Lisbon Layover: Explore the delightful and trendy city during a short stopover

Make the most of your layover in Lisbon with a delightful and trendy city tour. Explore the charming streets, visit iconic landmarks, and indulge in delicious custard tarts.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Miradouro da Senhora do Monte - Panoramic view of Lisbon
  • Rossio Square - Beautiful Square of Lisbon
  • Elevador de Santa Justa - Iron Elevador from 1882
  • Avenida da Liberdade - The Portuguese Champs Elyseés
  • Aqueduto das Aguas Livres - 18th Century Aquaduct
  • Alfama - The oldest neighborhood of Lisbon
  • Padrao dos Descobrimentos - Postcard of Lisbon where you will learn about the famous navigators
  • Torre de Belem - Take a picture near this 500 years old tower.
  • Pastéis de Belém - Enjoy the portuguese custard tarts that everybody is talking, paired with a great Latte or Port wine - optional
  • Mosteiro dos Jeronimos - Picture stop in to admire the famous monastery of Jeronimos
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Private tour
  • Option for a walking tour
  • Experienced driver/guide
  • Transport in a comfortable, air-conditioned van
  • Live commentary during the tour
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Seize the chance to explore the stylish and enchanting Lisbon for a brief duration, beginning at any time of the day.

This expertly curated tour is perfect for those with limited time for a layover in Lisbon. A chauffeur cum guide will collect you from Lisbon Airport Terminal and escort you into the city for a 4-hour excursion to discover sites that pique your interest the most! This venture provides a clever itinerary with some leeway so you can decide your destinations and activities. Embrace the essence of Lisbon, its magnificent avenues, and attractive buildings adorned with tiles.

Take pleasure in a relaxed sightseeing private tour that can involve Alfama, Nossa Senhora do Monte, Bairro Alto, Santa Justa Elevator, and Belem District, the birthplace of the renowned custard tarts (pasteis de belem) since 1837. Get to know about Torre de Belem, Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Jeronimos Monastery, and so on.

  • Infant seats are mandatory, available on request if advised at time of booking, please inform children’s age
  • A maximum of 7 people per booking
  • Each traveler is allowed a maximum of 1 carry-on bag per person. In these case our max. capacity is 5people per tour.
  • Oversized or excessive luggage (e.g. surfboards, golf clubs or bikes) may have certain restrictions, please inquire with the operator prior to travel to confirm if your excess luggage is acceptable
Location
Miradouro da Senhora do Monte
Largo do Monte,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Danielle_q
Aug 31, 2024
Highly recommend - Our guide, Elisabete, was extremely knowledgeable, friendly, and punctual. She picked us up right on time from the airport at 7:3am and showed us all around Lisbon while providing the in depth history! I would highly recommend this tour during a layover.
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Ryan_t
Jul 25, 2024
Must do, highly recommend! - Perfect way to spend our 10.5hr layover. Alex was highly knowledgeable and passionate about his hometown of Lisbon and gave us the best history lesson and context to everything he showed us. Would highly recommended if you have the time. He was also flexible as our flight arrived early and dropped us off back the airport with plenty of time to spare. Highly highly highly recommend!
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Stacy_h
Jul 4, 2024
GREAT if arriving too early to check into hotel - We flew into Lisbon very early and could not check into the hotel until the afternoon so we decided to make the best of our time and hit the ground running. This company is so flexible on pick up time so we were able to set up what we thought would be right time wise, an hour after landing to allow for customs etc. This allowed us time to clean up and change in the bathroom too and it was perfect. Elizabeth met us at the airport and the pick up directions were clear to meet near luggage arrival area. She had a sign and we found each other quickly. Her vehicle was clean and cool and all our luggage was secured in back easily. She took us to Belem as we had asked for and it was absolutely wonderful. We visited the tower, monument and cathedral and enjoyed the traditional custard pastries at Pasteis de Belem nearby...so glad we had her as a guide there as it was busy and would have been difficult to navigate getting a table. Elizabeth knew the perfect places to pull into to let us out and she let us walk around and take pictures at the various places. It was a perfect balance of us walking a couple places on our own and our guide taking us. She is passionate about Portugal and history and shared a lot of information. I wish I had asked her to take a few more family pictures as her focus was showing us the sites and sharing information as it should be, but that is on me so if you want photo opportunities just share that upon pick up. If you are into history, ask for Elizabeth as a guide! She really added to what we were seeing. So glad we chose Belem for those four hours as we could not have fit it in elsewhere and it is a must see. We chose to not go inside any of the stops as the lines are long even with timed tickets and you wait in the sun but we have seen a fair amount of cathedrals etc in Europe and felt we got a great view just walking around. Then, arrived at our hotel in perfect time for check in. Elizabeth even stopped at a view spot in Lisbon before dropping us off. Driving and parking in Lisbon city center is pretty intense and she is wonderful at it. We had considered a Tuktuk tour and I am so glad we passed on it. No A/C in those and it was hot and so much street congestion, the people ended up just sitting there in an open air vehicle with no air movement and it looked miserable. I wouldn't recommend that unless you go at a cool, non touristy time. This though was a great tour!
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Joe_traveler_nyc
Jun 1, 2024
Wonderful day in Lisbon thanks to Alex! - We did the layover tour with Alex and could not have asked for a better experience! The tour was wonderful, we were able to see so much, and Alex was very knowledgeable in Portuguese culture and history.
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Shelley_t
Jun 1, 2024
Spectacular Lisbon Tour! - This was a great way to spend an eight hour layover we had when flying from Athens to home. Alex picked us up at the airport and drove us around Lisbon showing us a number or places with incredible views and different locations around the city. His knowledge of Lisbon and the history was just amazing and added to our overall experience.! Alex took us to so many different places during our short time and also took us to the bakery that had the original custard tarts, so yummy! Alex made sure to get us back to the airport in plenty of time for our flight. If you have a longer layover at Lisbon, book this tour as it is wonderful! Make sure to ask for Alex! We definitely want to go back and spend more time in Lisbon after getting this taste of it!
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Sonya_p
May 19, 2024
Lisbon Layover Tour - Elizabeth is awesome. She is very knowledgeable and accommodating with our trio of jet lagged travelers. Yes She explained the history and nuisances of the city and surrounding areas. I highly recommend this tour.
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Stuvc
May 18, 2024
Excellent tour of Lisbon - My wife and I did the Lisbon Layover tour. The tour packed in so many great sights in such a short time. Elisabete was a phenomenal guide. She is very knowledgeable and experienced, and a passionate traveler herself.
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Dean_d
Apr 21, 2024
The Lisbon GOAT - Alex provided an exceptional experience as our host. His knowledge was impressive, guiding us effortlessly through our journey. The vehicle was impeccably clean, adding to the comfort of our trip. Not only was he punctual, but his professionalism made us feel valued as guests. A truly outstanding host who elevated our experience to new heights. Highly recommended!
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Julie
Apr 20, 2024
Alex is great guide - Alex was so knowledgeable, and great person. With the time we had he covered a lot of locations and allowed us time to walk around. Great tour!!!
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Sheryl_s
Apr 17, 2024
Great Tour - I enjoyed looking at the whole city of Lisbon and the architecture. I enjoyed the tour guide since she knew the history of Lisbon.
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