{"id":9260,"date":"2017-06-03T07:34:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T05:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=9260"},"modified":"2021-02-04T20:02:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T18:02:03","slug":"free-guided-lisbon-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/portugal\/lisbon\/free-guided-lisbon-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Through Lisbon with a free-guided tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It became a habit of ours to join a free-guided tour through the cities that we visit on one of the first days. Prior to the trip I searched the internet and found two providers in Lisbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I made the final decision based on the ratings on the usual tourist sites, but also as a result of comparing the internet pages of the two. The site of the counterparty seemed so chaotic and confusing to me that I didn\u2019t feel like clicking my way through it to find all the information I needed.
So the choice fell on the Free Tour of Lisbon by Sandmans neweurope. First I registered online on the homepage. The booking system is really easy to use.
The company offers tours every day, and also has additional tours on offer, for which they charge.
In Lisbon, free tours are offered in Portuguese and English.
Next, we received a confirmation email from the company\u2019s headquarter in Berlin. Amusing how we booked a tour through Lisbon from Berlin with a company that also happens to be based in Berlin.
Really nice about the booking was the email reminder one day before the tour. Especially if you plan ahead, this can be a good reminder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our meeting point was at the Cam\u00f5es Monument in Largo de Cam\u00f5es, at 10.45. They divided us into a small Portuguese-speaking group and a larger English-speaking group. At 11 o’clock the guide started walking with us – about 100 meters \u2013 only to then stop in one spot for around 20 minutes. There he summarised 3000 years of Portuguese history. Honestly, that was a bit lengthy. He could have split that all up into smaller chunks and little stories that he could have told us along the way at the appropriate stops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n