A little city between flights.

Guided loops from the arrivals hall, with your airport return fixed before you choose.

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10:00Meet, Arrivals Door 4

A guide shakes hands with a smiling traveller in the arrivals hall
A guide points along a paper route card for two travellers on the quay
10:35Old Quay
A market vendor hands a slice of peach to a laughing traveller while the guide talks
11:25Market corner
Travellers and a guide laugh over small cups at a worn wooden counter
12:15Counter coffee
A guide leans in to talk with a couple on the bench of an old wooden tram

13:15

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

  • Noor Haddad
  • Tomás Rivera
  • Keiko Sato
  • Marcus Bell

4.9

out of 5

from 2,180 travellers

  • 11,400loops walked
  • 8people at most
  • 2guides who know the airport timetable

You land with a few spare hours. Travellers with cabin bags crossing a bright arrivals hall We meet you at the door, A small stone town across the harbour, boats moored in front walk you through a small city, Two travellers talking at a small coffee counter in the old town and bring you back with time to spare.

One morning, start to finish

A loop is five moments, with a guide beside you for every one.

  1. Aya hands a folded route card to two travellers by the glass doors

    Meet at Arrivals Door 4

    Aya greets you inside the fourth door with a folded route card.

    With Aya, eight at most

  2. On a stone quay a guide points across the harbour while a father and teenage daughter with backpacks follow her gesture.

    Old Quay

    The rail link drops you at the harbour steps, with Aya leading.

    12 minutes by rail

  3. A market vendor hands a slice of fruit to a laughing traveller while a grey-haired guide stands beside them, talking.

    Market corner

    Stay close to the stalls and try what the vendors hand you.

    25 minutes at the stalls

  4. Four travellers with cabin bags laugh over small cups of coffee at a worn wooden counter while the barman talks with them.

    Counter coffee

    One coffee on us, while the group trades flight stories.

    With your guide and group

  5. On a wooden bench seat a grey-haired guide leans in to talk with two smiling travellers as a sunlit stone street passes the window.

    Back at the airport

    Your guide rides back with you, all the way to the airport.

    2 h 45 min before a 16:00 flight

Two times. One clear answer.

Enter your scheduled landing and onward departure. We check the 6-hour minimum, then each buffer on its own.

Your connection

Try an example
24-hour time, as on your ticket
Same day, 24-hour time
  • At least 6 hours between flights
  • 1 h 00 min route buffer
  • 2 h 45 min airport buffer
Example: this window works09:00 to 16:00, 7 h 00 min

Old Quay Loop fits, with 2 h 45 min back at the airport.

Also fits: Market Tram at 10:30 Two Counters at 11:00

09:00Landing
16:00Departure
10:00Meet
13:15Back at the airportBack at airport
Route buffer
1 h 00 minNeeds 1 h 00 min
Airport buffer
2 h 45 minNeeds 2 h 45 min
Book this loop€54 per person

Travellers who made it back early

A long connection, a guide at the door, and the morning they did not expect.

4.9 out of 5 from 2,180 travellers

Window 7 h 20 min Old Quay Loop

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 Haddad Noor HaddadDoha to Lisbon connection

Window 6 h 40 min Market Tram Loop

Ilan knew every driver on the line.

He drove these trams for nineteen years. A driver rang the bell for him and we all laughed.

Tomás Rivera Tomás RiveraBogotá to Madrid connection

Window 8 h 05 min Two Counters Loop

Aya ordered for me at the counter.

I could not read the menu. She pointed, I tasted, and the man at the counter insisted on a second cup.

Keiko Sato Keiko SatoOsaka to Paris connection

Window 7 h 00 min Old Quay Loop

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 Bell Marcus BellAccra to London connection

Window 6 h 30 min Market Tram Loop

Ilan told us where to stand, and he was right.

By the second door, he said, the tram tilts on the market corner. My mother held on and laughed the whole way round.

