This in-app audio tour will introduce you to Portuguese history's most notable and wealthy ages.
Note! This tour DOES NOT include an entrance ticket! Buy it at www.jeronimosmonasterytickets.com
It is well-suited for first-timers in Lisbon. Jerónimos Monastery is a luxurious and wealthy monastery built on tax money from the Indian trade. Here lived poor monks who sin-washed sailors coming abroad.
This is a self-guided audio tour. All addresses, maps, and pastry recommendations are provided carefully. The tour is well-suited for first-timers in Lisbon and Portugal.
This tour will start in front of the church with a discussion of its history. Afterward, you will puzzle out the crowded biblical figures portal and continue to the monastery.
Inside, the tour is divided into the monastery and church stories. Why did monastic orders have power in Portugal's kingdom? How come Jeronimos monks took this place?
The main topics inside the monastery are Manueline architecture, notable Portuguese personalities buried here, and the royal family's history. You will see marvelous stone carvings, monuments to prominent writers, and extraordinary designs distinctive to very few buildings worldwide.
After the monastery, the app will guide you to the church to see an enormous and graceful structure that hides the tombs of Vasca da Gama, King Manuel I, and others.
Experience the history!