Lisbon Trip Overview
Visit Fátima, one of the largest Shrines in the World
We are going to visit the Chapel of the Apparitions, it is the place where Our Lady appeared to the Shepherd.
We visited the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary over 100 years old.
We arrived in Vila Nova de Gaia to visit the viewpoint of Serra do Pilar, and we will have a panoramic view of the whole of Porto.
In Porto we will visit Livraria Lello, which served as inspiration for the writer of the Harry Potter Book.
We visited the Torre dos Clérigos dating from 1753 which is the tallest building in the city with its clock to give hours to the whole city.
Visit the São Bento Train Station with its walls lined with Azuleijos, go down to the Ribeira next to the Douro River, and we will visit some wine cellars, and taste the famous Port wine.
We continue our trip to Óbidos, where we will find a Medieval Village
In Óbidos you have to drink a Ginjinha, which is a liqueur made with wild cherries.
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Duration: 14 hours
Starts: Lisbon, Portugal
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Lisbon, Central Portugal, Portugal
Visit Fátima, one of the largest Shrines in the World
We are going to visit the Chapel of the Apparitions, it is the place where Our Lady appeared to the Shepherd.
We visited the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary over 100 years old.
We arrived in Vila Nova de Gaia to visit the viewpoint of Serra do Pilar, and we will have a panoramic view of the whole of Porto.
In Porto we will visit Livraria Lello, which served as inspiration for the writer of the Harry Potter Book.
We visited the Torre dos Clérigos dating from 1753 which is the tallest building in the city with its clock to give hours to the whole city.
Visit the São Bento Train Station with its walls lined with Azuleijos, go down to the Ribeira next to the Douro River, and we will visit some wine cellars, and taste the famous Port wine.
We continue our trip to Óbidos, where we will find a Medieval Village
In Óbidos you have to drink a Ginjinha, which is a liqueur made with wild cherries.
Stop At: Fatima, Fatima, Santarem District, Central Portugal
Fátima is one of the most important shrines of the world dedicated to the Virgin Mary
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Serra do Pilar Viewpoint, Largo de Aviz Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar, Vila Nova de Gaia 4430-329 Portugal
Not to be missed on a visit to Oporto! A sight that is worth a thousand words … stunning at any time of the day or night.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Livraria Lello, Rua Carmelitas 144 Vitória, Porto 4050-161 Portugal
It was in this bookstore, and in this scenario that writer J. K. Rowling was also inspired to write the famous Harry Potter books.
From 1906 to the present, Lello Bookstore has been recognized internationally as one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Visited every day by thousands of visitors from all over the world.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Torre dos Clerigos, Rua Sao Filipe Neri, Porto 4050-546 Portugal
Built in 1763, the Clérigos Tower is considered an example of the Baroque style. The Clérigos Tower rises to a height of 75 meters. It has two bell towers and a carillon with 49 bells, one of the largest in the country and with a total of 225 steps, which gives access to two varandins, at different levels, from where you can enjoy a wide panoramic view of the city of Porto and its surroundings. “In a 360 ° perspective on the City of Porto
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Igreja do Carmo, Rua Carmo, Porto 4050-164 Portugal
Church built in the second half of the 18th century, it is one of the most notable buildings of the Rococo style. Its side facade was covered in 1912 with a tile panel.
Pass By: Igreja dos Carmelitas, Rua Carmo Vitória, Porto 4050-164 Portugal
Church of the Carmelites or Church of the Discalced Carmelites.
It began to be built in 1616 and was completed in 1628.
The granite façade façade
The interior of the church with a single nave, with six side chapels and a narthex at the entrance. It stands out the excellent gilded carving, of baroque and rococo style, in the lateral chapels and in the main altar
Stop At: Rua Cais da Ribeira Praca Ribeira, Porto 4050-510 Portugal
Ribeira is one of the oldest and typical sites of the city Porto, next to the Douro River, is part of the Historic Center of Porto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is, at the moment, an area very frequented by tourists and place of concentration of bars and restaurants.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sandeman Cellars, Largo Miguel Bombarda, 47, Vila Nova de Gaia 4400-222 Portugal
In front of the city of Porto, is the majority of the cellars where, for hundreds of years, Port wine has been aged.
The fundamental difference of Port wine in relation to the rest of the wines is the brandy that they include to interrupt the fermentation. Thus, the drink conserves the original sweetness of the grapes maintaining a high level of alcohol.
The idea of putting brandy in the wine came in the seventeenth century, when English merchants were interested in buying Portuguese wines, but these wines could not stand the long journeys in the ships that carried them. From there they had the idea of starting to strengthen them with brandy so that they did not spoil.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Majestic Café, Rua Santa Catarina 112, 4000-442 Porto, Portugal
The Café Majestic is a historic café, inaugurated on December 17, 1921, the Arte Nova identity architecture. In 2011, it was considered the sixth most beautiful coffee in the world.
Stop At: Obidos Village, Obidos Portugal
Obidos was built by the Celts in BC 308 BC Although an attempt was made to dominate the Phoenician people, which did not result from the resistance of the Celtic people, this same people eventually yielded to the Romans, who conquered this ” land of the first order “.
With the decline of the Roman Empire, several peoples took over Lusitania or Portugal, among them the Alans, the Suevos and the Goths, and succeeded by the Arab invasions that remained in this land between 711 and 1148, among other things , the sciences developed.
In November of 1147, and after conquest of Lisbon to the Moors, D. Afonso Henriques King of Portugal decides for the conquest of Óbidos
According to the story, the battle was brave, both by the knights and by the remaining soldiers who, knowing of the entrance of the knights by the north, were prepared to enter through the front door, allowing the conquest of the Castle of Obidos to the Moors on January 10 of 1148.
Duration: 1 hour
