DOUBLE PACK: Belém Boat Tour and Castle and Alfama Tour. Enjoy our best tours in Lisbon in a single pack at an incredible price.
DOUBLE PACK: Belém Boat Tour and Castle and Alfama Tour. Enjoy our best tours in Lisbon in a single pack at an incredible price.
BELÉM BOAT TOUR
On our boat journey from Lisbon to Belém, you’ll enjoy the best views from the Tagus River: Commerce Square, Lisbon’s skyline, Cristo Rei, Cacilhas, the 25th of April Bridge, MAAT Museum, Ajuda Palace, and the Tagus estuary itself. The boat will take us to the Belém district, where we’ll disembark like true 15th-century explorers to discover the most monumental neighborhood of the capital on foot.
We’ll admire the Padrão dos Descobrimentos and the Compass Rose, where we’ll explore the most important and influential figures of the Age of Discoveries and analyze the journeys they undertook. Then, we’ll visit two architectural gems and UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Jerónimos Monastery and the Belém Tower. There, we’ll step into the shoes of the sailors from the Age of Discoveries and relive history as true navigators.
The tour ends on a sweet note with a tasting of the award-winning Pastéis de Belém. We’ll wrap up the visit enjoying the exterior views of the iconic Belém Tower.
TOUR OF THE CASTLE AND ALFAMA
We will visit the most historic district of Lisbon where we will unveil hidden alchemical messages in the facade of the Church of the Old Conception, we will talk about the ways of life and customs of the Arab, Jewish and Christian cultures and how they shaped the Alfama district, We will visit the Cathedral, the Basilica of St. Anthony, the old prisons of Aljube and Limoeiro, the picturesque courtyard of Carrasco to learn about the life of the last executioner of Portugal and the emblematic viewpoints of Santa Luzia and Portas do Sol. Afterwards, we will enter the mythical Castle of São Jorge, where we will walk along its walls to learn all about its history, the birth of Portugal, the conquest of the city and the best love story of the Middle Ages, that of Pedro I and Inês de Castro. To round off the tour you will enjoy the best and unique views of the city from the most imposing viewpoint of the city, the fortress viewpoint.
