The Original Lisbon Walk

Disticts 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 useful tips.

Visit the Rossio Square, the heart of both the 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 in the middle of Restauradores Square. It commemorates 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 neighbourhood, with its old cafés, boutiques, theatres and bookstores.
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 neighbourhood, where time seems to have stopped one 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.
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.