PORTUGAL
Wendy’s pricing tip:
Expect trips orchestrated by Gonçalo to start at $850 per day for two travelers.
Nuno Gonçalo Correia
This travel specialist is being tested for The WOW List.
Nuno Gonçalo, who lives in Lisbon, knows every nook and cranny of Portugal and its islands the way only a native who’s spent years guiding travelers around the country can. He brings that level of detail to his custom itineraries, revealing how the traditional and the cosmopolitan go hand-in-hand in Portugal, where authenticity isn’t a buzzword but a way of life. He specializes in the hidden gems—the wineries with excellent bottles for less than $15, the seaside villages that aren’t crowded with day-trippers—and prefers to send travelers to locally-owned hotels with a sense of place. The special-access arrangements he can make—say, visits to famous monuments after they’re closed for the day and the crowds are gone, or a fado performance inside a Lisbon landmark—enhance a trip without adding greatly to its cost, and he’s happy to help with self-driving itineraries.