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History-mistery of Lisbon (secrets societies and black arts)
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Lisbon
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Please be aware that Lisbon's center is full of hills to climb!
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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This tour is a spicy Portugal history tour, where we will touch some points of local timeline with a special focus towards mysterious figure of Marques de Pombal (the 'Enlightened despot' during whose reign happened Lisbon's Earthquake), his undergrounds, and ties with local freemasonry. What was his 'hidden knowledge' ? Did he sell out his soul to the devil? Or was a worker of good? Take this tour and stroll around mysterious heart of Lisbon, which was decision making center of the Empire.
Ever heard of Knights Templars? Jesuits? How all this fits-in together in Lisbon in this story?..
Our goal is to enveil curtain of superficial facts, and connect the dots between different layers of fac...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in Russian (Русский) & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in Russian (Русский) & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All Fees and Taxes
Meeting Points
Departure
Av. da Liberdade 89
Avenida da Liberdade, behind kiosk of "Banana Cafe 3", or at the green bench closest the kiosk (has a Neptune on a rock waterway/fountain next to it, depicted as tour's cover). Very close to "Praça da Alegria"
Return
Praça Dom Pedro IV 72
Itinerary
1
Alfredo Keil Garden
Starting point of our tour, under branches of majestic ceiba trees. We start with the root of the story - who lived here before the territory became Portugal, what did they believe in?
20 minutes
2
Jardim do Principe Real
Charming English style garden with an old cedar and underground reservatoir. Discover about Aqueduct of Lisbon, predating earthquake of 1755, and mystery of it's branched system of underground passegaways
20 minutes
3
Chafariz da Rua do Seculo
Mysterious fountain in front of the house where Marques de Pombal was born. What is the supreme secret of "secret societies" and how are they connected to the indigenous tribes, and this character, who shaped modern Lisbon as well as influence history timeline of Portugal and South America
15 minutes
4
Bairro Alto
On our way we pass Bairro Alto neighborhood, superficially famous about it's bars. We stop in fron of Masonic Lodge to learn about it's influence in Portugal of past and present.
15 minutes
5
Miradouro Sao Pedro de Alcantara
Special viewpoint of the center, overlooking Avenida de Liberdade and Restoration square. Learn about coat of arms of Lisbon and foundation myths
10 minutes
6
Estacao Do Rossio
Beautiful manuelin-style masterpiece suburban train station, departing point for discovering Sintra. Let's talk here a bit about the speciality of this town, where famous people of different countries, for some reason, want to posses a bit of land.
10 minutes
7
Praca Dom Pedro IV
We will discover stories of various buildings in southern part of the square. Final point of the tour is psychological picture of royal family of times of D.Pedro IV, and connection to Rio de Janeiro
15 minutes
8
Largo do Carmo
Charming square with ruins of Carmo monastery, which is now a museum and house of National Guard ( with 1975 revolution's musuem ). Was it romantic revolution, or coup-d-etat? What are similarities between Salazar's Portugal and life in Soviet Union?
15 minutes
History-mistery of Lisbon (secrets societies and black arts)
(32) Reviews
Lisbon
About
This tour is a spicy Portugal history tour, where we will touch some points of local timeline with a special focus towards mysterious figure of Marques de Pombal (the 'Enlightened despot' during whose reign happened Lisbon's Earthquake), his undergrounds, and ties with local freemasonry. What was his 'hidden knowledge' ? Did he sell out his soul to the devil? Or was a worker of good? Take this tour and stroll around mysterious heart of Lisbon, which was decision making center of the Empire.
Ever heard of Knights Templars? Jesuits? How all this fits-in together in Lisbon in this story?..
Our goal is to enveil curtain of superficial facts, and connect the dots between different layers of fac...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in Russian (Русский) & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in Russian (Русский) & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All Fees and Taxes
Meeting Points
Departure
Av. da Liberdade 89
Avenida da Liberdade, behind kiosk of "Banana Cafe 3", or at the green bench closest the kiosk (has a Neptune on a rock waterway/fountain next to it, depicted as tour's cover). Very close to "Praça da Alegria"
