Your ground team in Portugal

We design, price and operate shore excursions for ocean and river cruise lines calling at Lisbon, Porto, the Douro and the Algarve, so your guests get a day ashore that matches the standard on board.

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What we take care of

Programme design

A tour portfolio for each port, from panoramic coach tours to private and exclusive-access experiences.

Guides

Licensed, multilingual guides briefed on your brand, your guests and your all-aboard times.

Logistics

Coaches, private cars, restaurant and venue bookings, tickets and contingency plans.

Pricing you can sell

Clear per-guest net rates and capacities, ready for your shore excursion desk and booking system.

Charters and special groups

Full-ship charters, themed sailings and LGBTQ+ travel, with partners who welcome every guest.

On the day

An operations contact on the pier and a direct line to the ship's team until the last coach returns.

Where we operate

The four gateways for cruises in mainland Portugal.

The 25 de Abril bridge over the Tagus in Lisbon

Lisboa

Lisbon Cruise Terminal, minutes from Alfama. Day programmes to Sintra, Cascais, Belém, Óbidos and Évora.

Porto's Ribeira seen from the Dom Luís I bridge

Porto & Leixões

Ocean calls at Leixões and river embarkations in Porto and Gaia. Ribeira, Port lodges and the city's churches.

Douro

River cruise stops at Régua, Pinhão and beyond: quintas, wine estates, Mateus Palace and the upper valley.

Algarve

Ocean calls at Portimão. Boat trips to Benagil and Ponta da Piedade, Lagos, Silves and the cliff-top villages.

How a partnership works

Share your itinerary
Ports, call times, ship size and the kind of guests you carry.
We design the programme
A portfolio of tours for each port, with per-guest pricing and clear capacity.
We run every departure
Licensed guides, transport and reservations, timed back to the gangway.
You get the report
Guest feedback and what we would change for the next sailing.

We know what a cruise team needs from a ground partner, because we used to be the cruise team.

Before founding Lusitano Collective, André Simões spent 2023 to 2026 as Activity and Enrichment Manager aboard luxury river cruise ships across Europe, running shore excursions and guest experience day to day.

In our first season we delivered the Portugal programme for OUTbound, one of the world's leading LGBTQ+ cruise companies. References are available on request.

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