Why choose to go for a walk with "Histórias Com Passadas"? What's different about us? - Trademark registered with Turismo de Portugal since 2022; - Certified training as a guide for walking tours; - First company in the city of Guarda to promote "Free Walking Tours"; - We believe that "we never really know a place if we don't walk through it"; - We like to share and make known the city that welcomed us more than 20 years ago: Guarda, the highest city in Portugal, with more than 800 years of history. What do we guarantee? - Good mood; - Good times; - Good Stories.
Description:
Accept our challenge... let's walk through the new and older streets of the City of Guarda, which already has more than 800 years of Stories and unveil a secret: What will be the cake that won the merit of representing our City?
Then we will look for the artistic manifestations developed in the public space and discover works of Street Art, some more elaborate and programmed, others, simpler and more spontaneous. On our journey we will unveil the techniques used by great and small artists, ... some renowned and some anonymous. This is a different look at the city and the Urban Art that animates and illuminates its streets. Come on... Let's get to know her!
List of places to visit:
Sé da Guarda (Next to the statue of King Sancho I) (exterior only)- Start and end of the tour
Praça Luís Vaz de Camões (exterior only)
Rua do Comércio (exterior only)
Largo João de Almeida (exterior only)
Rua Tenente Valadim (exterior only)
Escola de Santa Clara (exterior only)
Escola de Afonso de Albuquerque (exterior only)
Solar do Vinho da Beira Interior (old wall)
Solar Teles de Vasconcelos(exterior only)
Rua 31 de Janeiro (exterior only)
Rua de Augusto Gil (exterior only)
Additional useful information
What is included/ excluded in the activity:
- "Histórias Com Passadas" guide during the walking route.
- RNAAT License No. 506/2022 from Turismo de Portugal and recognized by ICNF as nature tourism.
- Personal accident and liability insurance.
- Meals or drinks during the walk, all consumption in any establishments eventually visited during the activity.
- Transport to the starting point of the walk.
- Anything that is not declared as included.
I will be in front of the Statue of D. Sancho I (near the Guarda Cathedral) with an orange umbrella.
Guarda Cathedral (Next to the statue of King Sancho I) - Start and end of the tour.
Old square of the historic area of Guarda next to the Cathedral, surrounded by noble houses. Some of the oldest houses were built in the fourteenth century. Here you will find the first work of street art of the tour.
Here you can find some typical handicrafts of the region and the famous Serra da Estrela cheese.
Here you can taste the sweet that has earned the merit of being the typical cake of the City of Guarda.
On this street, a mural was created as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the birth of Eduardo Lourenço.
Building of the XIX century, built on the site of an old convent of nuns. On its outer wall are some works of Street Art.
Nearby there is a mural where several characters from the history of the city and the region are represented.
Modern building, located next to the ancestral wall of the Guarda Castle, where the Regional Wine Commission of Beira Interior is installed. This organization represents wine producers and their superior quality wines with the "Beira Interior Designation of Origin". The most representative wines can be purchased in the online store through the link: https://www.shop.vinhosdabeirainterior.pt/ Here you can see some works of street art.
This noble building was built by the Teles de Vasconcelos family in the eighteenth century. Currently is the district headquarters of the Authority for Working Conditions. Here you can see some works of street art.
Rua 31 de Janeiro , which takes us to Praça Luis Vaz de Camões and where we can appreciate some Street Art murals.
Street located in the old historic area of the city where you will be surprised with some unexpected and unlikely works of Street Art.
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
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