About Us

Our team

Alejandro Ramirez, Travel Consultant

Alejandro is Spanish, but he came to Portugal when he was 7 years old and he didn’t leave yet! He choose to stay in Lisbon to study college instead of going back to Madrid. He took Hospitality Management as a career due to his ability to create empathy with people and his fluency in Spanish, Portuguese and English languages. He believes that in order to a traveler to fully enjoy travelling, he must feel at home and be understood, so good communication is mandatory. After two years at a front office in a hotel in Lisbon he moved to Portugal Trails and Spain Trails to expand his options. “Why promote only one city, when you can show the whole country?” he asks. Even better! His two favorite countries! Portugal and Spain have hidden gems, secrets, amazing culture and gastronomy waiting to be discovered, and Alejandro will be one of the best assistants to discover it all!
Ana López Guerra, Local Guide in Seville

Ana is an official tourist guide in Seville. She has been working as a tour guide for over 15 years and she love her job. It is a pleasure for her to show you her city and she hopes you enjoy it. With Ana, you will explore together the highlights in Seville making the tour so good that you will want to return.
Catarina Pires, Travel Consultant

Catarina was always very passionate about Portugal and Spain! Living in Cascais all her life, it was during her stay in London, while she studied an MA in International Liaison and Communication, that she found the will of promoting both countries and their great potential. Working at Portugal Trails & Spain Trails gives her that opportunity! Being able to design unique trips with unforgettable moments for each client, along with the change to promote all the great things Portugal has to offer, it’s what motivates her every day!
Cristina Chagas, Travel Consultant

Cristina, since childhood, won the taste for traveling and seeing the world. The only Continent missing now is Oceania, but it won’t be for long! Totally in love with meeting new realities and cultures, she saw in Tourism an excellent opportunity to share her taste for traveling with others. Has a Degree in Business Communication and also has a Master’s Degree in Advertising. Although Tourism is not her area of expertise, she won her passion through all her experiences as a traveler. Currently lives in a town by the sea on the outskirts of Lisbon, having previously lived in Barcelona (Spain). Her greatest wish is to share all her knowledge and to make every trip, to Portugal and Spain, unforgettable! For her there is no greater satisfaction than seeing that the trip she designed exceeded the expectations of the visitors! Feels fully accomplished now that she found her true calling as a Travel Consultant at Portugal Trails & Spain Trails!
Frederico Rodrigues, Travel Consultant

Travelling and all the memories that come with it have always been his passion. It all started when he went on a safari quest in Namibia and South Africa and it hasn’t stopped ever since. Graduated in Hospitality Management, Frederico has travelled all over Europe, Africa, worked abroad in hospitality for three years in Rome and São Paulo, what has given him the privilege to work in different multicultural environments, meeting people from all over the world and experiencing different cultures. In love with his country and with what it has got to offer, Frederico found himself promoting Portugal and Spain as travel destinations to other travelers every time he could. Today he puts together all his experience to give our customers the best tours that won’t be easily forgotten
Gonçalo Calheiros, Travel Consultant

Gonçalo is an admirer of the Portuguese natural and cultural heritage, both involved in the richness of its impressive history. He always was, especially when travelling to the north of Portugal with his parents to spend holidays in the beautiful Minho region, near Spain. On the way, Gonçalo was used to stop in some interesting and quaint cities and villages, places with natural beauty, history and culture. But what makes it even more special is the way other people is enhanced to share this passion and these experiences. Communication is the key. With a graduation in Tourism Information and a postgraduate in events management, Gonçalo has worked as a tour guide, being able to communicate with different people, with different personalities and interests. Now, working as Travel Consultant, Gonçalo can share his passion for Portugal and Spain and their amazing capacity to receive people from all over the world.
Joana Cambeiro, Travel Consultant

