We design and run premium shore excursions in Lisbon, Porto, the Douro and the Algarve — for cruise lines that want every guest to come back aboard with a story worth telling.
We become your ground team in Portugal: designing, pricing and delivering the tours you sell on board.
Arriving in Lisbon or Porto, on a ship or on your own? Join a small-group tour or let us design a private day.
Each one can run as a small-group tour or be adapted for a full ship's programme.
LisboaRide the historic Tram 28 up to the castle hill, then walk Alfama's lanes and miradouros with a local historian who knows which doors to knock on.
PortoCross the Dom Luís I bridge, wander the UNESCO-listed riverfront and finish with a guided tasting in a historic Port lodge in Vila Nova de Gaia.
SintraRomantic palaces in the hills, the cliffs at Cabo da Roca and a long seafood lunch on the coast road back to Lisbon.
DouroTerraced vineyards, a family-run quinta, a tasting with the winemaker and the river seen from the viewpoints most visitors never reach.
“Every guest should leave with a story worth telling.”
In 2026 we designed and delivered the Portugal shore programme for OUTbound, one of the world's leading LGBTQ+ cruise companies.
Years running shore excursions on luxury river cruises mean we plan around tenders, all-aboard times and real guest expectations.
Every guest, every background. Our guides and partners are chosen for how they treat people as much as for what they know.
Summer 2026: guiding cruise guests through Lisbon and Sintra for OUTbound, one of the world's leading LGBTQ+ cruise companies.
From the first call to the last guest back on board.
Ports, call times, ship size and the kind of guests you carry.
A portfolio of tours for each port, with per-guest pricing and clear capacity.
Licensed guides, transport and reservations, timed back to the gangway.
Guest feedback and what we would change for the next sailing.
Founder
André started guiding in 2019 for luxury river cruise brands, then spent 2023 to 2026 aboard Scenic and Emerald vessels across Europe as Activity and Enrichment Manager, running shore excursions and guest experience alongside the Cruise Director.
He founded Lusitano Collective to bring that onboard view home to Portugal: he knows what a cruise team needs from a ground partner, because he used to be the person relying on one.
Send us your itinerary and we'll come back with a proposed programme.
