Lisbon private tours and shore excursions
Private Lisbon tours and day trips
Private Lisbon tours and shore excursions
The history of Lisbon
dates back 3000 years when the Phoenicians settled here, calling the city Alis Ubbo (Delightful Shore).
Others soon saw its qualities, and the Greeks, the Carthaginians and then, in 205 BC, the Romans, settled here. In 714 the Moors
took over the city after some tribal chaos. The Moors
fortified the city and called it Lissabona
and defended it against the Christians
for over 400 years.
In 1147, Christian fighters (mainly British crusaders)
captured the city.
In the 15th and 16th centuries Lisbon
prospered as the main centre of a large empire after Vasco da Gama
discovered a sea route to India.
This continued right into the 1800s, once gold
was discovered in Brazil. Merchants flocked from everywhere to the city, trading in gold, spices, silks and jewels.
The Great Lisbon Earthquake
On All Saints’ Day, 1 November 1755, Lisbon was forever changed. Three major earthquakes hit the city and in what is considered to be one of the most powerful earthquakes in human history. It is estimated that as many as 100,000 of Lisbon’s 270,000 inhabitants died. Most of the city was destroyed, never Lisbon never regained its former status.
Modern Times
In 1908, during social and economic downturn, the Portuguese monarchy
came to a violent end. The King Dom Carlos I, with his heir apparent, Prince Royal Dom Luís Filipe, Duke of Braganza, were assassinated in Lisbon. Two coups followed: the first being in 1926 and put an end to the Portuguese First Republic. The second in 1974 ended Europe's longest dictatorship. In 1974 and 1975, massive influx of refugees from Portugal's former African colonies, changed the city's cultural richness.
When Portugal
joined the European Community (EC) in 1986, massive funding fuelled redevelopment and Lisbon began to prosper again. Lisbon
is now enjoying its most shining moment, thanks to an increase in tourism, which created a multimillion-euro cruise-ship terminal
and 100 of new restaurants, bars, museums and plus cultural attractions.
Private day trips and shore excursions from Lisbon
Lisbon full day tour
Full day tour of the Capital of Portugal with driver and transport and private Lisbon guide including entrance tickets
Private tour of Sintra, Cabo da Roca, and Cascais
Private full day shore excursions to the beautiful towns of Portugal
Private full day shore excursions to these beautiful medieval villages
Shore excursions from Lisbon to the delights of Portugal
If you are arriving with a cruise ship and would like to make up a group of 8 passengers or more so you can benefit with sharing costs, we would highly recommend that you sign up with the website Cruise Critic. You will find other members also traveling on the same ship and you can arrange to group up with other passengers if you wish to do the shore excursion together to reduce the overall price.
Private coach tours from Lisbon for your shore excursions group and tours
If you have a larger group, we can provide private
Coaches and Minibuses for all your personal day trips or shore excursions throughout Portugal
Please contact us regarding prices and tours.
If you have a larger group, we can provide private Coaches and Minibuses for all your personal Lisbon day trips or private excursions.
Please contact us regarding prices and tours.
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