Take a Tomar Templar Tour in your own Time
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Tomar self guided Walk Audio Tour is an immersive, self-guided walking experience exploring the city’s history and stories. Put on your headphones, follow the route and discover amazing stories in this medieval city
Yes, you can do it alone or with a group of friends the choice is yours
The tour is delivered through an audio guide that you can listen to on your phone as you explore Tomar. Simply start the tour and follow the route, listening to the stories as you reach each location. You can experience the walk at your own pace, without needing to join a group or meet a tour guide.
The templar knight’s story and their secrets. The Jewish history in the city. The caminho de Santiago and many more.
The tour goes past lots of places that are free to enter including the Templar church and the oldest Synagogue. However these places are closed on Mondays and between 13:00 and 14:00 for lunch
The audio tour is designed to be enjoyed at your own pace. Your total time will depend on how quickly you walk, how long you stop at each location and how much time you spend exploring Tomar along the way. Normally about 60-70 minutes
You don’t need to arrange a place on a scheduled group walk. Instead, purchase access to the audio tour and follow the instructions provided to get started. Check the booking page for the current price and access details.
You’ll need a smartphone, headphones and access to the audio tour. It’s sensible to make sure your phone is charged before you set off. Check the purchase instructions for any app, download or internet requirements.
The tour may appeal to older children and teenagers who enjoy great stories, mysteries and local history.
An audio walk gives you the freedom to explore at your own pace, without having to keep up with a group or stick to a guide’s schedule. This tour also draws on years of my experience collecting and sharing local stories, giving you a personal introduction to Tomar’s stories whenever it suits you.
About your Tomar Guide
I live in Tomar and have done for over two years.
I trained as an actor at London’s prestigious Arts Educational School where I learnt about the voice and the art of telling stories. I went on to work in theatre, television and film for 10 years eventually running my own theatre company for 20 years. As a company we tried to make the work as imaginative and unique as possible, in one show we walked across the UK with no money, food or accommodation to see if humanity was kind. In another play we emigrated to Poland and used the experience for an award winning UK tour about immigration. I turned shops into theatre spaces, I performed in barns, houses, fields and many of the UK’s best theatres.
In 2014 I won a prestigious Manchester theatre award for my play Thick as Thieves. I’ve taken three shows to the Edinburgh festival winning rave reviews along the way. In 2020 our world changed forever as COVID hit. My theatre company “went dark” and I lost my passion for it. On a whim my wife and I bought a motorhome unseen in an auction and in blink of an eye a new obsession began… travel.
To date I have been to most countries in the European union, I have parked up in woods, on cliffs in car parks. I have travelled far and wide until I picked Portugal to put down new roots. But even that wasn’t easy, where do you live in a foreign land? The answer is you go out in the motorhome and look, so that’s what we did. From the mountains in the north through the midlands and into Algarve we travelled for two years until we discovered Tomar.
We bought our home in 2025 and because I needed to find work I started studying Tomar’s rich history and researching the stories about Templar Knights, Portuguese kings and how Portugal once discovered the world. With my background in performance and storytelling I began take travellers around Tomar sharing not only the history, but Portugal’s culture too. This is what brought me to Voicemap and their excellent team and production values.
On my audio tours I take the role of your friend in whatever city we are in, I like to make you smile and see a place as a real city, not a museum piece. Seeing a place warts and all is what makes the difference between an okay tour and a great tour.