Duration: 1 Day (approx. 7 hours)
Price: from 117 EUR
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Walking tours  |  One day tours  |  Tours within Lisbon

Enjoy the acquaintance with a portion of the many-faced Lisbon city in a most interesting chauffeur-guided private tour. The trip is planned to start from Lisbon, but, upon request, it could also be started from another city or village in the region.

On this unusual tour you will be taken to the places that suffered the damages of the huge 1755 earthquake and some of the city top sites of interest that were survived it. The earthquake and the devastating tidal wave that followed it in 1755 had disastrous consequences that consisted in immense dimensions of destruction and human losses. Considerable part of the city's historical heritage was lost and a reconstruction program of amazing scope and creativity was undertaken afterwards. It led to the implementation of innovative solutions as to urban planning, civil engineering, architecture and even art, to save Lisbon's reputation of one of the world's most beautiful cities till nowadays.

A delightful culinary tour comes next in our Lisbon trip. Tapas, a traditional Iberian meal, represent bites of food prepared in large variety of ways depending on the regional recipes. The word "tapa" means "cover", for the first tapas came from the ritual of serving wine in the taverns in old times - the glasses were covered with a slice of ham, to protect from impurities and to add a very special flavor. Portugal's best are fish and shellfish tapas and you will be taken to a tapa bar to taste a large range of them. As a sea-land, Portugal will amaze you with the variety of sea food and ways to prepare most delicious tapas - mussels, clams and razor-shells, prawns of various sizes, lobsters, crab and many, many other. Besides, you can taste other great local recipes such as pork spiced with garlic sauce, sautéed mushrooms, kidneys in an excellent sherry sauce, fried chicken al ajilho, or a wonderful tortilla, among many others. And most of them are prepared in some of the finest examples of healthy and tasty olive oil.