Free Walking Tour of Lisbon

Put on your walking shoes and it's time to explore the city on foot! This walking tour was great. 11pm-1:30 with guide Antanio who was energetic and very informative! Probably the best part was doing it with these two girls I met from Ireland! They were super cool and ended up going for coffee after the tour :) some interesting things I learned is that everything is built from tiles. Why is that? Because they last decades and the concrete/paint lasts about 10 years! Also, when you see a statue with a man on a horse, if both legs are down they died of natural cause, if one leg is up, they were wounded in battle and died later on because of that, and if both legs are up, they died in battle. Kinda cool!!! Also learned quite a bit about the earthquake, tsunami, and fire storm that occurred which wiped out the entire city other than Alfama because of its elevation. After the earthquake, they rebuilt the city with wider streets so people could escape in the case of another earthquake which apparently they are due for! After the trip...I put on sunscreen. Oopsy. Probably a big mistake but didn't happen as I was rushing out the door!Read more