We will meet at the time indicated in your reservation and start our free tour from the Plaza del Comercio, located on the site of the Royal Palace before the 1755 earthquake. From the most important square of the city we will walk to the Town Hall, and admiring its façade we will be able to know from a new perspective the regency period and the First Portuguese Republic.
We will meet at the time indicated in your reservation and start our free tour from the Plaza del Comercio, located on the site of the Royal Palace before the 1755 earthquake. From the most important square of the city we will walk to the Town Hall, and admiring its façade we will be able to know from a new perspective the regency period and the First Portuguese Republic.
The World War will be a very present theme in our tour, especially when we walk through the emblematic Largo de Corpo Santo, Largo de Sao Paulo and Calle Rosa. In the latter we will discover the stories of the spies who inhabited Lisbon during the war. It will be like going back to 1942!
We will change history for gastronomy at the Ribeira Market, where we can walk through aisles full of stalls with the most typical products of Portuguese gastronomy.
We will continue our walk until we come across the Bica Elevator, one of the oldest funiculars in the city. We will feel like locals as we watch it slowly ascend between the old houses of the Rua da Bica towards the Bairro Alto.
Once in the avant-garde Barrio Alto, and while walking through its streets full of shops and bars, we will talk about the historical and urban development of the city. In addition, we walk to the Mirador de San Pedro de Alcántara, from where we can enjoy one of the best views of the city: the Alfama district, St. George’s Castle and the Tagus will be at our feet.
Between small squares and narrow streets we arrive at the Church of San Roque, a baroque hermitage built in 1506. On the way out, we will walk along the Largo da Trindade, and we can admire the spectacle of tiles that form its façades. A colourful journey!
We will stop at Praça Luis de Camões, and when we cross it we will have left behind the Bairro Alto to walk the bohemian streets of Chiado. It is a lively neighbourhood where you can lose yourself among the cafés and casual bookshops that fill its streets.
Walking among 18th century buildings we reach our last stop: the St. Charles Theatre and Opera House, built in 1792 on the site of a former opera house.
