Lisbon Fado Experience: Walking Tour, Dinner and Live Music Show
Description
In this tour you will be able to experience it firsthand at a traditional fado restaurant. We will start our Fado tour by wandering through the alleys and windy streets on a walking tour through Mouraria and Alfama (1h approx), where you can get to know the working class neighborhoods and streets where Fado was born. Our guide will explain to you the history and the cultural importance of Fado, and how it shaped mentalities in Portugal and the portuguese own sense of identity. We'll end the tour at a traditional Fado house where we'll listen to the heartfelt melodies of Fado. Lose yourself in the atmosphere and mood of this typical Portuguese music genre played by the Portuguese guitar and characterized by mournful, heartbreaking lyrics. While you enjoy the music, we will also provide you with a typical Portuguese dinner. Homemade food, portuguese wine, and an amazing environment are the keys to any good Portuguese evening.
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Itinerary
We will start our Fado tour by wandering through the alleys and windy streets of old Lisbon on a small walking tour through Mouraria and Alfama, where you can get to know the working class neighborhoods and streets where Fado was born. Our guide will explain to you the history and the cultural importance of Fado, and how it shaped mentalities in Portugal and the portuguese own sense of identity.
We'll end the tour at a traditional Fado house where we'll listen to the heartfelt melodies of Fado. Lose yourself in the atmosphere and mood of this typical Portuguese music genre played by the Portuguese guitar and characterized by mournful, heartbreaking lyrics. While you enjoy the music, we will also provide you with a typical Portuguese dinner. Homemade food, portuguese wine, and an amazing environment are the keys to any good Portuguese evening.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough people to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
- Not recommended for people with reduced mobility
Reviews(369)
Our guide Lara was super friendly. She gave us a good glimpse of the history of Lisbon and Portugal, and the connection with Brazil too. The walk thru the ups and downs of narrow cobbled Lisbon streets was unique in it's own way. The weather was beautiful in the evening as we were brought to the restaurant. Light breeze, good food and cocktail and the Fado music made the evening. Definitely recommend it.
A truly authentic Fsdo experience. We loved the outdoor setting and the performances were excellent. It is hilly, but our guide was accommodating. I was able to manage the walk with a sprained ankle
This walking tour took us to beautiful vistas and interesting back streets. The Fado music was haunting and beautiful and food was delicious. Our guide Miguel was very knowledgeable and entertaining.
The show, dinner and guide were entertaining and educational. A fun evening to be sure.
Guide was very knowledgeable and informative.
Miguel was an excellent tour guide and very helpful as we had some elderly on our group so navigation and mobility were a little challenging. He was very helpful and found elevators where we could use them versus the stairs. We definitely highly recommend just with caution that you need to be in fairly good shape or not have any mobility issues because there’s a lot of stairs and upward climbing and then back downhill. Overall, it was excellent. We enjoyed it, especially the dinner and the fado singing.
This was a good tour with some walking so be prepared. It was a challenge to find the meeting place but the folks around the area were very helpful. It was a informative walk as our guide was knowledgeable even though he was from France. The food was very good and the fado show was great for the exception of the other guests that were in attendance. This show is best appreciated with a quiet crowd. Our group respected this but other guests did not. We still enjoyed the show but felt bad for the performers.
Tour guide very knowledgeable about history of portugal. Would love to do another tour with this company
A must do while in Lisbon! Rodrigo our tour guide was, so knowledgeable, gave us so much detailed history during our walking tour. We learned so much about Portugal & 🇵🇹 Lisbon. The food at the restaurant was delicious, the service was excellent. The show was authentic, the three Fardo performers sang beautifully, such talent, we bought a CD. It was more than expected! Rodrigo is truly so wonderful, thank you, for sharing your knowledge. Thank you to all the restaurant staff and the Fardo performers. Kindly Jessica & Phil
Please plan on eating later in the evening. The walking portion of the tour was longer than we expected.
