Free tour

Downtown and Bairro Alto Free Tour: History versus Modern Facts

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Lisbon

Duration: 3 hours

Languages: English and Spanish

Guru: Live History

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Registered on 19 November 2018

Live History is a 100% Portuguese registered trademark and a licensed company by the tourism bureau of Portugal. Learn the history and legends of the old town most representative neighborhoods, told by real local guides (sometimes impersonating Portuguese historical figures), getting a truly personal and insightful view on Lisbon, walking through the city's narrow alleys up and downhill, lost in time on a genuine "back to the past" entertaining and informal guided tour where history, stories, and fun facts combine together. :) For the best tours in Lisbon, look for our white umbrellas at Praça Dom Pedro IV, also known as Rossio. ;) Live History - Live Lisbon

Free booking and cancellation

Pay-what-you-wish tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

Cross the downtown of the city and discover its most representative neighbourhoods, Baixa, Chiado, Cais do Sodré, Bica, Bairro Alto, all brought up during the discoveries era and risen from the ashes into glory in the romantic period with the reconstruction made after the big earthquake in 1755.
Learn all about the discoveries, the romantic period, the end of monarchy and the dictatorship and revolution periods. :)

Learn the history and legends of the old town most representative neighbourhoods, told by real local guides, getting a truly personal and insightful view on Lisbon, walking through the city's narrow alleys up and downhill, lost in time on a genuine "back to the past" tour. :)

Along the way, we will be visiting points of interest in the historic center of the city on an entertaining and informal guided tour where history, stories, and fun facts combine together. :)

Join us a bit before 10:45 by the statue at the center of Praça Dom Pedro IV. Our team is easy to identify using white umbrellas with our company branding Live History Walking Tours.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Praça Dom Pedro IV 19, 1100-202 Lisboa, Portugal

at the center of Praça Dom Pedro IV, our team is easy to identify using white umbrellas with our company branding Live History Walking Tours

Outside visit

Praça Dom Pedro IV

Meeting point and introduction to the tour's route. This square was a hippodrome during the Roman period. During the Inquisition period both an Hospital and the Palace of the Inquisition operated on this square till both were destroyed by the big Earthquake in 1755.

Outside visit

Arco da Bandeira

formerly known for the "Balcony of the Inquisition" this place allows for an introduction to Lisbon's reconstruction after the big earthquake of 1755 with a modern vision of architecture, the presence of symmetry on street planification and the distribution of types of commerce to each street or quarter which is still present and visible on the current toponymics

Outside visit

Elevador de Santa Justa

The Santa Justa Lift is an elevator, or lift, created originally in order to facilitate the movement between the Downtown and Uptown areas of Lisbon. The elevator is a vertical structure, consisting of a metal tower, observation platform, walkway and base, all decorated in a Neo-Gothic style in iron. Since its construction the lift has become a tourist attraction for Lisbon.

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).