Road Trip & Self-Drive Tours & Trips in Portugal and Spain

Pick up your Fiat 500 at Porto Airport and drive 194km to Santiago de Compostela, visiting the medieval walled town of Óbidos and the UNESCO-listed Jerónimos Monastery in Belém along the way. Stay at Hotel Virxe da Cerca in Santiago's old town and see the baroque library at Coimbra University. Drop off your rental at Lisbon Airport after 12 days of unlimited mileage through Portugal and Spain.

Start at Seville's UNESCO-listed Alcázar and drive through Zafra's medieval streets (locals call it 'Little Seville') before reaching Mérida's ancient Roman ruins, including the Teatro Romano World Heritage site. Later you'll see the dramatic coastal cliffs at Ponta da Piedade in Lagos and the 16th-century fortress at Sagres.

Pick up your rental at Malaga Airport and stay at Don Pedro Torremolinos, then drive through El Tajo gorge in Ronda at 698 meters before heading to M.A. Hotel Sevilla Congresos with a stop at La Rábida's Dock to see replicas of Columbus's caravels. Walk Seville's Santa Cruz quarter to the Cathedral and Giralda belfry, drive Portugal's coast through Albufeira to NH Huelva, then cross into UNESCO-listed Évora for Roman and Moorish sites before ending in Lisbon wandering Alfama's labyrinthine streets and visiting Jerónimos Monastery.

Drive from Faro Airport to check out Caldas de Monchique's thermal resort and Fonte dos Amores before heading to Cape São Vicente, the southernmost point of Portugal. Take the winding coastal roads through Lagos to catch sunset at Ponta da Piedade's limestone cliffs, then head up to Foia Peak, the Algarve's highest point at 902 meters.

Drive the Caminito del Rey through massive gorges between Málaga and Granada, then walk through the UNESCO-listed Mezquita Cathedral with its iconic red-and-white arches in Córdoba and cross the Roman bridge spanning the Guadalquivir River. Ferry from Tarifa to Tangier with your rental car to wander the medina's spice-scented souks, then climb Gibraltar's monkey rock for views stretching back to Morocco. Head to Portugal's rugged Cabo de São Vicente at Europe's southwestern edge and watch flamingos at Castro Marim nature reserve before ending in Marbella's whitewashed old town.

Take your Toyota Land Cruiser to Serra da Estrela's 10-meter Devil's Fall cascades and Europe's largest glacial valley, climbing to Torre peak at 1,993 meters. Follow Indie's offline navigation through Peneda-Gerês National Park on ancient Roman roads, then cross the 516 Arouca suspended bridge above Paiva River.