Old Quay Loop Harbour, arcade and market, back by 13:15.

A walked loop with Aya through the oldest part of the waterfront. You meet at the arrivals hall and the return is set before you leave it.

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Aya opens a route card on the quay while two travellers with cabin bags lean inOn the quay 10:35
Price per person
€54
Runs
10:00 to 13:15
Meet
Arrivals Door 4
Your guide
Aya

The route, to the minute

Five fixed points on the clock, from the door and back to it.

Land at 09:00, fly at 16:007 h 00 min between flights, drawn to scale
09:00Landing
16:00Departure
10:00Meet
13:15Back at the airportBack at airport
10:35Quay
11:25Market
12:15Coffee
Route buffer
1 h 00 min
Old Quay Loop
3 h 15 min
Airport buffer
2 h 45 min

  1. Meet at Arrivals Door 4

    Aya waits inside the fourth door with a folded route ticket. Keep your cabin bag with you.

    35 min to the next stop

    Aya greets two travellers with cabin bags inside the arrivals hall

  2. Old Quay

    The rail link drops you at the harbour steps. You walk the stone arcade along the water.

    50 min to the next stop

    Aya points across the harbour for a father and daughter

  3. Market corner

    Twenty-five minutes at the stalls, then the tram line for a short look uphill.

    50 min to the next stop

    A stallholder offers fruit to two travellers at the market

  4. Counter coffee

    A last stop on the quay, standing or seated, before the rail link back.

    1 h 00 min to the airport

    Travellers with cabin bags share a laugh over coffee at a stone-walled counter

  5. Back at the airport

    That is 2 h 45 min before a 16:00 onward flight. Aya stays until the group is back in the hall.

    Aya shakes hands with a traveller in the arrivals hall

Included, and not included

Your guide, your fares and one drink are in the price. The rest stays with you.

Included

  • Aya as your guide, from Door 4 and back
  • Rail link and tram fares
  • One coffee or soft drink at the last stop
  • A group of eight people at most

Not included

  • Storage for large cases
  • Visa advice or entry checks
  • Lunch at the market
  • Any promise about your onward flight

Access on this route

Step-free throughout, on stone underfoot. If that is too much, the Market Tram Loop is the easier ride.

3.2 kmOf walking on stone paving
One steep rampAt the harbour steps
Cabin bagsStay with you, so pack for a walk
See the Market Tram LoopMeeting point instructions

Your guide, door to door

Aya Venn, 34, grew up two streets from the quay and spent six years on an airline ground team.

Loops led
Old Quay, Two Counters
Languages
English, French, Arabic
Meet both guides
Aya Venn, in a linen shirt, under a stone arcade on the harbour

  • The steps are slick until ten. We take the ramp on wet mornings.

  • The second counter fills after noon, so I phone ahead from the arcade.

Two travellers on this loop

Different flights, the same 13:15.

4.9 out of 5 from 2,180 travellers

Noor Haddad

Aya slowed right down on the ramp.

I had been awake since Doha. She stopped at the top, showed me the quay and let me get my breath.

Noor HaddadDoha to Lisbon, 7 h 20 min window
Marcus Bell

Aya kept an easy eye on the clock.

Six years on a ground team shows. She called time over coffee, nobody rushed, and we were back at 13:15.

Marcus BellAccra to London, 7 h 00 min window

The morning in pictures

The quay, the arcade and the market at the hours you will see them.

A small group walks the quay road behind their guide
Along the water 10:35
The stone arcade beside the quay with long morning shadows
The arcade
Two travellers talk with a stallholder over crates of fish and fruit
The stalls 11:25
Moored boats and the old town across the harbour in soft morning light
The harbour from the steps

Or take another loop, the same fixed return

Ilan talks with two travellers on the tram

Market Tram Loop

10:30 to 13:00Rail Hall Gate 2With Ilan

€48See the loop
Two travellers order at a stone-walled coffee counter

Two Counters Loop

11:00 to 13:00Forecourt Bay 7With Aya

€39See the loop
A guide and five travellers with cabin bags walk along a stone quay toward the sea

Meet Aya at Door 4. Back by 13:15.

Give us your two flight times and we'll tell you straight whether this loop fits.

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13:15

Back at the airport, 2 h 45 min before a 16:00 flight