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Grand Circle River Cruise - Spain & Portugal

Malvern...
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Grand Circle River Cruise - Spain & Portugal

Planning a river cruise to Spain & Portugal with Grand Circle River Cruise. Not sure whether to go in April or September. If you have taken this cruise please let me know your thoughts on when to go and anything special about the cruise. Is it better to reserve your own plane flights?

Knoxville, Tennessee
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1. Re: Grand Circle River Cruise - Spain & Portugal

You might also want to post tis in the Cruises forum here on TA and on Cruise Critic. The later gets more responses than here.

Malvern...
3 posts
2. Re: Grand Circle River Cruise - Spain & Portugal

Where do I find the Cruise Forums?

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3. Re: Grand Circle River Cruise - Spain & Portugal

Not commenting on this company itself since we haven't travel with them.

However pay close attention to the itinerary, in Portugal there's only one river that has overnight cruises - Douro river - in Spain it's the Guadalquivir river.

These rivers are in very different locations and never meet.

Most river cruises offer land trips by bus, while the boat stays stationary in port for several days, used as a floating hotel.

Example: From Seville to Cordova is a 6 hour return trip by bus.

There are also coastal cruises that follow the coastline of Portugal and Spain, in small ocean going cruise boats.

My suggestion is to look carefully into the details so you're fully aware of what type of travel you're purchasing.

Malvern...
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Thank you very much, I really appreciate your suggestions. I am beginning to learn more about travelling to that area

Dunstable...
Destination Expert
for Portugal
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5. Re: Grand Circle River Cruise - Spain & Portugal

From what I just read on Cruise Critic https://www.cruisecritic.com/, Grand Circle River Cruises don't do the Douro River (Portugal). Their Portugal/Spain tour is a land tour. With the above link, you can browse what river cruises are available. There are numerous river cruise companies that do the Douro Valley river cruises but most of them include time on a bus such as from Lisbon (hotel stay) to Porto and for your time in Spain. Check it out and see what interests you.

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