Our ultimate Insider’s guide to Portugal


JEWISH PRESENCE IN LISBON The Jewish presence in Portugal goes back a long way but is unfortunately little known to the general public.


Keeping in mind the myths about the foundation of the Sephardite communities in the Iberian Peninsula and the first traces of Jewish settlement in Portugal, this Walking Tour presents the most remarkable moments of the History of Lisbon from the viewpoint of this community, now drastically reduced to a limited number of people. This Walking Tour goes across two millenniums and ends in the 20th century, with the passage through Lisbon of 200.000 refugees on their way to America, many with visas issued by Aristides Sousa


Mendes, thus managing to escape Nazi persecution. In this Walking Tour you will become acquainted to: • The Jewish districts of the City • Their commercial relevance in the maritime trade • Forced conversion to Christianism • The Pessah massacre • Establishment of the Inquisition • The “black lists” • The secret treaty to rehabilitate the “new Christians” • Refugees daily life in Lisbon during the 2nd World War


LISBON UNDERGROUND As a part of a whole complex, Lisbon subway stations form the most important Public Art Gallery in town. The city’s inhabitants that daily cross these subterranean galleries have little time to enjoy these spaces. The widespread TV screens in the platforms tend to steal their attention as they go by hastily. Still, there are real surprises as isolated pieces or sets, sometimes organized as fruition circuits. The city’s Music Museum for example is installed in one of the subway stations. In the decoration of the whole network there is an element that stands out: the Tile (Azulejo). It is consistently the most expressive element present, in creations made both by Portuguese and foreign artists. In this walk we visit some of the stations, regaining awareness of the country’s History and some universal themes such as the Declaration of Human Rights. In particular we expose our walkers to some beautiful images portraying: • The decorative Tile in Portugal • The History of the Discoveries • The exploration of Brazil • Humanism and Literature • The modernist generation


LISBON OF THE DISCOVERIES The city of Lisbon is still recalled by its glorious past linked with the Discoveries. Centre of the spices trade and meeting point for people from all over the world, Lisbon was, in 1500, a cosmopolitan and dynamic city. In this walk we revive this period in the monumental area of Belém, where the Monastery and the Tower remain two live symbols of that golden age, where the testimonies of the new worlds have inspired the dominant decorations of the “manuelin” style. In this Walking Tour we invite


you to discover: • D. Manuel, king of the seas • Vasco da Gama • Monastery of Belém, History and symbolism • Palace of Belém • 16th century buildings * Pastéis de Belém Royal Factory • Lisbon’s shoreline


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