Fado Show with Dinner included to understand the Portuguese is to understand Fado this musical style so characteristic of the Portuguese people a melancholy joy that was born in the period of the Portuguese overseas expansion, book it now…
Hotel / Apartment, Lisbon
19:30 PM
Fado immaterial Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO since November 2011, was formerly present in moments of socializing and leisure spontaneously, in or out of doors, singing the daily narrative, fado was associated with social contexts ruled by marginality and transgression, in environments frequented by prostitutes, and sailors.
The Lisbon Fado may have been native of Arab songs among the population who lived in “Mouraria” district in Lisbon after the Christian Reconquest.
Fado Show with Dinner included
However, the truth is that there are no records of this musical style until the first half of the nineteenth century, and it is most likely that Fado has evolved as a descendant style of the middle-class songs.
In Fado, the fadista (singer) is accompanied by the Portuguese guitar and a classical guitar that provides the percussion, sometimes Fado is “disputed” by two singers (in some cases improvising the verses), in which case it is called “Fado à desgarrada”.
Our Fado Show with Dinner included starts with pick-up at your hotel, followed by a panoramic of Lisbon covering there highlights and a view of Lisbon in a diferente panorama from same of the best Lisbon viewpoints.
There lights, and old neighborhoods such as; Alfama the old moorish Quarter ( oldest Lisbon quarter ), during the tour the guide will give you an introduction of Fado in its different periods.
One of Portugal symbols, represented for many years in diferente foreign countries by the most a famous singer of all times “Amália Rodrigues”, today Fado is famous and singed by different singers such as; Dulce Pontes, Mariza and Katia Guerreiro, among others.
Fado is, the real expression of the Portuguese soul, since the moment of Portugal birth, emerged in a crossroad of cultures where its origins go back to the ancient times.
During the dictatorship the “Casas de Fado” began to be born in Lisbon districts like Alfama, Mouraria, Castelo and Bairro Alto, nevertheless to sing was necessary a kind of work register booklet and a repertoire approved by the Commission of Censorship the environments where it was most common to hear the Fado (bohemian, sung in taverns, brothels ).
Even Church made efforts to ban it, this did not happen because many powerful people came to live in the neighborhoods around the Castle, thus becoming a style also accepted by the aristocrats .
The first famous voice of Fado was Severa (full name Maria Severa Onofriana), lover of the Count of Vimioso, and who sang in the neighborhood of the Mouraria in Lisbon, however internationally, the first fado singer with World projection was Amalia Rodrigues.
Now its time to let us pamper with a wonderful evening and come and enjoy a fantastic meal codfish dived in olive oil, the Portuguese “punched” potatoes, complemented by one of our world famous portuguese wines during dinner .
Included in your Dinner with Fado Show menu:
The appetizers:
Portuguese bread and butter.
Toasts/ butter / olives/ octopus salad/ olive oil
Suckling pig minced cake with salad.
Main course:
Pork Cheeks Braised in Red Wine with Spinach and potatoes
Lamb stew with potatoes and spices from India
Cod Fish steak confit in olive oil with greens and potatoes.
Desserts:
Toffee mousse “Baba de Camelo”
Chocolate mousse
Seasonal fruits.
Drinks:
Waters, Wine, Beer, juices
Coffee or tea.
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My sister and I were in September 2017 in Lisbon and we had the Fado dinner and the Tour to Coimbra and Porto with the company Walkborder Tours.
Mr. Hugo from the first contact was extremely attentive and helpful, always responding quickly to our doubts.
The tours were made punctually, new and comfortable cars, the guide John was friendly and attentive to us.
See you later!!!!
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