点评:The Blue Walk posts this disclaimer on their website… “Actual daily schedules may differ.” Count on that… and LOTS of free time. On Day 1 in Portugal, we received “revised” itineraries that barely resembled the “Example Itinerary” for Portugal posted on the website. Day 2 started with free time until meeting at noon for a two-hour visit to a flea market. Sorry, I didn't need to travel over 5500 miles to go to a flea market. The day wrapped up with a Fado show and dinner, which was one of the few high points of the trip. Day 3 started with free time until 4pm. We were then driven to Evora, rushed through a couple of museums, and given more free time for the rest of the evening. Day 4 was spent at the beach. Day 5 started with a walk to Forte de Sao Filipe but no explanation about the site was given because according to Suzy, that is “not The Blue Walk style.” We visited a tile factory in the afternoon then returned to our hotel at 4pm for free time for the rest of the day and evening. Day 6 started with free time until 2pm. A “visit to an award-winning, family-owned winery” amounted to sitting on folding chairs in a park across the street from our hotel with a wine company rep giving us samples of wines. “Admission to the Park and Palace Monserrate in Sintra” and “walk to the monoliths of Almendres Cromlech” never happened and seemed like just a tease listed in the “example itinerary”. Most travel companies incorporate free time into their trips, but this was excessive. In reading other reviews and talking to other travelers, I get the impression that The Blue Walk art tours are more enjoyable.
翻译:The Blue Walk 在其网站上发布了以下免责声明……“实际每日行程可能有所不同。”相信这一点……并且会有大把的空闲时间。在葡萄牙的第一天,我们收到了“修改过的”行程,与网站上发布的葡萄牙“示例行程”几乎没有相似之处。第二天开始是自由活动时间,直到中午集合,花了两个小时参观跳蚤市场。抱歉,我不需要旅行超过 5500 英里去跳蚤市场。这一天以观看法朵表演和享用晚餐结束,这是旅行中为数不多的亮点之一。第三天开始是自由活动时间,直到下午 4 点。然后我们被送到埃武拉,匆匆逛了几个博物馆,并在晚上的剩余时间有更多的自由活动时间。第四天在海滩度过。第五天开始步行到圣菲利普堡,但没有对景点进行任何解释,因为据 Suzy 说,这“不是 The Blue Walk 的风格”。下午我们参观了一家瓷砖厂,然后下午4点回到酒店,享受当天剩余时间和晚上的自由活动。第六天开始到下午2点都是自由活动。所谓的“参观屡获殊荣的家族酒庄”其实就是坐在酒店对面公园的折叠椅上,听着酒庄的代表品尝葡萄酒。“辛特拉公园和蒙塞拉特宫的门票”和“步行到阿尔门德雷斯巨石阵”之类的优惠从未出现,看起来只是“示例行程”里的一个噱头。大多数旅行社都会把自由活动时间安排到行程中,但这实在是有点过了。在阅读其他评论和与其他旅行者交流后,我发现“蓝色漫步”艺术之旅更令人愉快。