--- title: Authentic Alfama Experience: Fado Music and Cultural Walking Tour lang: en alternate_de: https://guidekin.com/de/portugal/lisbon/tours/authentic-alfama-experience-fado-music-and-cultural-walking-tour/ type: tour city: Lisbon country: Portugal price: 99 currency: EUR price_unit: per_person availability: bookable rating: 4.6 reviews: 50 duration_minutes: 300 languages: [pt, en, fr, es] free_cancellation: true guidekin_pick: Private with pickup rank_in_category: 5 of 7 (Fado Shows) schedule_checked: 2026-08-31 data_updated: 2026-09-25 canonical: https://guidekin.com/portugal/lisbon/tours/authentic-alfama-experience-fado-music-and-cultural-walking-tour/ --- # Authentic Alfama Experience: Fado Music and Cultural Walking Tour **Guidekin's take:** An evening that bundles an Alfama walking tour with dinner and a fado show at a restaurant in the old quarter, drinks included, and a private car with hotel pickup and drop off to close the night. It runs 5h; the whole evening is in the price. 4.6 from 50 reviews at €99 per person. ## Overview Watching a Fado concert is an experience that you must have in Portugal. Fado music is the most traditional type of music in Portugal, with nostalgic and melancholic feelings in the lyrics, such as saudade and love, accompanied by the Portuguese guitar. Is an experience in one of the best and charismatic restaurants in the old quarter of Lisbon, in the ancient neighborhood of Alfama, to listen to the Fado show with high quality musicians and professional singers. We offer a tour that includes pick up and drop off at your accommodation, as well as a night sightseeing tour passing by the most emblematic places and viewpoints of Lisbon. ## Before you book - Hotel pickup: from 429 pickup points - Starts 19:30, 20:00: 2 departures a day - Food included: Dinner, Dinner and Fado show - Age 18+: minimum age to join ## Key facts - Price: from €99 per person - Duration: 5h - Rating: 4.6/5 from 50 reviews (collected from Guidekin & Viator & Tripadvisor) - Free cancellation (see policy below) - Recommended by 94% of travellers (share of four- and five-star reviews) - Operator: Andre Marques ## What's included - Hotel pickup and drop-off - Alcoholic Beverages - Professional guide and driver - Walking tour in Alfama - Dinner - Transport by private car - Dinner and Fado show ## Itinerary 1. **Alfama** (admission included) - On this Fado tour, enjoy the unforgetable experience of the live Fado show and discover the music that expresses the true soul of Portugal. A private vehicle with a qualified tour guide will wait for you. You will see the main avenues, ancient squares and the picturesque... ## Schedule - Runs: daily - Departures: 19:30, 20:00 - Schedule last checked: 2026-08-31 - These are published departures, not a live seat count; availability is confirmed at checkout. ## Cancellation For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time. Pickup points listed by the operator: 429 ## Good to know - Public transportation options are available nearby - Suitable for all physical fitness levels - May be operated by a multi-lingual guide ## Compared with other Fado Shows | Tour | Price | Duration | Rating | Group | |---|---|---|---|---| | **This tour · #5 of 7** | €99 | 5h | 4.6 (50) | private | | [Lisbon Food Tour with 3 Stops and Fado Show Performance](/portugal/lisbon/tours/lisbon-food-tour-with-3-stops-and-fado-show-performance/?format=md) | €119 | 3h 30m | 4.92 (74) | shared | | [Lisbon Fado History Cultural Walking Tour](/portugal/lisbon/tours/lisbon-fado-history-cultural-walking-tour/?format=md) | €30 | 3h | 4.86 (118) | shared | | [Lisbon: Fado Show With Wine and History](/portugal/lisbon/tours/lisbon-fado-show-with-wine-and-history/?format=md) | €20 | 50 min | 4.8 (125) | shared | Ranked #5 of 7 in Fado Shows by Guidekin score (rating weighted by review volume). Prices here run from €13 to €119, median €30; typical length 3h. 1 of 7 are private. Figures are live from the tour cards; the rubric is our handpicked set, not the whole market. Full list: https://guidekin.com/portugal/lisbon/fado-shows/?format=md ## More in Lisbon - All Lisbon tours: https://guidekin.com/portugal/lisbon/?format=md - This page as HTML: https://guidekin.com/portugal/lisbon/tours/authentic-alfama-experience-fado-music-and-cultural-walking-tour/ ## Query this catalogue with URLs Every listing accepts filter parameters directly in the URL, so you can hand a user a link that already matches their constraints. Combine freely on https://guidekin.com/portugal/lisbon/: | Group | Parameters | Values | |---|---|---| | Language of the tour | `language` | any ISO 639-1 code an operator lists, e.g. en, es, fr, de, it, pt, ru, uk, tr, hi. 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