Lisbon: Old Alfama Quarter Walking Tour

Discover Lisbon’s oldest quarter on our Alfama walking tour to find your feet in the foundations of the city through its extraordinary history and architecture. As our Local Experts take you around Alfama, you will find yourself at the feet of Portugal’s most magnificent churches, like the remarkable Lisbon Cathedral. Of course, we will take advantage of Alfama’s hilly landscape and find the most beautiful vistas it offers of the city and harbour below. Learn the stories of the Fado and how it developed in the streets of Alfama whilst visiting key landmarks like the National Pantheon, the Portas do Mar and hearing the stories of the world’s oldest traffic sign.

→ Take a 2 hour walking tour through Alfama with our local guides
→ See famous landmarks like Lisbon Cathedral and the iconic 28 yellow tram
→ Explore the best viewpoints in Lisbon, including Santa Luzia
→ Download the VoxCity app with the map of Lisbon (included in the price) and enjoy multiple self-guided tours of Lisbon

Augusta Street Arch is often thought to represent the grand entryway into the biblical Solomon’s Temple. Standing in a prominent position in Praça do Comércio, all of the symbols on the Arch serve to remember and celebrate the varied history of Portugal while glorifying the rich cultural icons of the land.

Previous site of the Royal Palace, devastated in 1755 by a earthquake, is now one of the biggest enclosed plazas in Europe.

Originally built in 1521 is a great example of the 16th-century architectural style of Lisbon. Today, it is the headquarters of the José Saramago Foundation, which is dedicated to the works and message of the only Portuguese author to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature so far.

The Fado Museum preserves and exhibits the legacy and cultural influence of Fado, the traditional Portuguese guitar-led music style.

The 2nd oldest neighbourhood in Europe with streets that still bear the Arabic influence that characterised the city. Alfama is one of the most-visited and iconic districts in the city as well as one of the most popular with tourists and photographers.

Set in the alleys of the ancient Alfama district, the building you can admire today took over 280 years to build. It is the resting place of many Portuguese heroes.

The Feira da Ladra is a traditional open-air flea market held every Tuesday and Saturday in and around the Campo de Santa Clara for locals and tourists alike.

Viewing point from the old gate in the Cerca Moura (Moorish city wall) from which you can see a series of key Lisbon landmarks. Located roughly at the midpoint of the route between São Jorge Castle above and the cathedral, reputed to be Lisbon’s oldest building.

Viewing point with a church originally built by the Knights of the Order of Malta in the 12th century.

Commissioned by King Afonso I of Portugal in 1150 and built where a Mosque erected by the Islamic Moors once stood, the cathedral is the most important Catholic building in the city. The long series of collapses and renovation works made today’s Cathedral a mixture of styles.

Church built on the site of the purported birthplace of Saint Anthony of Lisbon. Being the patron saint of newly-weds and marriage vows, Saint Anthony features in many traditions. In this point of interest, single women might throw a coin to the saint’s statue hoping to get married within a year.

This Monastery proved an example for much subsequent church- building in Portugal and was in use until the abolition of the religious orders in the early 19th century.

Is a small plaza within 500 metres of the castle of Sao Jorge

It is named “Door of the Sea” because it was one of the main entrances into the city from the beach and harbour when Lisbon was fortified

is a well-known family-owned grocery store that specialises in the sale of canned fish

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

• Lisbon: Alfama Guided Walking Tour
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• Evening Walking tour (only available in high season)
• Vox City sightseeing app with multiple self-guided walking tours
• Alfama walking tour

• Public Transportation Tickets
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• Food and Drinks

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