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Lisbon Riverfront, Alfama and Viewpoints

Lisbon Riverfront, Alfama and Viewpoints

Lisbon · Portugal

14 stops6.7 km1 h 23 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Begin at Praça do Comércio and Cais das Colunas, where Lisbon meets the river, then follow the walk into Alfama through the Free Tour Alfama - Blue Umbrellas stop, Sé de Lisboa, Chafariz d'El Rei and Igreja de São Miguel. You will pause at Miradouro de Santa Luzia, explore the Tiles Workshop Lisbon, and climb toward Miradouro da Graça, Our Lady of the Mount Viewpoint and Castelo de São Jorge. The route then returns through Elevador de Santa Justa and Praça Dom Pedro IV before ending at Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara. Take this walk for a focused introduction to Lisbon's riverfront, Alfama landmarks, tiles, steep viewpoints and city panoramas.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Commerce Square

    Commerce Square

    A royal palace lost to the earthquake, remade as Lisbon’s great political and riverfront square.

  2. Columns Pier

    Columns Pier

    Lisbon’s ceremonial river entrance, now the working landing for boats to Cacilhas.

  3. Free Tour Alfama - Blue Umbrellas

    A blue-umbrella meeting point in Lisbon’s oldest, most layered neighbourhood.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Lisbon Cathedral

    Lisbon Cathedral

    A cathedral rebuilt by conquest, earthquakes, royal ambition, and a very opinionated restoration.

  6. Chafariz d'El Rei

    Chafariz d'El Rei

    Lisbon’s oldest fountain, where water was once divided by social rank and maritime need.

  7. St. Michael's Church

    St. Michael's Church

    A twelfth-century church rebuilt in Baroque Lisbon and marked by the earthquake of 1755.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.