approximately 1 to 1.5 hours of the 8-hour tour. The remaining time covers sightseeing: Sintra (UNESCO 1995), Cabo da Roca (westernmost point of Europe, 140 m cliffs), and Cascais on the Sintra tour; Arrábida Natural Park coastal drive and Azeitão on the Setúbal tour; UNESCO Évora (Roman Temple 1st century AD, Cathedral 1186, Chapel of Bones) on the Alentejo tour.
Tours operate year-round. Harvest season (September–October) is the most active period — cellar visits may include observation of pressing or fermentation. Spring (April–June) offers mild temperatures and lower crowds. Summer (July–August) is hot, especially for the Alentejo (temperatures can reach 40°C) — early morning departure is recommended. Winter tours run normally with the fewest other visitors.
At least 48 hours in advance. During harvest season (September–October), book 5–7 days ahead as winery schedules are affected by harvest activities. In July and August, earlier booking ensures your preferred date is available.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure. Cancellations within 24 hours of the tour date are non-refundable.
Vinho de Talha is wine fermented in large clay amphorae (talhas de barro), a winemaking technique practiced in the Alentejo since Roman times. The talhas hold up to 1,000 litres. The wine ferments on the grape skins for approximately one month inside the sealed amphora, then is removed and bottled directly without barrel ageing. The Alentejo is the only region in Portugal still producing Vinho de Talha at commercial scale.
Colares wine is made from Ramisco grapes grown in coastal sand dunes near Sintra. When the phylloxera louse destroyed most European vineyards in the 1860s–1890s, Colares was unaffected — the insect cannot penetrate sandy soil. As a result, Colares vines were never grafted onto resistant rootstocks. Annual production is approximately 100–400 hectolitres, making it one of the rarest wines still in commercial production in Europe.
Moscatel de Setúbal is a fortified wine produced on the Setúbal Peninsula, 40 km south of Lisbon, from Muscat of Alexandria grapes. It is made by adding neutral grape spirit at mid-fermentation, stopping fermentation and retaining natural sweetness — the same process as Port wine. Minimum barrel ageing is 18 months; premium versions are aged 20 or more years, developing deep amber colour and complex flavours of dried fruit, orange, and caramel.
Option 2 (+€55/person): wine cellar visit, guided tasting of 4–6 wines, tapas, and local pastry. For the Setúbal tour, Option 2 also includes an azulejo tile factory visit. Option 3 (+€85/person): full cellar experience with a premium tasting plus a regional speciality — Port wine (Sintra), two separate winery visits (Setúbal), or cork factory plus olive oil tasting (Alentejo).

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