Priya Nair Priya NairMumbai to Rome connection

Window 7 h 45 min Two Counters Loop

I was back early enough to sleep before boarding.

Two coffees, one quiet square and a guide who walked me all the way back to the hall. The best stop I have made in years.

Lena Fischer Lena FischerSingapore to Frankfurt connection

Three loops, each with a fixed return

Pick the one that fits your window. Each has a named guide, a fixed meeting point and a time it is back.

A guide points across the harbour for a father and daughterBack 13:15

Old Quay Loop

3 h 15 min

€54per person

  1. 10:00Door 4
  2. 10:35Old Quay
  3. 11:25Market corner
  4. 12:15Counter coffee
  5. 13:15Back at the airport
Meet
Arrivals Door 4
Guide
Aya
Distance
3.2 km
Access
Step-free, one steep ramp
Group
Eight people at most

Back 2 h 45 min before a 16:00 flight. Free to cancel 24 hours before.

See the route
Ilan talks with two travellers on the tramBack 13:00

Market Tram Loop

2 h 30 min

€48per person

10:3013:00

Meet
Rail Hall Gate 2
Distance
1.4 km
Access
Step-free, low-floor tram
Group
Eight people at most
Two travellers order at a stone-walled coffee counterBack 13:00

Two Counters Loop

2 h 00 min

€39per person

11:0013:00

Meet
Forecourt Bay 7
Distance
0.9 km
Access
Two short flights of steps
Group
Six people at most

What every loop includes

The same four things, whichever you pick.

Compare the three loops
  • A guide shows two travellers the way from a tram stop

    A guide, door to door

    Aya or Ilan meets you and rides back with you.

  • A small tram rounding a stone market corner

    Local fares

    Rail and tram tickets are in the price.

  • A folded route card beside an espresso

    A set return

    Your time back is fixed when you book.

  • A small group crossing a stone square with their guide

    A small group

    Eight people at most, six on Two Counters.

The clock runs backwards from your flight

We plan backwards from your next flight and forwards from your landing. Neither buffer can borrow time from the other.

Read the timing guide

Land at 09:00, fly at 16:00

7 h 00 min between flights, drawn to scale

  1. 09:00You landLand
  2. 10:00Meet at Door 4Meet
  3. 13:15Back at the airportBack
  4. 16:00Next flight leavesFly

Route buffer1 h 00 min

Old Quay Loop3 h 15 min

  1. 10:35Old Quay
  2. 11:25Market
  3. 12:15Coffee

Airport buffer2 h 45 min

  • Route buffer

    1 h 00 min, 09:00 to 10:00

    Your hour from landing to Door 4, so a short delay does not cost you the loop.

  • Old Quay Loop

    3 h 15 min, 10:00 to 13:15

    Walked with Aya, who shortens the last stop to protect the return.

  • Airport buffer

    2 h 45 min, 13:15 to 16:00

    We have you back at 13:15, and this time stays yours before your flight.

The rule: at least 6 hours between flights, each buffer checked on its own.

Two guides, one clock

Aya and Ilan know the city and the airport timetable equally well.

Aya Venn, in a linen shirt, under a stone arcade on the harbour

Aya Venn

Aya, 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
Aya opens a route card on the quay while two travellers with cabin bags lean in

  • 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.

Ilan Reis, in a dark jacket, at a tram stop with a yellow tram behind him

Ilan Reis

Ilan, 51, drove the city's trams for nineteen years and knows which car has the low floor.

Loops led
Market Tram
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Two travellers talking with a stallholder over crates of fish and fruit at the market

  • Stand by the second door. The tram tilts on the market corner.

  • If a car is late I take us to the rail hall on foot. It is eleven minutes.

Your guide follows your flight on the morning and writes to you if the buffer shrinks.

Go to booking
A guide and five travellers with cabin bags walk along a stone quay toward the sea

Got a long connection? Bring it here.

Give us your two flight times. We'll tell you straight whether a loop fits.

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13:15

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