Authentic Alfama Experience: Fado Music and Cultural Walking Tour

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5 hours
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1 - 8 guests
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English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
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Discover Lisbon's soul with a Fado show in Alfama. Enjoy live music and explore historic streets. Includes accommodation pickup, dining, and a scenic night tour of iconic Lisbon sights.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Watching a Fado concert is an experience that you must have in Portugal. Fado music is the most traditional type of music in Portugal, with nostalgic and melancholic feelings in the lyrics, such as saudade and love, accompanied by the Portuguese guitar. Is an experience in one of the best and charismatic restaurants in the old quarter of Lisbon, in the ancient neighborhood of Alfama, to listen to the Fado show with high quality musicians and professional singers. We offer a tour that includes pick up and drop off at your accommodation, as well as a night sightseeing tour passing by the most emblematic places and viewpoints of Lisbon. 

What You Get

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic Beverages
Professional guide and driver

Good To Know

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide

What You’ll Experience

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Alfama

On this Fado tour, enjoy the unforgetable experience of the live Fado show and discover the music that expresses the true soul of Portugal. A private vehicle with a qualified tour guide will wait for you. You will see the main avenues, ancient squares and the picturesque streets of the central part in the night light of Lisbon. After you will make a short walking tour around Alfama. You will pass trought the most iconic, ancient and picturesque streets, where Fado music is celebrated. In the culmination of excursion be ready for an unforgettable experience in an unique and one of the last places where true Fado can be found. You will visit an ancient restaurant with dinner included and top quality Fado artists. During the evening you will listen different professional singers and the unique Portuguese guitar! The show lasts between 3 and 4 hours, afterwards you will be dropped on your accommodation.
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Pick up all travellers in all hotels/accomodation in Lisbon and Sesimbra area
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Alcântara-Terra (Estação)
Alcântara-Terra (Estação), Estrela Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal, PT, 1350
Hard Rock Cafe Lisboa
Hard Rock Cafe Lisboa, Avenida da Liberdade, Santo António Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal, PT, 1250-144
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Nice Introduction to Lisbon & Alfama!
October 03, 2024
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We had a really good time! The Fado musicians and singers were GREAT! Personalized attention with city knowledge from a local resident (Thanks Pako!). The only reason we rated the tour a 4 is becau...read more

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Good Alfama and Fado experience , great guide
August 02, 2024
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We had an amazing guide in Pako, very knowledgeable about the city, life in Portugal and taking us to truly lovely spots around town, including Alfama. The diner with the Fado performance had many...read more

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Alfama Memories
July 02, 2024
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Our driver was Pedro, he stopped at some beautiful Sunset spots for pictures. We were the only customers at the restaurant for the show, so it was special. The food was a very good presentation of ...read more

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A terrible waste of money
June 28, 2024
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The "tour" was a car ride in an old dirty car, the food was unremarkable, and the music was meh. One of the Fado "singers" could NOT sing. And he was also the cook, a waiter, and the owner apparent...read more

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Terrible experience
June 27, 2024
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The "tour" was a car ride in an old dirty car, the food was unremarkable, and the music was meh. One of the Fado "singers" could not sing. And he was also the cook, a waiter, and the owner apparent...read more

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