Free tour about Spies and Royalty in Estoril and Cascais
I am certified tourist guide in Rio de Janeiro , ( Half Brazilian / Half Portuguese), grew up in Estoril and I am back since the January 2025. I am a passionate artist, and storyteller with international background, my first novel is set in Cascais. I also lived in London and Paris and I love to meet people from different countries and cultures, I offer a walking tour in Estoril and Cascais , and I ll tell you all the secrets of Estoril, the Portuguese Riviera, and Cascais the summer place of the last king of Portugal.
Pickup
meeting point statue of Fausto Figueiredo. I´ll be wearing a big brown, orange and wine color straw hat.
Description
I invite you to learn the secrets of Estoril, the Portuguese Riviera, a placed full of spies and counter intelligence during WWII, and also European Royalty. We ll visit the places that inspired Ian Fleming to create his first James Bond novel " Casino Royale" and after we ll walk by the sea, Tamariz beach, in direction to Cascais village, where we ll visit the summer residence of the the King D. Carlos I. During the tour we ´ll explore iconic places, such as Hotel Palácio, where you might have a picture taken with José Diogo( who made an appearance in 1968´s Bond movie ) Garret Pastry shop, Estoril´s casino, Santini ice cream shop, and the Cidadela fort.