How we started
Ten years of driving Portugal.
Swingo is the tour brand of Avenidas Invertidas, Lda., registered in Lisbon on 5 August 2016. The first ride went out on 19 September 2016. Our founder drove it himself, and the first passenger was also him, testing the app before he let a paying traveller near it. The second was a German visitor taking his own first ride. Ten years later we run private tours, airport transfers and private drivers out of Lisbon and Porto, still from the same city, still with our own team on the road.
We built Swingo around one idea: travel should feel personal, effortless and genuinely local, guided by people who call this country home.
5 Aug 2016Avenidas Invertidas, Lda. registered in Lisbon
19 Sep 2016First ride, driven by the founder
Feb 2025Rebrand with Strawberry Brand Studio
2026Two hubs, Lisbon and Porto: tours, transfers, private drivers
Our manifesto
Every traveller is different. Every journey should be too.
Some travellers want to co-create. Others just want someone to get it right.
We know Portugal like the back of our hand, its quiet corners, its bold flavours, its rhythm. The places that don't show up on maps.
We listen, we adapt, we guide when needed, and step back when not.
Because no two travellers are the same. And no journey should be either.
Spokesperson
Manuel Reis, Founder & CEO
Manuel founded Swingo in 2016 and drove the very first ride himself, on 19 September that year. He still sets the routes, picks the vehicles and answers the hard emails.
info@swingo.pt
