Issue No. 3, 2025 Quarterly Magazine

Skyline of Lisbon, Portugal

Alpha Phis Abroad in Portugal! Explore Portugal’s endless charm and history in one week with your Alpha Phi sisters.

By Anna Claire Howard

Charming cities perched on peaceful riverbanks and emerald countrysides. Elegant Old Towns laced with cobblestone lanes. More opulent churches, palaces and historical landmarks than you could count. What if you could experience all of this and more with your Alpha Phi sisters by your side?

Alpha Phi Abroad FAQs

other person they know,” shared Carson Lance, senior partnerships account manager with the tour group hosting this trip. “With our other NPC sorority trips, we have seen the beauty of multigenerational sisterhood come alive when sisters who've never known each other meet on tour, spend time together, keep in touch and travel on future tours with their sorority. Additionally, because of our worldwide presence and safety precautions, travelers can explore Go Ahead Tours trips with ease knowing they are safe and protected with their sisters. This new and exciting shared experience helps strengthen members' sense of engagement and commitment to their sorority.” Some landmarks included in this travel package include Porto’s Old-World Ribeira district, the Douro riverfront, the Stock Exchange Palace, Coimbra, Évora’s Chapel of Bones, Jerónimos Church and more. Travelers will arrive in Porto and be treated to a welcome dinner served with beer or wine. The following day is dedicated to sightseeing where you and your Alpha Phi sisters will navigate narrow streets and old-world architecture like a true tripeiro, aka a Porto resident, as you follow your city guide on a sightseeing tour. Keep an eye out for azulejos — the intricately painted cobalt-and-white tiles that adorn church facades, train stations and

Now, you can!

When? May 16-24, 2026, 9-day or 12-day experience Where? Explore Portugal from Porto in the north to Lisbon and the sunny Algarve in the south

You're invited to tour the sparkling coastlines and cobblestoned streets of Portugal with your Alpha Phi sisters. Pack your most comfortable walking shoes as the activity level is expected to be high. (You'll walk about two to three miles a day on terrain ranging from ancient cobbled streets to flights of stairs and hilly sidewalks.) Trip packages for this once-in-a-lifetime experience range from a 9-day experience to a 12-day experience with the Algarve Region and Lisbon extension added. The group size will be limited to 15 to 38 travelers. This package includes seven nights in exquisite hotels, seven breakfasts, three dinners with beer or wine, one food tasting, five sightseeing tours, a private deluxe motor coach and expert tour director and local guides all for the collective price of $3,599. (Flights may be added to this package, or you may book them on your own separately.) There is the option of extending your trip to include an additional three nights in the Algarve Region and Lisbon for $799. “In my experience, travelers — particularly women — both love to travel solo and with at least one

How many travelers?

Group size will be limited to 15 to 38 travelers

Activity level? Moderate to high

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