Lisbon Archaeological Tour
If you like history archaelogy, and to know an unknown lisbon, this is the tour. We'll visit some of the city's archaeological sites. You'll have the chance to see a medieval wall or even a phoenician funerary stele . But we'll also visit mythical places in Lisbon, where, at first glance, they seem to take us back to more recent periods in history... but there are big surprises...
We gonna speak often about the romans, but also first portuguese kings or phoenicians.
Tour is made on thursday at 10h40, and 3h40, and Saturday, at 10h40. Tour is available from october to march.
Meeting point: Commerce square in front of the statue king jose. Guide with a green shirt and a yellow bottle
Itinerary:
- Praça do Comércio
- Archaeological Center 1 (visit, subject to availability, with local guide) - The history of Lisbon, of various peoples, in one area.
- Remains of the 13th-century wall of King Dinis, far from the surface.
- Rossio - This mythical square hides a great secret that few people know about... thousands of years ago, something very important existed in this place. What could it have been?
- Shopping Center - Remains of walls/towers from the Fernandine period
Rua da Prata - Visitors cannot imagine what lies underground.
- Campo das Cebolas - An archaeological discovery in recent years in this square has brought something important and surprising to light.
- Church of Santo António - Going down some stairs, we see a crypt that is highly valued by Christians around the world.
- Public Bathroom - This may be the strangest stop on the tour, but here you will find strong traces of an old 17th-century house. It is clean and in excellent condition.
- Archaeological Section 2 - Get ready to see traces of Roman tanks, porcelain, and much more... and nearby, traces of an old port.
We end the visit in the commercial square with a surprising... and ancient recommendation.
The guide for this tour has a de
gree in anthropology and is a certified guide. As mentioned, if you visit archaeological site 1, there will be another guide there, usually an archaeologist.
This tour involves some climbing and is not recommended for those with mobility issues.
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