Free tour

Guarda Secrets: Explore Urban Art and Hidden Histories – Free Tour

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Guarda

Duration: 2 hours

Languages: Spanish and Portuguese

Guru: Gonçalo

Registered on 08 May 2022

Why choose to go for a walk with "Histórias Com Passadas"? What's different about us? - Trademark registered with Turismo de Portugal since 2022; - Certified training as a guide for walking tours; - First company in the city of Guarda to promote "Free Walking Tours"; - We believe that "we never really know a place if we don't walk through it"; - We like to share and make known the city that welcomed us more than 20 years ago: Guarda, the highest city in Portugal, with more than 800 years of history. What do we guarantee? - Good mood; - Good times; - Good Stories.

Free booking and cancellation

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

Tour description

Description:

Accept our challenge... let's walk through the new and older streets of the City of Guarda, which already has more than 800 years of Stories and unveil a secret: What will be the cake that won the merit of representing our City?

Then we will look for the artistic manifestations developed in the public space and discover works of Street Art, some more elaborate and programmed, others, simpler and more spontaneous. On our journey we will unveil the techniques used by great and small artists, ... some renowned and some anonymous. This is a different look at the city and the Urban Art that animates and illuminates its streets. Come on... Let's get to know her!

List of places to visit:

Sé da Guarda (Next to the statue of King Sancho I) (exterior only)- Start and end of the tour

Praça Luís Vaz de Camões (exterior only)

Rua do Comércio (exterior only)

Largo João de Almeida (exterior only)

Rua Tenente Valadim (exterior only)

Escola de Santa Clara (exterior only)

Escola de Afonso de Albuquerque (exterior only)

Solar do Vinho da Beira Interior (old wall)

Solar Teles de Vasconcelos(exterior only)

Rua 31 de Janeiro (exterior only)

Rua de Augusto Gil (exterior only)

Additional useful information

Please, when making the reservation, indicate the total number of people who will come (Numerous group bookings are not accepted - more than 15 visitors).
If possible, please arrive at the meeting point 10 minutes before the tour time, to start at the indicated time.
The route is circular, starting and ending next to the Statue of D. Sanco I; presents an easy/ moderate level of difficulty and has a total of 2.86 km, with an accumulated uneven of 124 m.
No specific equipment is required to carry out this tour (e.g. walking sticks).

What is included/ excluded in the activity:

Includes:

- "Histórias Com Passadas" guide during the walking route.
- RNAAT License No. 506/2022 from Turismo de Portugal and recognized by ICNF as nature tourism.
- Personal accident and liability insurance.

Not included:

- Meals or drinks during the walk, all consumption in any establishments eventually visited during the activity.
- Transport to the starting point of the walk.
- Anything that is not declared as included.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

R. Dr. Miguel de Alarcão 7, 6300-684 Guarda, Portugal

I will be in front of the Statue of D. Sancho I (near the Guarda Cathedral) with an orange umbrella.

Outside visit

Sé da Guarda (Estátua de D. Sancho I)

Guarda Cathedral (Next to the statue of King Sancho I) - Start and end of the tour.

Outside visit

Luís Vaz de Camões Square

Old square of the historic area of Guarda next to the Cathedral, surrounded by noble houses. Some of the oldest houses were built in the fourteenth century. Here you will find the first work of street art of the tour.

Outside visit

Rua do Comércio

Here you can find some typical handicrafts of the region and the famous Serra da Estrela cheese.

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).