My husband and I will be in Portugal in May/June. We have a wedding in Faro, then have free time. We love wine, love port so Porto and Duro Valley seem musts (although that said we will return so do not have to pack this trip with everything), BUT- My husband likes to spend a solid time getting to know a city, so, Fodorites. If you were going to Portugal for a wedding in Faro that is is on 5/22 and did not have a fixed start or end time for a trip, had a spouse who likes to enjoy a place for some time, likes wine, culture, museums and the like, how would you structure this trip? BTW this is a trip for my daughter and her wife to hold a second wedding for the Portuguese fam and they plan to travel with us for a few days afterwards (nice daughters to say the least) - probably starting 5/26. So, welcoming trip suggestions.

IME, you can find some wonderful wines anywhere in Portugal, with quite a variation.

There are enough museuns of note in Lisbon to easily justify a stay of a week or more.

Porto also has some excellent museums -- maybe 4 or 5 days there? And Coimbra -- at least two days, maybe more.

Of the six guidebooks I used when planning my time in Portugal, the Michelin Green had the best coverage of museums. You might want to see if you can get one or if your local library has one.

Hope that helps!

I would add Evora as although not a place with many museums, it offers several historic sites, major cathedral with the Chapel of Bones, university, Roman ruins and it is also a foodie destination with lots of small mom and pop restaurants.

I'm struggling to think of a part of Portugal does not have local wine production. If I wanted to visit an especially interesting area it would be the Alentejo. Given the local city is Evora I might start here.

Porto is a pretty enough town with some nice parks and one central wine re-processing tourist area down by the river. Historically interesting, if I was going again and I had a serious interest in Port I would ask my wine broker to arrange an insider's visit. The follow the crowd tours are a bit dull.

Wonderful - thanks for the tips!