The Lisbon day trip that names the entrance fee flat scores 5.0, from 75 ratings
A 5.0 on 75 ratings, which is a real number for this catalogue
Five listings on this site show five stars on one or two ratings. This one shows 5.0 on 75, which is the strongest five here by a distance: not the largest sample in the catalogue, but by far the largest that has never had a star dropped on it.
Ten written reviews were recovered and all ten are five stars, so the writing agrees with the scoring, which is not true everywhere on this site.
The guides again, and again by name
Nuno, Simon, Rodrigo, Oriana, Joao. Six of the ten name the person who took them, and two of those spell the same name differently within a month of each other, which is what a record written by strangers looks like.
“Our guide, Oriana, was excellent, and very well-versed in the history of the Templars, the Order of Christ and Portugal itself. Our entire family (aged 11-48) found her explanations informative and interesting.”
“Orianna was our guide and she was great and full of interesting information. Interesting tudbits abiut the Knights of Templar”
“We got to do everything listed and more as he allowed us a nice amount of free time in Tomar as well to visit a church we wanted to go see.”
Judy’s typos are hers and they stay. Anthony’s sentence is the useful one on this listing: he says he got everything the page promised and some slack on top, which on a nine-hour day with two castles in it is the thing that is actually in doubt.
What the page does not itemise, and one reviewer went anyway
The boat ride to Almourol appears in this listing’s description — you “board on a boat ride to Almourol Castle” — but it is not named in the inclusions, where only the entrance fee is. This page also has no not-included list at all, which is not the same thing as everything being included. Read the description and the inclusions as two separate documents, because on this listing they are.
“It was just my husband and me with our guide Nuno who was knowledgeable and very interesting to listen to.”
“A delightful guide with an incredible talent for storytelling, which allowed us to painlessly absorb a large amount of historical knowledge. We kept asking for more.”
“This was my third trip to Portugal and I was looking for day trips from Lisbon to places that I have not seen before. Tomas was a great choice.”
Marina wrote Tomas. She means Tomar, and I am leaving it as she typed it, the same way I leave everything else on these pages.
What works
- The convent entrance fee is named flat, with no option to select wrong
- Picked up and dropped at your accommodation rather than a city-centre meeting point
- Lunch is in the price
- 5.0 on 75 ratings, the best-evidenced five on this site
Worth knowing
- It costs more than the bracketed version of the same day
- The boat to Almourol is described but not itemised in the inclusions
- No not-included list at all, which leaves the edges undefined
- English and Portuguese only
The same day, priced differently
Most-rated by farFrom Lisbon: Tomar, Convent of Christ & Almourol Castle
Templar-specialist guideLisbon: Knights Templar Tour - Almourol, Tomar and Convent of Christ
Half a day, ticket inLisbon: Tomar (Convent of Christ) Half-Day Private Tour
The one thing this page will not do is tell you the difference in price is a rip-off or a bargain. What each listing includes, in its own words, is set out on all eighteen listings.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Convent of Christ entrance included on this tour?
Yes, and it is named without a bracket: “Entrance fee to the Christ Convent and Almourol Castle”. That is the difference between this listing and the more popular day trip from the same city, whose inclusions gate the convent behind an option.
Is a 5.0 from 75 ratings better than a 4.8 from 700?
They answer different questions. 5.0 from 75 means nobody who rated it dropped a star; 4.8 from 700 means far more people have been and a few of them were less happy. For what actually happens on a given morning, the larger sample tells you more. Both pages print the base beside the score for that reason.
Does it include the boat to Almourol Castle?
The description says you board a boat to the castle; the inclusions name only the entrance fee. The page carries no not-included list either, so this site reports what each part says rather than reconciling them for you. Ask before you book if it matters.