Paulo Coelho

My wife and I had a 6 hour tour of two sites in outside of Lisbon, Portugal, the National Palace of Queluz and the Palace at Mafra. WOW, what an excellent day we had and it was all due to our guide Paulo. His knowledge and pride of his country comes out quickly. Queluz and Mafra are two excellent tourist sites, but for whatever reason, rarely visited versus other sites near Lisbon that are extremely crowded with long lines. We had these two palaces almost to ourselves. Paulo is just an excellent individual. By the end of the tour he felt like family. When we return to Portugal in the future, we will certainly use him again as our tour guide.