Lisbon Free Walking Tour: The Heart of the City, its History and Plenty of Local Tips

What will we visit on this tour?

• Meeting point:

  Restauradores, 1249-970 Lisboa, Portugal

  Restauradores, 1249-970 Lisboa, Portugal

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  Blue Umbrellas around the Monument dos Restauradores

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  Outside visit

  Monumento aos Restauradores

  We kick off the tour at the Monumento aos Restauradores. This plaza opens up to Avenida da Liberdade and celebrates the moment when Portugal regained independence from Spain in 1640.

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  Outside visit

  Estação do Rossio

  Another beautiful monument in the center of the city, the Rossio train station establishes a dialogue with the Jerónimos Monastery in Belém.

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  Largo de São Domingos

  This is the place where the Jewish Massacre took place in 1506. Learn more about this impressive story and discover one of the most beautiful churches in the city, the Igreja de São Domingos.

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  Outside visit

  Praça da Figueira

  Once an important market in the city, Praça da Figueira is now a busy spot at the city center.

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  Praça D. Pedro IV

  Rossio is a place rich in recent Portuguese history, when Lisbon was a center of espionage battles in the 2nd World War. But there's plenty more to discover here.

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  Outside visit

  Rua Augusta

  The main artery of Lisbon's downtown and one of the most photographed places in the city.

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  Rua do Carmo

  The entrance from Rossio to Chiado, the cultural center of the city.

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  Outside visit

  Elevador de Santa Justa

  Another Lisbon landmark. Lisbon has a handfull of elevators but this one is really the one to look at. Yet another recent monument like the Estação do Rossio, the Santa Justa Elevator stands out with the Church of Carmo just behind it.

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  Outside visit

  Convento do Carmo

  The living testimony of the great earthquake of 1755, the gothic church of Carmo is another unmissable monument in Lisbon, where medieval history merges with the April Revolution of 1974.

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  Outside visit

  Largo do Carmo

  This is where the dictator Marcelo Caetano presented is surrender to the people of Portugal. A meaningful place in our recent history.

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  Outside visit

  Casa do Ferreira das Tabuletas | Rua Trindade

  Post earthquake, this is probably one of the most beautiful tilled houses in the country.

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  Outside visit

  Igreja de São Roque

  This is where the Company of Jesus built there first temple back in the XVI century. It's also the place where the lottery was announced one hundred years ago.

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  Outside visit

  Bairro Alto

  Once the city's most modern district, Bairro Alto is the bohemian place in Lisbon. With over 500 years of stories, Bairro Alto is in the heart of every true Lisboeta.

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  Tasca do Chico

  If you ever want to listen to amateur Fado, this is the place to be.

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  Luís de Camões Square

  The prince of poets, the inventor of the Portuguese language, Camões stands above everyone else. Only one thing surpassed his work: his incredible aventurous life.

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  Outside visit

  Largo do Chiado

  The entrance to Chiado from Bairro Alto. Stories of coffee, Fernando Pessoa and Chiado himself are here to be told.

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  Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

  The most beautiful theatre in Portugal, São Carlos has plenty to discover.

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  Calçada Nova de São Francisco

  Still in Chiado, we will wander around its streets and secrets.

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  Outside visit

  Arco da Rua Augusta

  The Arch of Triumph. It speaks for itself.

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  Outside visit

  Praça do Comércio

  Lisbon's largest plaza, an amazing place to finish our walking tour.