Excursions · Private, in our own van

Your own van,
your own day

Five days out that we drive ourselves. You book the vehicle and the driver — not a seat on somebody else's bus. The price is for the van and it does not multiply by how many of you climb in. There is no departure time to catch, and nobody you have not met gets in.

No fixed departures Hotel pickup included Change the plan mid-day
from
€180per vehicleup to 4 people

Half day, hotel pickup included. €340 takes up to 8.

Every price on this page is for the vehicle. There is no per-person figure anywhere on it.

Five excursions

Days we drive often enough to price

Two half days, three full ones. Each price below buys the whole vehicle for that day — the group size only decides which vehicle turns up.


Half day
Half day · 5 h

Benagil & the hidden caves

The cave everyone has seen a photo of, plus the four coves they haven't.

  • Private van and driver
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Water on board
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€180per vehicleup to 4 people

Up to 8 people in the minibus — still one price, still one vehicle.

Any hotel between Albufeira and LagosSee the day
Half day · 5 h

Monchique & the hills

Twenty minutes inland the coast disappears and it smells of eucalyptus.

  • Private van and driver
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Water on board
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€190per vehicleup to 4 people

Up to 8 people in the minibus — still one price, still one vehicle.

Any hotel between Albufeira and LagosSee the day
The rule

Nobody here is charged by the head.

A half day is €180 to €340 depending on which vehicle you fill. That is the whole price list. There is no second number that multiplies by how many of you there are — split it inside the van however you like.

Prices include the driver, fuel, tolls, hotel pickup and water on board.


Full day
Full day · 8 h

Sagres & Cape St Vincent

The southwest corner of Europe, and the road that gets emptier the further you go.

  • Private van and driver for the day
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Water on board
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€260per vehicleup to 4 people

Up to 8 people in the minibus — still one price, still one vehicle.

Any hotel in the central and western AlgarveSee the day
Full day · 13 h06:3020:30

Seville, full day

Across the border and back in a day, without a coach and without strangers.

  • Private van and driver for the whole day
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Tolls and border
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€520per vehicleup to 4 people

Up to 8 people in the minibus — still one price, still one vehicle.

Any hotel in the AlgarveSee the day
Full day · 14 h06:0020:00

Lisbon, full day

Three hours up, six hours in the city, three hours back. Worth it once.

  • Private van and driver for the whole day
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Tolls
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€560per vehicleup to 4 people

Up to 8 people in the minibus — still one price, still one vehicle.

Any hotel in the AlgarveSee the day
Why private

What you get for not sharing

Coach excursions are cheaper per head and there is a reason. Here is what the difference actually buys.

  • Your own van

    One vehicle, one driver, one group — yours. Sold whole, priced whole.

  • Your own schedule

    No departure time to catch. Tell us when breakfast ends and we start then.

  • Hotel pickup

    From the door, anywhere in the pickup area. No meeting point at 07:40 in a car park.

  • No strangers

    Nobody else is picked up on the way. The seats you do not use stay empty.

  • Stop where you want

    See something you like and say so. The driver re-plans the afternoon while you sit in it.

  • The same vans as the transfers

    Same fleet, same drivers, same child seats — fitted before we arrive, at no charge.

The two long ones

Seville and Lisbon are a whole day. Really a whole day.

Both are over the border or up the motorway, and both mean an early start and a late return. The times below are the ones the driver actually works to.

Seville, full day

Full day · 13 h

06:30 20:30

14 h door to door

05:0006:0012:0018:0023:00

It is a long day and we will not pretend otherwise: out before the sun is properly up, back after dinner. What you get for it is Seville with six hours in the city and a van that waits for you, instead of a coach that leaves at four whether you are on it or not.

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€520per vehicleup to 4 people

€820 for up to 8.

Read the day hour by hour

Lisbon, full day

Full day · 14 h

06:00 20:00

14 h door to door

05:0006:0012:0018:0023:00

Honestly: this is a lot of driving for one day. People still do it, and they are usually glad they did. If you have two days, we would rather take you up and collect you the next evening — ask and we will price that instead.

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€560per vehicleup to 4 people

€880 for up to 8.

Read the day hour by hour

Families with small children usually pick Benagil or Monchique instead, and we will say so if you ask. If you have two days rather than one, ask for an overnight price — for Lisbon it is almost always the better trip.

Anywhere else

Tell us where you want to go

The five above are the days we drive most, not the only ones. Silves, Alentejo, a vineyard, a football match in Seville — write it in your own words and we price the vehicle for it.

A town, a beach, a winery, a football match in Seville. Write it however you would say it.

Nothing is fixed yet — we confirm before you pay anything.

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With the country code. We answer here, usually within a few minutes.

No account, no card. You get a price back, then you decide.