An interactive map with carefully curated restaurants, hidden gems, neighbourhoods, and road trip stops & routes—designed to help you explore Portugal like a local.
Plan Your Portugal Trip Itinerary in Minutes, instead of weeks
The Portugal Travel Planning Map is an easy-to-use, one-stop trip planning tool for Portugal. The map is created using the most comprehensive online map in the world – GoogleMaps, and has been populated with hundreds of saved points that you can use to plan your Portugal itinerary. The map was created by Candy – an independent travel planner, living in Portugal for the last 10 years.
If you like this map but don’t want to spend time organising everything yourself…
I offer fully personalized Portugal itineraries tailored to:
- Your dates
- Your budget
- Your travel style
Plan a Trip to Portugal
Whether you are at the very beginning of your travel planning journey and looking for inspiration, mid-way through creating your itinerary and feeling overwhelmed, or in Portugal right now feeling stuck, this map will be your new best travel friend. A professional itinerary designer and travel advisor in your pocket.
Created by independent travel planner Candy who has been living full time in Portugal since 2016. Candy has dedicated more than a decade to finding the best places to visit, things to do, restaurants, beaches, vineyards, hiking trails, restaurants and just about everything else you can think of – in Portugal.
This has been built not only from Candy’s own travel experiences but through deep research while planning trips for hundreds of other people visiting Portugal. This translates into a broad but considered range of locations and activities, destined to help you build the trip of your dreams. It covers all 9 statistical regions of Portugal including the archipelagos of Madeira & The Azores.
Since Candy is always discovering new places in Portugal the map is kept up to date constantly, with new points of interest and hidden treasures popping up weekly.
Trip Inspiration
Use the Portugal travel map for inspiration. If you are at the very start of your planning and need to figure out which locations to visit this map will offer plenty of ideas. You can gather information about different regions and the types of activities and experiences in each to help you choose which places to visit in Portugal.
Portugal Itinerary Builder
Already got your destinations in mind? The travel map is the perfect itinerary planning tool. Helping you build a route between each destination and filling your itinerary with activities, experiences, restaurants and more.
On the Move in Portugal
One of the best uses of the travel map is while you are traveling. If you are looking for a last minute restaurant close to your hotel or an activity to do for the afternoon you can simply open the map and see what’s close to you. It makes on the spot decisions much quicker and less stressful, leaving you more time to enjoy Portugal.
The Portugal Trip Planning Tool
The Portugal Travel Planning Map is an easy-to-use, one-stop trip planning tool for Portugal. The map is created using the most comprehensive online map in the world – GoogleMaps, and has been populated with hundreds of saved points that you can use to plan your Portugal itinerary. The map was built and populated by me – an independent travel planner, living in Portugal for the last 10 years. The map is live, meaning it is always being updated with new saved points as I continue to discover the best places in Portugal.
These aren’t just standard suggestions that you can find anywhere. Yes, you’ll find some of the main sites pinned but don’t purchase this map for those (because you can get them for free anywhere). Purchase this map for the years of travel and depth of experience that is behind this map. Purchase for the activities that showcase the real Portugal, the backstreet tascas & snack bars, the small scale family-run vineyards, the areas of natural beauty, the hiking trails with breathtaking views, the quiet corners and the local vibes. This map is for the locations you can’t find on your typical copy and paste AI generated map.
What does the Portugal Travel Map include?
This is the most comprehensive and complete planning map for Portugal, including the archipelagos of Madeira and Azores. Here’s what you can expect…
- All 9 statistical regions of Portugal, including the archipelagos of Madeira and Azores
- Hundreds of points of interest and activity ideas
- Cities, towns and villages to visit
- Restaurants, cafes, bars
- Local food guides and regional ‘foods to try’ lists
- Road trip guides and epic driving roads & routes
- Areas of natural beauty including waterfalls and natural pools
- Outdoor adventures and hiking trails with links to extra information
- Beaches, coves and coastal trails
- Unique activities and local experiences
- Vineyards and wine tastings
- Farmer’s markets, fresh produce and fish (Portugal is very good at these)
- Lesser-known sites and hidden gems
- Artisan shops and local artists
- Direct links for easy access to all my travel guides
Regions & Islands
Regional information for the 7 statistical regions (Norte, Centro, Oeste e Vale do Tejo, Lisboa, Setúbal, Alentejo and Algarve) and the 2 archipelagos of Madeira & The Açores.
