starting at €438 total, not per person
• 4-hour private driving & walking tour
• skip-the-line entry ticket fees excluded.
• our guides take you inside the monuments
• reservations required
around alfama
3-hours
alfama quarter
castelo de S. jorge
miradouros
and more...
popularity ★★★★☆
the west side sights of lisbon and famous pastries
An authorized Portuguese guide will take you inside Lisbon's most important UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Discover exuberant Neo-Manueline architecture unique to Portugal, with famous tombs, and the stories of explorers, authors, warriors, and rebels.
The Belém Tower was built in 1515 as a gateway to Lisbon and as part of a defensive entrance to the Tagus River. Once inside we reveal secrets, mysterious symbols, and strange stories on each level of the tower before reaching the views from the terrace.
A short walk away is the Discoveries Monument, built in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Prince Henry the Navigator and the location where Vasco da Gama would have departed.
Then we visit the magnificent S. Jerónimos Monastery (Mosteiro dos Jerónimos), one of Lisbon's most prominent monuments. Besides housing the tombs of numerous historical figures, such as Vasco da Gama, Maria of Aragon, Queen Catherine of Habsburg, and poet Luís de Camões, this vast Manueline-style structure also houses the National Archaeological and Maritime Museums, with world-class exhibitions.
At the end of the tour, we skip the line at Lisbon's famous pastry shop "Pastéis de Belém", to have freshly baked custard pastries that are world-renowned.
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why do we use a dedicated driver and a separate guide?
We provide a luxury modern vehicle with heat and air conditioning, a driver, and an official guide who can take guests inside the monuments of Belem. Unlike budget tour operators, our guides won’t leave you to wander the interior of the vast Monastery on your own with no explanations of what you are seeing. Many budget tours of Belem have the guide double duty as the driver. This is something we would never do, and you will have a dedicated driver for 3 reasons.
sintra half-day
4-hours
national palace
pena palace
sintra village
and more...
popularity ★★★★☆
1. We don't want guests to wait for a guide to find a parking place before they lead guests inside the monuments. Parking can be hectic, and waits are common during the high season.
2. We don’t want our licensed and insured drivers to be distracted by conversation. Portugal has one of the highest accident fatality ratios per capita in the EU. We must keep our guests safe on the narrow roads while our guides explain the sights, culture, and landscape.
3. The weather conditions in the Atlantic mountains make a very unpredictable micro-climate. The temps can change very quickly with rain, wind, fog, or hail. We like our guests to have the convenience of leaving their unused personal items, packs, coats, or umbrellas inside the vehicle with the driver monitoring it at all times. Vehicle burglaries are common in the parking lots of monuments in Portugal.
best of belem
4-hours
jeronimos monastery
belem tower
discoveries monument
and more...
popularity ★★★★☆
ADD SERVICES
We are happy to make sure guests have an opportunity to taste the famous Pastéis de Belém pastries without waiting in line.
INCLUDED
Skip the ticket lines with an official tour guide.
Round-trip transfer in a luxury vehicle with a dedicated driver at all times.
Authorization to enter sights.
VAT tax.
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WALKING LEVEL
85% level ground, 3% upstairs and incline, 2% in vehicle.
No elevators available.
Some cobblestones on tour route. Many places to sit along the route.
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INFORMATION
Wear comfortable athletic shoes. Bring windbreakers or umbrellas.
There are stops for clean restrooms, and food & beverage breaks if needed.
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MEETING POINT
Hotel, apartment, or ship dock.
Meetings at hotels or apartments located outside of Lisbon can effect tour price because of fuel and time expenses.
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START TIMES
Tuesday to Saturday, year round at 9:am, 9:30am, or 2:pm
Sundays at 2:00pm
Custom start times subject to guide availability.
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TICKET FEES
We skip the ticket lines.
Ticket prices average €16 per person. There are discounts available for Students and Seniors at time of entry.
Child (age 12 and under) Free
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EXCLUDED
Ticket fees are additional.
Food and beverages.
Audio headsets required for parties of 6 or more. Price €1.50 per person.
important details
closures
Beware of budget tours
We use authorized guides, and you will skip-the-line entry ticket fees excluded.. Many budget tour operators do not take their guests inside the monuments, because they do not have authorization as guides, and they cannot skip the ticket lines. They will simply park outside and wait while guests wonder the inside the sights on their own.
Sundays 9am to 2pm
Mondays
January 1
Easter Sunday
April 25
May 1
December 25 and 31
major highlights
S. Jerónimos Monastery: Exuberant Portuguese, “Manueline-style” architecture.
Church of Santa Maria: A stunning ceiling, over the tomb of Vasco da Gama and kings.
(The church is closed for services on Sunday mornings. Opens at 2:00pm).
Belém Tower: Closed or restorations in April 2025, and will not reopen in April 2026.
We will compensate for this closure by inclduing a scenic walk along the Tejo river to the MATT, a
unique modern museum in the shape of an enormous undulating wave, covered by 15,000 ceramic
tiles.
Discoveries Monument: Departure point to explore and trade with India and the Orient.
Pastéis de Belém: World famous custard tarts warm from the oven...we skip the line.
Much more: Hidden places full of adventure and secrets that we don’t like to advertise.
FREE
• Wi-Fi
• USB charging
• Botttles of water
• Candy snacks