The Best of Lisbon Walk

Districts we visit: Baixa - Chiado - Alfama

This tour is a unique way to see all the major sites of central Lisbon. Insider guides give you a great insight into Lisbon's lifestyle, history and culture as well as useful tips.

• Visit the Rossio Square, the heart of both: old and new Lisbon.
• Learn how the old city of Lisbon was destroyed in the 18th century and then totally rebuilt to become the city of today.
• Learn about the favorite liqueur of many Portuguese and a typical drink in Lisbon - Ginjinha;
• Take a look at the Obelisk on the Restauradores Square, commemorating the Restoration of Portugal’s independence from Spain in 1640, after sixty years of Spanish rule.
• Marvel at the intricate Neo-Manueline architecture of the Rossio Central Station.
• Learn about the Carnation Revolution of 1974 as you visit the beautiful Carmo Square, at the place where Portugal’s old dictatorial regime fell after 48 years.
• Walk through the elegant Chiado neighborhood, with its old cafés, boutiques, theatres and bookstores.
• Try a typical Portuguese pastry (the famous Pastel de Nata) and then enjoy a short trip on one of Lisbon’s vintage trams.

• Wander through the old maze of small squares and narrow alleyways of the Moorish Alfama neighborhood, where time seems to have stopped a thousand years ago.
• Learn about Fado, Portugal’s own musical genre, as you go past the fado Museum and some of Alfama’s hidden, intimate Fado restaurants.
• Stop for wine and a tasting at a wine bar and restaurant located in a medieval palace.

•Visit Lisbon’s Cathedral, the city’s oldest church, built in 1147.
• End your tour in Praça do Comércio, formerly the entrance hall of the city, one of Europe’s largest and most beautiful squares.