Food Guides
In addition to dozens of restaurant suggestions in every region, I’ve included lists of ‘foods to try’. You’ll be able to track down typical dishes, sweet treats, snacks and drinks during your trip to Portugal. This will keep you busy and give you a real taste of Portugal. Just look for the red ice cream pin or search under the ‘Travel Guides’ tab.
- Alentejo’s Most Delicious | A Foodie Treasure Hunt
- Madeira’s Most Delicious | A Foodie Treasure Hunt
- Azores’ Most Delicious | A Foodie Treasure Hunt
Travel Guides
The Portugal Travel planning map gives you easy access to all of my travel guides via direct links. These travel guides are already free to find on my website. The links have a unique icon and are added to each region so you can find them easily without scrolling through my website.
Lifetime access
This travel planning map is for life. After purchase you’ll have access forever. This means you can purchase it as far in advance from your trip as possible; whenever you depart you will have the most up–to-date and accurate version.
It also means if you love Portugal so much that you decide to return you can use the map again for your trip. You’ll be able to see all the new points, opening up a different but rich experience all over again.
Discount on Travel Planning Services
If you buy the map and then decide to use me as your personal travel planner you’ll get the price you paid for the map deducted off the full price of the itinerary.
Who is the Portugal Travel Map for?
For anyone and everyone who is embarking on a trip to Portugal. This map will instantly give you hundreds of itinerary ideas.
How to Use the Portugal Travel Map
- Purchase the map
- Enter your email address (this should be a Google email address)
- I will give your email address permission to view the map
- You will be able to view the map
What does each Map Pin Include?
Map pins display various levels of information. At the very least the pin offers the exact location and name of the point of interest. Often this also includes extra information that can help you learn more about it.
Portugal Itinerary Planning
There is no shortage of itinerary ideas for Portugal online these days, everyone who has travelled (and even people who haven’t) are recommending “must-visit” restaurants and sharing personal stories for that one holiday they took. We live in a time we’re AI is churning out dry or unrealistic itineraries in a single click, usually a copy and paste of the standard Portugal Itinerary that everyone is following.
I designed and put together this map after 10 years of travel in Portugal to make it easy to find everything you need to build an itinerary in one place.
You can use this map in conjunction with your own planning or simply by itself. By using this and my travel guides you can trust you have everything you need to plan a detailed and meaningful itinerary and trip to Portugal.
Human Travel Planning
There was no AI used in building this map. AI tools are in every space including travel and in the same way for those other areas AI can be both helpful and hindering. There is one place where AI doesn’t make sense at all and that is travel planning. AI may be able to scrape for information but it cannot replace the depth of knowledge of a human when travel is about human experience and feeling.
Working with a Travel Planner
If you’d like some extra help with an itinerary or you don’t have time to put together a trip, I can do it for you. Travel planning is my main service and I’ve helped hundreds of people build custom itineraries for Portugal. Book a call and itinerary and the map will be included for free.
Travel Planning Map FAQ
Can I access / view the map while traveling?
Yes, regardless of the country you are in you will be able to access the map. To view the live map you must have an internet connection.
Is the map up to date?
The map is as up to date as Google. Businesses such as restaurants and hotels are responsible for updating their own opening hours. Since I am always traveling around Portugal I am always adding new points of interest to the map and removing pins that are no longer relevant/open.
How accurate is the business information?
The information on GoogleMaps such as website and opening times is updated by the owner of that business.
Are there any advertisements on the map?
No. All the pins on the map are based on my own personal experience of living in and traveling around Portugal. No one has paid me any money to appear on the map. I work with lots of small, independent businesses in Portugal and my goal is always to promote these. I only pin businesses I genuinely recommend and care about.
Can I add pins or edit the map?
No. The only person who can edit the map is me. The map is edited monthly with new places being added all the time.
Can I share the map?
Only your email can access the map so you cannot send it to anyone else or upload it online. This is to protect my work.
I don’t have a Google Email/ Gmail email address. Can I still use the map?
The map is hosted by GoogleMaps so you need a Google account to access it. If you don’t have one you can create one very quickly for no cost.
How to set up a Gmail Account in 2 minutes:
- Go to the gmail.com, click the “Create account” button.
- Choose Account Type: Select “For my personal use”
- Choose Your Gmail Address
- Create a Password
- Review & Agree
You’ll then be automatically signed in to your new Gmail account and can start sending and receiving emails. Notify me of the email address and I will give you permission to the map.