Private tours · guide & artist
Tiago
da Cruz
Lisbon, beyond the postcard.
Discover Lisbon, Sintra, Mafra, Cabo da Roca and Cascais through stories, hidden places, art, food and Atlantic light — with a Lisboeta who draws his country as much as he walks it.
About — Sobre
“I started drawing Lisbon long before I started explaining it. The tours are how the sketchbook talks.”
Tiago Da Cruz is a professional tour guide, born and based in Lisbon. He leads private experiences of his own design and guides for some of Portugal's respected tour agencies — across Lisbon, Sintra, Mafra, Cabo da Roca and Cascais — for travelers who want to understand the place beyond postcards: history, neighbourhoods, hidden viewpoints, food, architecture, local life.
When he isn't walking the hills, he is drawing them. Tiago is also a working artist — ink drawings and art objects shaped by the textures of his country — and that sensibility changes how he guides: slower, closer, more curious.
- Private tours & agency partnerships
- English & Portuguese
- Lisboa · Sintra · Mafra · Cabo da Roca · Cascais
Tours — Passeios
Private walks and full-day experiences, led by Tiago himself — independently or with the tour agencies he partners with. Routes bend to weather, light and curiosity; these are the places he knows by heart.
No two tours are identical, so prices aren't listed — tell Tiago your dates and group, and he'll send a custom quote.
Why book with Tiago — Porquê
Not a tour. A friend who happens to know everything.
- Private & personal
- Every tour is designed for you only — your pace, your questions, your curiosities.
- Local knowledge
- Born and based in Lisbon. The shortcuts, the stories, and the people behind the doors.
- Flexible routes
- Plans bend to weather, energy and serendipity. The best moments are rarely scheduled.
- Authentic places
- Where locals actually eat, drink and linger — not where the buses stop.
- English & Portuguese
- Fluent, friendly conversation in both — and help with the menu in either.
- Art, history, food & culture
- One walk, many layers — an artist's eye on a historian's country, with lunch.
- No mass tourism
- No flags, no umbrellas, no scripts, no groups of forty. Ever.
Journal — Instagram
Field notes from Portugal
Daily fragments of Lisbon and beyond — light, tiles, streets, ocean — straight from Tiago's Instagram.
@where_is_portugal — live from Instagram
Art — Obra
Lines that come from walking
Beyond guiding, Tiago creates drawings and art objects — a visual language shaped by places, textures, memory, and movement. Each line begins on a street and ends on paper; each object remembers where it was made.
O artistathe artist Sardinha nº 3ink on paper Elétrico 28ink on paper Sete Colinasink on paper Andorinhaink on paper O Tejoink on paper Janela de Alfamaink on paper
Originals and commissions travel well — some fit in a suitcase.
Ask Tiago about his artContact — Contacto
Come walk with Tiago.
Tell Tiago your dates, interests, and how much time you have in Portugal. He will suggest a private route.
- +351 910 612 362
- @where_is_portugal
- Based in
- Lisboa, Portugal
38.7223° N · 9.1393° W