Items | Belém: Lisbon’s Riverside Treasures Walking Tour
Belém: Lisbon’s Riverside Treasures Walking Tour
(163) Reviews
Lisbon
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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The independent guides with whom we work have your best interests in mind; while the tour usually includes the sites and stories above and lasts this long, your tour may vary depending on what your guide thinks is best for your group!
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Explore Belém, the riverside district where Portugal’s Age of Discoveries began. Once a fishing village and later home to Portuguese nobility, Belém is filled with iconic monuments, grand architecture, and stories of the world’s first global empire.
Your tour begins at Afonso de Albuquerque Square before strolling along the Tagus waterfront. See the Monument to the Discoveries, hear about explorers like Vasco da Gama and Henry the Navigator, and learn how a small country built territories across the globe.
Continue to Belém’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites—the Jerónimos Monastery and the Belém Tower—and uncover the events, battles, and remarkable figures that shaped Portuguese history. Tours ...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Local guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting Points
Departure
Praça Afonso de Albuquerque
The Belém Tour starts by the monument at Afonso de Albuquerque Square. Look for the SANDEMANs NEW Europe team with a red t-shirt and red umbrella.
Return
Belém: Lisbon’s Riverside Treasures Walking Tour
(163) Reviews
Lisbon
About
Explore Belém, the riverside district where Portugal’s Age of Discoveries began. Once a fishing village and later home to Portuguese nobility, Belém is filled with iconic monuments, grand architecture, and stories of the world’s first global empire.
Your tour begins at Afonso de Albuquerque Square before strolling along the Tagus waterfront. See the Monument to the Discoveries, hear about explorers like Vasco da Gama and Henry the Navigator, and learn how a small country built territories across the globe.
Continue to Belém’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites—the Jerónimos Monastery and the Belém Tower—and uncover the events, battles, and remarkable figures that shaped Portuguese history. Tours ...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Local guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting Points
Departure
Praça Afonso de Albuquerque
The Belém Tour starts by the monument at Afonso de Albuquerque Square. Look for the SANDEMANs NEW Europe team with a red t-shirt and red umbrella.
Return
Itinerary
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Afonso de Albuquerque Square
Your Belém Tour starts by the monument at Afonso de Albuquerque Square.
20 minutes
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Belem
This beautiful and ancient settlement sits on the banks of the River Tagus, and tells the story of the beginning of globalisation, and of history's greatest explorers. Learn about Portugal's "Age of Discoveries" and travel through the monuments of the historic Belém district in Lisbon.
20 minutes
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Belém Tower
Visit the Empire Square Gardens, which were built for the Portuguese World Exhibition in 1940.
40 minutes
4
Padrão dos Descobrimentos
Explore the impressive Padrão dos Descobrimentos - Monument to the Discoveries, which features great explorers like Henry the Navigator, Luís de Camões and Vasco da Gama.
40 minutes
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Jerónimos Monastery
Visit the Jeronimos Monastery, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Learn about its history and explore its unique Gothic Manueline style.
