Lisboa Lacrosse Cup

Tour

Overview

Portugal is our favorite destination! It's a beautiful country with history, culture, and a love of sport. We compete in the Lisboa Lacrosse Cup, one of the biggest Lacrosse tournaments in all of Europe. In addition to the games, we'll visit historic sites in Portugal and also travel to Spain for an amazing nine day adventure combining competition with culture and adventure.

Tour

Details

*If paying in full and up front for all travelers. The price is $300 more if using a payment plan or adding additional travelers to the tour after the athlete is enrolled.

*This is tentative and can change. Official flight details will be released on February 15th.

Sample Tour

Itinerary

DAY 3 – SEVILLE CITY TOUR AND FIRST GAME

7:30 am – Breakfast at the hotel. • 8:00 am – After breakfast departure for full Seville Tour in Spain. Lunch at own cost. Celebrate Seville in a private tour of the capital city of Andalucia, with a friendly personal guide. Your enthusiastic private guide loves Seville and knows it as only a local can, and is eager to give you an unforgettable private tour that suits your own travel interests. Be amazed by the Real Alcazar palace and the Giralda Tower, formerly the minaret of a mosque, which is now the Seville Cathedral. Your personal guide explains the cultural mix of Seville, and shares the vivid details. No other city can claim both Carmen and Don Juan! The people of Seville love life with a passion that your private tour reveals in places known only to locals. • 4:00 pm – Game #1 vs local Spanish or Portuguese team. • 6:30 pm – Transfer back to the hotel. • 8:00 pm – Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 4 – ZIPLINE BORDER CROSSING

Breakfast at the hotel. • Free time to go to the beach/pool. • Lunch at own cost • 4 pm – Transfer in a private bus to Sanlucar de Guadiana, for a unique experience crossing over the River Guadiana from Spain to Portugal on the first cross - border zip line in the world. Along the 720 metres joining the two countries users cross over the river at speeds between 70 and 80 kilometres per hour, literally flying through time and gaining one hour because of the time zone change between both countries. Participants are transported with their equipment and helmets in groups of up to 8 people in our 4×4 vehicle to the departure platform. When they reach the end of the zip line in Portugal, participants have to walk for about 5 minutes to the Alcoutim jetty where they are ferried back across the river to Spain, with the cost of the ferry being included in the price. Participants can walk and visit the quite and typical Portuguese village of Alcoutim before getting in the ferry. • 6:30 pm – Transfer back to the hotel. • 8 pm – Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 5 – TRANSFER TO LISBON, CITY TOUR

8:00 am – Breakfast at the hotel. • 8:30 am – Departure in private bus to Lisbon. • 12:30 pm – Check-in at you accommodation in Lisbon, hotel TRYP Costa da Caparica on the sea front. • 1 pm – Lunch at the hotel. • 2:30 pm - Lisbon Full Day City Tour with local guide included. This full - day tour allows you to discover Lisbon, capital of Portugal, colonized by many civilizations along the centuries: Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Moors and finally the Portuguese after 1147. We will visit from outside the door of St. George Castle, including its surrounding quarter and Alfama, Lisbon's oldest quarter. This city is linked with the heroic deeds of the Portuguese maritime exploration, in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was the Age of Discoveries and the Golden Era of Portugal, transforming Lisbon into the opulent centre of a vast empire. Part of the wealth from these expeditions was used to build magnificent monuments in a unique Portuguese style: the extravagant Manueline architectural style, best typified in Jerónimos Monastery , and Belem Tower. Some of these monuments can still be seen, especially in the area of Belém. But Lisbon has more than just monuments! We will visit also the traditional commerce zones of the city, with their 18th century buildings: the Downtown and the Ch iado. In short, our tour includes all the best that Lisbon has to show! • 8:00 pm – Dinner at own cost and free time. • 10:00 pm – Transfer back to the hotel.

DAY 8 – SINTRA AND BELEM

8:30 am – Breakfast at the hotel. • 9:00 am – Departure for full day Sintra, and Belem. • 10:00 am – Arrival at the Pena Palace (entrance included). • 12:00 pm – After visiting Pena palace, walk to Moors Castle (entrance included). • 12:20 pm – Arrival at Moors Castle and free time to visit the castle. • 1:20 pm – After visiting the Moors castle, go down the hill through the “Villa Sasseti” trail to the center of old Sintra. Free time to explore the town. About the town of Sintra and its natural surroundings, we can say that it is one of Portugal's highlights, classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site! Doing a short walk in the old city centre you'll find yourself surrounded by the old houses now converted into small quaint handicraft shops and traditional pastry shops. • 2 pm – Lunch at own cost. • 3 pm – After a nice lunch break in one of the many traditional restaurants in and browsing through hundreds of years of history it will be time to relax by driving to Lisbon to visit Belem area. This part of the city is linked with the heroic deeds of the Portuguese maritime exploration, in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was the Age of Discoveries and the Golden Era of Portugal, transforming Lisbon into the opulent centre of a vast empire. Part of the wealth from these expeditions was used to build magnificent monuments in a unique Portuguese style: the extravagant Manueline architectural style, best typified in Jerónimos Monastery, and Belem Tower. • 5 pm – Transfer in a private bus back to the hotel. • 8 pm – Dinner at the hotel.

NOTE: This is a sample itinerary and subject to changes. While we make every effort to keep the actual trip as close as possible to the itineraries released in advance of the trip, the nature of group and international travel requires last minute changes due to vendors, travel logistics, game and tournament schedules, weather, etc.]

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Lisboa Lacrosse Cup

Tour

Overview

Tour

Details

Sample Tour

Itinerary

DAY 1 – DEPART THE USA

DAY 2 – ARRIVAL IN LISBON, TRANSFER TO SPAIN

DAY 3 – SEVILLE CITY TOUR AND FIRST GAME

DAY 4 – ZIPLINE BORDER CROSSING

DAY 5 – TRANSFER TO LISBON, CITY TOUR

DAY 6 – LISBOA LACROSSE CUP

DAY 7 – LISBOA LACROSSE CUP

DAY 8 – SINTRA AND BELEM

DAY 9 – DEPART FOR THE USA