Belém District and the Salazar Dictatorship Legacy - Private Walking Tour

Discover one of the most majestic and popular areas of the Lisbon waterfront during this 3-hour private walking tour. This is the place where the famous world explorers set off on voyages of discovery in the 15th century, but also where Portugal hosted the World Exhibition in 1940. Full of history and charm, Belém is the perfect neighborhood to stroll around on foot. Visit the Square of the Empire, the famous Monument of the Discoveries, and the the exotic "Portuguese House for the Colonies.” In the end you will certainly gain a completely different image of Lisbon.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Afonso de Albuquerque Square, Rua Belem, Belem Portugal

Belém area avatars from the Discoveries period to the 1940 Exhibition

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Vasco da Gama Garden, Rua Vieira Portuense Belém, Lisbon 1300-571 Portugal

Old Belém town (or what's left of it)

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Santa Maria de Belem Church, Praca do Imperio, Lisbon 1300 Portugal

The facade and the interior spaces of the most lavish late Gothic Cathedral in Lisbon with insightful explanations on its historical and mystical meaning

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Jardim da Praca do Imperio, Rua Belem, Lisbon Portugal

This square was the hub and is the main heritage of the Portuguese World Exhibition. We do quick stops by the heraldic flower beds, the monumental fountain and the seahorses

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Padrao dos Descobrimentos Avenida Brasilia Belem, Lisbon 1400-038 Portugal

We walk around and try to shed light on the the main icon of the 1940 exhibition, not forgetting the majestic wind rose that covers the pavement at its feet.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Museu de Arte Popular Avenida Brasilia, Lisbon 1400-038 Portugal

The Museum of Popular is a conundrum and a real oddity of Modernist Lisbon.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Torre de Belem Garden, Avenida de Brasilia avenida da torre de Belem/avenida de Brasilia next to combattentes memorial, Lisbon 1400-038 Portugal

The other great monument of the Discoveries Age and the Restelo upper class neighborhood that developed after the 1940 Exhibition

Duration: 15 minutes