Joana’s passion for travelling started early in her life. The trip she did to São Tomé e Príncipe, a former Portuguese colony in Africa, where she volunteered to rebuild a school, was definitely a life changing experience. Through several other volunteering projects she met people from all over the world, who fueled her love for travelling and getting to know and understand different cultures. This turned her into a fascinating and outgoing person who loves to meet new people. When she started an apartment rental service in Lisbon, Joana soon realized that sharing her knowledge of Portugal was like a natural gift; so working at Portugal Trails & Spain Trails is like a dream come true for her. When Joana is not travelling around Portugal or Spain – another country she loves – you can find her either hiking or cycling in Sintra’s Natural Park, just outside her hometown. An absolute foodie, Joana loves a good traditional Portuguese or Spanish meal, together with some of the fantastic wines produced in the Iberian Peninsula.
João Cardoso, Travel Consultant

Travelling far and wide is something that was on his mind since forever. Step by step, João is trying to fulfill that desire to get to know new places, new cultures and new people. He’s almost there, only 3 more continents and that bucket list gets a little bit shorter. In the meantime, he is providing exactly that to others. After completed his degree in Tourism Information, the next logical step was to be in the front line showing to those who visit us what make us fall in love both with Portugal and Spain. Working as a tour guide, it allowed him to know those secret places which very rarely appear in guidebooks. The type of places where you can make new memories in. The myths and the legends that are part of our history. But this wasn’t enough. He had to take it to the next level. Hence the need to take the next step and provide the best trip possible from the moment of purchased to the time you arrive back home. The goal will always be that feeling of arriving to the end of your trip and don’t want to come back home. It’s like Bruce said, this is “My hometown!”
João Silva, Travel Consultant

Tourism is João’s passion and you can see it once you have the chance to meet him. Fascinated by the Travel Market, He has based his career in Tourism and Customer Service. After a Hospitality management degree, João started to develop a good multicultural awareness and became really interested in not only learning new cultures and languages, but to have an influence on Portuguese visitors, in order to make them get to know better and understand the Country he loves. Sharing the Portuguese culture has been the most important part of João’s professional and personal life. Having a passion for both Portugal and Tourism, makes João a great asset for travelers who search for the true authentic hidden gems of Portugal.
Juan Carlos Romero Serrano, Local Guide in Madrid

Juan Carlos is Spanish and he has lived in Madrid since he was born. At university he studied Computer Science and was dedicated to it for more than 13 years. His passion for dealing every day with different people and different cultures led him to the tourism sector, as a private driver. He and 14 other colleagues are responsible for transfers in and out of Madrid as well as private experiences both in Madrid and in the nearby cities such as Toledo, Segovia, etc. What motivates Juan Carlos the most in his work is that every day is different, every day there are new people and, on many occasions, he discovers with the passengers of Spain Trails places that not even in his best dreams he thought he was going to visit. Juan Carlos thinks that his job is the MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE WORLD!
Juan José Pardo Eimil, Local Guide in Barcelona

Born in the northwest of the northwest of Spain (Coruña, Galicia) he moved to Barcelona in 1984. Inquisitive for/of cultures, languages, people, and history he worked as Tour Leader all through Europe during years, while He was working as well as Official Local Guide of Catalonia. Teacher of new guides, student of humanities at the University. Delving into the old Barcelona’s archives, walking around the city, trying to discover the secrets that Barcelona hides. Since five years ago collaborates with Portugaltrails and Spaintrails designing private walking tours in Barcelona for their guests, in order to share with them Barcelona’s history, stories and secrets.
Nuno Lopes, Travel Consultant

The passion for travelling and getting to know the world had Nuno opting for a Hotel Manager Degree in Portugal. He has found his inspiration and pleasure on the art of hospitality, which he seeks for his travelling clients when organizing their tour. He makes a point in knowing his own country to show whoever crosses his path professionally and personally, all the historic, gastronomical and landscape interest points that can be found from North to South. The fact that part of his family is Spanish, takes his passion for gastronomy and culture across the border to the neighbour country! Adventure sports are his other passion, for which Portugal has great conditions. Being a Travel Consultant at Portugal Trails & Spain Trails, allows him to share with fellow travellers in search of the authentic, the best Portugal and Spain have to offer!
Pedro de Blas, Local Guide in Madrid

Pedro graduated in Economics. From a very young age his vocation has been gastronomy and Spanish history. On a personal level, he took a professional cook degree from the Madrid City Council and several certificates in Spanish wine tasting. His personal and professional challenge is to promote Spanish gastronomy and culture through his company.