Every tour starts the same way: we meet, I hand you a coffee, and we start talking.
From there, we walk through the neighborhoods that make Lisbon what it is — the wide boulevards of Baixa, the literary ghosts of Chiado, the winding alleys of Alfama. Along the way, we stop at 4–5 places I’ve come to love, each one with a different chapter of Lisbon’s coffee story.
The Stops
The Historic Coffeehouse
Some of these cafés have been here since before anyone alive was born. The marble counters are worn smooth by two centuries of elbows. The poets sat here. The revolutionaries sat here. And now, we sit here.
The Traditional Roaster
Portugal has been roasting coffee its own way for generations — darker, bolder, meant to be taken fast and standing up. We’ll taste it the way Lisbon has tasted it for a hundred years.
The New Wave
A new generation of Portuguese roasters is asking different questions about what coffee can be. Lighter roasts, single origins, pour-overs alongside bicas. We’ll taste where Lisbon’s coffee is heading.
The Neighborhood Spot
This is where I come on Tuesday mornings when I want to think. The barista knows my order. The light comes through the window just right. Some places don’t need to be famous to be perfect.
The Last Cup
We end the way we started — with coffee. But by now, the cup means something different. You’ve walked a few miles, heard a few stories, and tasted your way through a city’s relationship with a single drink.
The Details
- Duration
- ~2.5–3 hours
- Distance
- ~3 km of easy walking (some hills — it’s Lisbon)
- Meeting Point
- Shared after booking
- Starts
- 9:30 AM
- Group Size
- 8 maximum
- Price
- €49 per person
- Includes
- All coffee tastings (8–10), a pastéis de nata pairing, and Greg’s company
- Bring
- Comfortable shoes, curiosity