Address
- Edificio Amoreiras
Square Rua Carlos Alberto da Mota
Pinto 17 - 3ºA 1070-313 Lisbon Portugal
Adult
Are you searching for Lisbon Tiles Tour? The Tiles (azulejo in Portuguese) is one of the strongest cultural expressions in Portugal. With this tour we’ll check, mostly outdoors, tiles artworks from the 16th till the 21st century. It’s a special opportunity to meet Lisbon in a totally different perspective. I’ll tell you unique stories and we’ll visit unexpected places. The itinerary is about tiles but never dissociated of the history and the stories. To end the tour we will have the opportunity to taste a codfish cake.
10 Hours Hours
Tour start from minimum 5 persons
English
This is a house full of history. Once an aristocratic house, it was remodeled in the 19th century to house Lisbon's first casino. Here we will find a decoration with a Moorish influence, very much in keeping with the romanticism of the time. This will be the starting point for a journey over Lisbon's tiles.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
This is one of the three funiculars in Lisbon and the oldest still in operation. With it we will climb to the top of Santana Hill, where we will discover some of the most unique stories of Lisbon and its people.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
At the church of S.Pedro de Alcântara we will discover the beginnings of the blue and white tile in Portugal. This church houses tiles from the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
In this church we will discover the oldest tile panels in Lisbon in situ. These are signed 16th century panels and mark the transition from the Moorish tradition to a Portuguese brand tile.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The oldest brewery in town totally covered with XIX century tiles
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Here we will appreciate a 19th century tile façade with Masonic motifs. We will get to know the history of the man behind this iconic Lisbon façade
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
This is the oldest bookstore in the world still in operation and the luxurious facades of the building that houses this bookshop are covered with blue and white tiles from the 19th century.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Alcôa is an iconic pastry shop in Lisbon, but it was once a lottery shop and it was in this context that it was covered with a ceramic piece by one of the greatest Portuguese potters of the 20th century.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The most important square in Lisbon, plenty of history and stories.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
This place was the site of one of the two most important tiles' factory in Lisbon. These days it's their showroom.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
From 60,00 €
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