Lisbon Literary Tour
An overview of Portuguese writers through the ages: their lives, their work and how they portrayed Portugal and its people.
WhenAny day, on request
Duration3 hours
LevelModerate · all ages
PricePrice on request
Portuguese is today a global language, and writers such as Camões and Pessoa are universal references.
On this walk we present these and other names of Portuguese literature. We look at their work and its importance, along with delicious details of the intense lives they led in Lisbon.
If there is one thing that unites them all, it is the universality of their work and their humanist outlook.
What you’ll see
- The “father” of Portuguese theatre, Gil Vicente
- The sermons of Father António Vieira
- António José da Silva (“the Jew”): operas for puppets
- The erotic poetry of Bocage, banned during Salazar’s dictatorship
- The Romantic age as seen by Eça de Queiroz
- The aspirations of the Generation of 1870
- Pessoa and the modernist generation
Book this private tour
We run this tour privately, for your group only, on the day that suits you.
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Private tours: we meet at Praça do Comércio, under the Rua Augusta Arch, unless stated otherwise. We can also meet you at your hotel on foot if it is in the city centre (up to Marquês de Pombal).
Questions? Email us at info@lisbonwalker.com.