Walking Tours
Museum of Lisbon
The Museum of Lisbon promotes guided walking tours through the city, revealing how Lisbon has always been diverse and plural. From May to October, these thematic walking tours help to discover evidences of this multiculturalism hidden in the middle of hills, narrow streets and old neighbourhoods, showing how Lisbon was built and experienced over time.
Roman Lisbon
May 13, 11 am
July 22, 11 am
Meeting point: Museum of Lisbon – Roman Theater
Olisipo was one of the richest towns in Iberian Peninsula in roman times. Its privileged geographic location boosted economic and commercial activities with the entire Roman empire. More than 2000 years later, many testimonies of this period are still to be found in the city.
90 min. | >12 anos | Distance: 0,5 kms.
Islamic Lisbon
Jun 03, 11 am
Aug 26, 11 am
Meeting point: Museum of Lisbon – Casa dos Bicos
Between the 8th and 12th centuries, Lisbon was very well known for its labyrinthine streets, small courtyards, fountains and walls. The Islamic heritage of Al-Uxbuna is still visible through some aspects of the architecture and archaeological remains found in Alfama.
90 min. | >12 anos | Distance: 1,7 kms.
Medieval Lisbon
Jun 17, 11 am
Sep 17, 11 am
Meeting point: Museum of Lisbon – Saint Anthony
Medieval Lisbon was a plural city where Muslims, Jews and Christians shared everyday life. Between Castelo hill, Mouraria and the old Jewish quarter, this route shows us a Lisbon in which multiple cultures have always cohabited and coexisted.
90 min. | >12 anos | Distance: 2,8 kms.
1755 Lisbon
Jul 01, 11 am
Oct 08, 11 am
Meeting point: Museum of Lisbon – West Tower (Praça do Comércio)
The 1755 earthquake destroyed a large part of Lisbon. This dramatic episode forever changed the geography of the city and had an important impact on European mentalities and culture. According to a modern urban plan, the reconstruction of the city gave birth to a new downtown of wide streets and geometric layout, the so-called Baixa.
90 min. | >12 anos | Distance: 2,8 kms.
Tours guided in english.
Tickets available on Blueticket.pt
10 €
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