A Better
History Tour

Stories Abroad Tours is where professional historians offer cutting-edge tours designed for everyone. Learn real history, not made-up stories. Don’t just travel; come to Portugal and have a real study-abroad experience!

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Visit Portugal with your Personal Professor.

Private Lisbon Tour - A view of the historic elevator of Lisbon

Private Tours of Lisbon

Explore the history and culture of Lisbon at your own pace, through thousands of years of architecture, art, and food.

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Day trip to Lisbon - Our antiracist tour of Belem

Day Trips from Lisbon

Make a day of it! Adventure just beyond the big city into a country full of ancient destinations.

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A historic map of Lisbon and environs from 1690

Planning Service

Don’t need a guide, but want to know where the experts go? Leave the details to us.

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Some of our Guests Have Said…

“Paul’s passion for medieval history, and for sharing it with others, shines through. You’ll learn the real stories and build your own knowledge to look at everything with fresh eyes.”

–Deborah Swerdlow

Anti-racist Tour of Belem

“The narrative you provided in your Portugal guide gave us a greater understanding of this beautiful country and so much more confidence than the various other guides we’d been reading!”

–Michelle Reyf

Trip Planning Service

“Paul taught me to read walls!”

–Ethan Hilliard, age 8

Intro to Lisbon Tour

Stories

Articles written by us about Portugal’s past and present.

About Stories Abroad

Portrait of Paul Sturtevant and Arielle Gingold, Stories Abroad Tours co-founders, smiling together

Who We Are

One historian, one events planner. Both with a passion for travel and making the past come to life.

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Exterior of the Associação 25 De Abril building in Lisbon, with two large plaster hands on the side, one carrying a red carnation.

What We’re All About

We are a values-led company. The past can, and must, be relevant to the present world. Yes, we’re all about having fun—but we also won’t shy away from challenging, deep conversations.

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