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Lisbon Tour: Explore Historic Sites and Fado
3.1
196 Ratings
Lisboa
Experience the must-see highlights of Lisbon in a half-day tour. Walk through the historic Alfama quarter, visit iconic landmarks like Belém Tower and Jerónimos Monastery, and explore the old quarters with a Digital Walking Tour.
Experience the must-see highlights of Lisbon in a half-day tour. Walk through the historic Alfama quarter, visit iconic landmarks like Belém Tower and Jerónimos Monastery, and explore the old quarters with a Digital Walking Tour.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Cityrama Gray Line Portugal - Start the tour from Marques de Pombal Square at 9.00am
- Cityrama Gray Line Portugal - Start the tour from Marques de Pombal Square at 9.00am
What's Included
- Safety in every step
- Digital Walking Tour
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Ajuda National Palace Ticket
- Guided visits with certified guides
- Safety in every step
- Digital Walking Tour
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Ajuda National Palace Ticket
- Guided visits with certified guides
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information
Discover Lisbon, a charming city with typical neighborhoods, emblematic monuments and a unique heritage. Known for its seven hills, viewpoints and for being the birthplace of Fado.
In this half-day tour, get to know the historical center of Lisbon and Belém.
Free time to see the Jerónimos Monastery, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. By the…
Discover Lisbon, a charming city with typical neighborhoods, emblematic monuments and a unique heritage. Known for its seven hills, viewpoints and for being the birthplace of Fado.
In this half-day tour, get to know the historical center of Lisbon and Belém.
Free time to see the Jerónimos Monastery, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. By the Tagus River, find the Belém Tower - a landmark from the time of the Portuguese Discoveries, and the Padrão dos Descobrimentos - a monument alluding to Portugal’s glorious past.
Visit the Ajuda Palace, former Royal Palace and national monument, the largest portuguese royal residence, also known as a Museum of Decorative Art for all the pieces that can be found inside.
Visit freely on your own the old and typical quarters of Alfama or Bairro Alto with our new digital Walking tour and get to know the corners and narrow streets where Fado began to be sung.
- The Palácio da Ajuda (Ajuda National Palace) is closed on Wednesdays, but as an alternative, we will visit the Royal Treasure Museum.
- There is no bathroom on board the bus
- The tour is multi-lingual
- Dress code is smart casual
- The order of the tour may be changed without prior notice
- A moderate amount of walking is involved
- The Jerónimos Monastery is closed on Sundays and Mondays, so on this days we will give free time at this point.
- Redeem your voucher to have your Digital Walking Tour
- French language is only available on Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday - April 1st to October 31st
- German language is only available on Tuesday and Friday - April 1st to October 31st
- Italian language is only available on Wednesday - April 1st to October 31st
Location
Cityrama Gray Line Portugal
Alameda Edgar Cardoso
Departure Point: Eduardo VII Park in Marquês de Pombal (Bus Terminal)
Directions: Small kiosk made of glass - Cityrama, Eduardo VII Park, 1070-051 Lisboa
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.1
(196 Ratings)
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Annalisasabattini
Nov 13, 2024
In short: - Buses with malfunctioning interactive guides , buses that respected neither timetables nor stops .. all very rough , long waits and questionable organization . I honestly think you can do better at these rates.
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Yano474
Sep 14, 2024
Interesting tour without guidance & information - The places visited are good but the tour guide was very average. She merely dropped us off at the tour site without following us and giving us much information. It is just like a public transportation.
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Carmenk15
Nov 27, 2024
Horrible - The tour was in 4 languages so you got maybe one sentence about a place and then they moved on to another language. The 2 photo sites were pretty. The guide was monotone and so unengaged. At the monetary we weren't told how to get tickets and by the time we figured it out we had to leave. It turns out the church is free to enter but was under renovations which was also not shared with us at the time. The national Palace was not worth the time or money. All in all a very frustrating and unsatisfactory tour. I would avoid this tour.
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Nathangraf94
Nov 15, 2024
Sightseeing with Gray Line not recommended! - We've all done routes. Audio accompaniment was not satisfactory: little informative, there were several repetitions on the routes, the narratives were often aborted by the stops and many connections did not work.
We recommend switching to one of the other sight seeing companies!
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Rohnerj
Oct 6, 2024
Disaster - Completely outdated, sound barely understandable, content of the text weak!!!, mostly just music, completely boring, fingers off, really not worth it; no service, just weak!!! Better explore the city differently; the worst hop on off tour ever!!!
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589milej
Oct 5, 2024
BAD Ticketing policy by Company disappoints !!!! - I had high hopes for this tour as I have done GrayLine HOHF in The US. Reserving and paying was easy. I expected an Email with tickets that would be down loaded and stored on my mobile. I was WRONG. I had to down load an app which gave me my reservation code, I presented it at the ticket office where they printed a flimsy paper receipt with a QR code.
We boarded a small bus easily but the roof wasn't retracted even in absence of rain, this restricted vision. The app easily allowed you to highlight the tour, however there was no notice prior to booking the tour that the route to Belem had 80% of the stops cancelled because of road closures on Sunday Due to the Lisbon Marathon. We did a shorter route first and planned the longer route to Belem in the afternoon even with the stop closures. Unfortunately I lost the flimsy paper ticket ( it was like a cheap corner store receipt). The attendant at the ticket office said Company policy was not to issue a replacement. I would have been more careful was I aware of this.
When I asked why, she pointed to the notice on the wall behind her regarding the policy with a curt apology and no further explanation. I know she was just doing her job the policy wasn't hers
This ticket issue should have been resolved easily with today's computer tech/apps where an electronic ticket is emailed to the purchaser thus lost tickets would not be an issue.
I'm very disappointed with this company. Take a bus tour with another company NOT Grayline.
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Nomad722689
Sep 24, 2024
Never again - Worst hop on hop off tour ever. Bus completely outdated, sound on headphones only with noise, eternal waiting times once you have gotten off and the highlight on the blue lines: the 3 main stops (vasco de gamma) without previous not approached. Niiiiieeee wieder
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Dee
Sep 15, 2024
Dont do Grayline for Lisbon city. - Poorly organised. Poor information. No service. No acceptance of responsibilty to customers. My headphone plug in didnt work. Bus stops poorly marked.The English commentary was condescending. Go with the other red bus group..more buses regularly.
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751barryb
Aug 18, 2024
Very Bad Tour - Do NOT take this tour!! We did the Red (Belem/Lisboa) tour. We have done many hop on hop off tours in other cities and enjoyed them…this was awful, a complete waste of time! With the rich history of both Lisbon and Portugal, there is plenty to talk about. There was really no significant information about the history of the city or Portugal. However the audio consisted largely of bad elevator music as we drove by apartment houses. When we did go by an actual point of interest almost no information was given other than the name of the POI and perhaps the year it was built. As an example, we came past a point on the river where it was stated many of the famous Portuguese explorers departed from….wow, very interesting tell me more…which ones? Maybe some information about some of those explorers? Maybe an interesting anecdote from their adventures….NO! Nothing more!
The only thing worse than one of these Lisbon tours is 2! (ie do not get the 2 tour “deal” !!)
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Andreasmy9421gb
Jun 19, 2024
Wasted time - many problems. - Internet booking led to problems due to a system change. Two stops were not served. Information about this was only available in the app - 20 people waited for over an hour in vain for the bus.
In summary, and after the problems were solved, there was hardly any time left for sightseeing.
In the buses, the audio devices in the open area were barely legible. The traditional continuous music in the audio guide was too loud.
You do have a 24-hour ticket - but the buses only run until around 6:30 p.m.
An email to one of the addresses provided was not answered.
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