João Mendes est un guide-conférencier privé local en Portugal

I'm a certified regional guide. I love my profession. I love history, culture and traditions. I love helping people get to know my country, my region. Sharing a bit about our traditions, culture and history. And, of course, it's always great to meet new people from different countries.

Since I've been a guide, I've always tried to get away from traditional tours. Of course, it's not always possible (because sometimes I also work with groups coming from agencies, for normal routes), but most of the services I do are as a guide, for the routes I propose, and with small groups, often private.

I've always wanted to create tours that are different from the usual. That didn't give a very simplistic view of the places. And that's what I always try to do, create proposals that have a touch of the original. To tell some interesting facts that are often forgotten during visits. Taking tourists to see some of the places where most guides/tourists don't usually go...

My tours are, for the time being, only in and around coimbra, but more proposals will come up in the future, and at least one will be outside this area.

Always feel free to ask questions. I'm here to help.