Free walking tours exist in Lisbon and are popular — they typically operate on tips of around 10–15 euros per person and cover the main historic districts at a set pace. CityAppTour offers a fixed-price route you can start whenever you arrive and walk at your own speed.

Yes, the tour works fully offline after downloading. Download it on Wi-Fi before you travel and you have access to all audio, maps and points of interest throughout the day without using any mobile data.

Three full days covers Lisbon's essential highlights comfortably. Day one: the Alfama, São Jorge Castle, Miradouro da Graça and an evening of fado. Day two: Belém — the Jerónimos Monastery, the Belém Tower, the MAAT museum and the original pastel de nata at Pastéis de Belém. Day three: Baixa and Chiado for shopping and cafés, the LX Factory on a weekend, and the Bairro Alto for nightlife. Four or five days allows a day trip to Sintra — a UNESCO cultural landscape of palaces and gardens 40 minutes by train.

Lisbon is the only Western European capital that faces the Atlantic rather than sitting on a river or sea inland. It is the westernmost capital city in continental Europe. It was the launching point for the Age of Discovery — Vasco da Gama sailed from Belém in 1497, opening the sea route to India. It has a musical tradition — fado — that is listed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. And it sits on seven hills, which means that every walk in the city is either a climb or a descent, and every high point offers a viewpoint over terracotta rooftops and the widest estuary in Western Europe.

A CityAppTour audio tour lets you explore Lisbon entirely at your own pace — essential in a city where the best moments happen when you stop at a miradouro, linger over a pastel de nata or follow a fado sound into an alley. No booking required and the tour works offline from the moment you download it.

Plan around 2 hours for the walking tour through Lisbon's historic centre. The route covers the Baixa grid, the Rossio and Praça do Comércio, the Alfama lanes, the São Jorge Castle viewpoint and the key miradouros — all at your own pace.

The tour is written for adults, with content on Portuguese history, the Age of Discovery and Moorish heritage. Children aged around 12 and up generally follow along well. Younger children can enjoy the walk — the castle, the trams and the river views tend to hold the attention of visitors of all ages.

Both are exceptional — the choice depends on what you're looking for. Lisbon is bigger, more cosmopolitan and more varied, with a broader range of museums, neighbourhoods and day trips. Porto is more compact, rawer, with more atmospheric decay, the Douro waterfront and the wine cave experience. Most visitors who do both tend to find Porto more surprising — they didn't expect it to be as beautiful. Lisbon tends to exceed expectations too, but in a different way: it is better than it looks in photographs, particularly the light on the Tagus at golden hour.

Yes, the tour can be shared with the people you are travelling with. Check the app for the current sharing options and any available group discounts.

Tram 28 is the most iconic public transport route in Lisbon — a vintage yellow electric tram that climbs through the steepest and most historic neighbourhoods of the city: Graça, Alfama, Mouraria, Baixa and Estrela. The route takes about 40 minutes end to end and passes through some of the narrowest streets in the city, with the tram's sides often almost touching the building facades. It is a genuine working tram used by locals, not a tourist attraction — but it is so scenic and representative of Lisbon that it has become the city's visual symbol.

Behind every tour is a small team of historians, local storytellers and content creators with a passion for culture and heritage. We don't make generic guides, but personal narratives based on local knowledge, first-hand experience and historical research. That way you can be sure you won't hear clichés, but the real story of Lisbon — with its Alfama alleyways, its Age of Discovery heritage and the fado that sounds like nowhere else on earth.