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In the heart ofhistoric Lisbon
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7 Lisbon Top Viewpoints
31 Don’t Miss
27 By Night
11 Lisbon hotspots
15 Chiado and Bairro Alto
19 Belém
23 Sintra - Cascais
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ARCO DA RUA AUGUSTA The top of the triumphal arch. On one side there’s a magnificent view over Comércio Square, and on the other, over Rua Augusta and all of downtown
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MIRADOURO DE SÃO PEDRO DE ALCÂNTARA This shaded and romantic terrace on a hill directly across from the castle allows you to gaze down on all of downtown towards the waterfront
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MIRADOURO DAS PORTAS DO SOL This terrace offers the best postcard views of Lisbon. The best sunrise
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MIRADOURO DE SANTA LUZIA You can look over the terracota rooftops of Alfama and the river from this incredibly charming Terrace
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MIRADOURO DA GRAÇA This seems to be the favorite vantage point for artists to paint the city
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MIRADOURO DE SANTA CATARINA (Adamastor) The port of Lisbon and the landmark 25 de Abril Bridge are seen from this terrace. Stay for the sunset
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CASTELO DE SÃO JORGE The castle crowns Lisbon’s tallest hill, and there-fore offers the most complete view of the city
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ELEVADOR DE SANTA JUSTA From the top of this monument are bird’s-eye views of the city center. Feel like you’re literally standing above the city
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FEIRA DA LADRA Lisbon’s flea market is a destination for bargains every Saturday and Tuesday mornings. It has more junk than real treasures, but it can be fun finding some oddities in between it all. Prices are bargained down
PRAÇA DO COMÉRCIO Lisbon’s grandest square faces the river and was originally used to welcome kings and queens arriving in the city by boat
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CASTELO DE SÃO JORGE Lisbon’s castle stands on top of the city’s highest hill. Partially ruined, partially restored, it’s a romantic vision that’s survived for a thousand years
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SÉ CATEDRAL DE LISBOA Lisbon’s cathedral differs from other European cathedrals in looking more like a castle
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PANTEÃO NACIONAL Portugal’s National Pantheon took three centuries to complete. It’s the resting place of the most im-portant cultural and political figures in the country
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CAIS DAS COLUNAS/RIBEIRA DAS NAUS This promenade between Comércio Square and Cais do Sodré is a landscaped cool area facing the river
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PORTAS DO SOL The views from this terrace above the Alfama district are truly magnificent. Top sunrise
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MOSTEIRO DE SÃO VICENTE DE FORA Its extraordinary tiled interior is one of the most fascinating spaces in Lisbon
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CHIADO An elegant and trendy neighborhood; go for a coffee, shopping, or before dinner and a night out.The neighborhood is a flashback to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the “Belle Époque” when writers such as Fernando Pessoa and Eça de Queiroz used to write at the now-historic cafés. This is also the neighborhood of theaters, of charming old bookshops, local fashion designers and major international brands, giving it a lively cosmopolitan ambience at any time of the day
BAIRRO ALTO Bairro Alto is a place that truly changes from night to day. In daylight this bohe-mian district is a sleepy place, hungover from the previous night, with not much going on.When the sun sets a new life begins, with restaurants opening their doors, and crowds showing up to spend their bar-hopping night. The bars are small, forcing everyone to spill out onto the streets and creating a street party atmosphere. Streets become filled with caipirinha-sipping crowds, most under 40, but mixing different urban tribes, straight and gay. It’s a place inhabited by old ladies and young artsy hipsters, giving it a vibe that is simultaneously old-fashioned and avant-garde, a shabby-chic neighborhood, the neighborhood where everything happens… at night. Crossing the street Calçada do Combro we step into the small Bica neighbor-hood, known for its famous funicular.Next to Bairro Alto there is another attractive and trendy neighborhood named Principe Real (“Royal Prince” in honor of Queen Maria II’s first born) extends north of Bairro Alto and although it was once only known for its antique shops, it’s now slowly becoming a serious shopping area.
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Take the tram nº 28 at “Portas do Sol”and step out at Chiado
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BELÉM
Belém is known as the historic dis-trict of the Age of Discovery. It was from its waterfront that Vasco da Gama and other explorers departed for their voyages, events celebrated today by grand monuments and museums in the neighborhood.
The sensational architecture of the Tower of Belem and Jeronimos Monastery (both World Heritage Sites) is the result of the discov-ery of the sea route to India, the opening of trade with Japan, and the colonization of Brazil and parts of Africa and China. These monu-ments are adorned and embel-lished with motifs from exotic lands elaborately carved in stone, as are the heroes of the age on the colos-sal Discoveries Monument.
This is also Lisbon’s museum district, with the one-of-a-kind Coaches Museum filled with royal fairytale vehicles, and the Berardo Museum showcasing a world-class collection of international contem-porary and modern art.
Despite all these attractions, it’s a pastry shop that receives the most visitors. At Antiga Confeitaria de Belém (simply known as “Pasteis de Belém” or “Belém pastries”) you may devour one or several of Lisbon’s famous custard tarts that originated on this site and that are still unlike any others found around the country, made here from a se-cret recipe.
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TORRE DE BELÉM It’s a Lisbon icon and a reminder of the Age of Discovery, protected as World Heritage
MOSTEIRO DOS JERÓNIMOS One of the most beautiful and singular cloisters in the world classified as World Heritage
MUSEU DOS COCHES A one of a kind collection in the world. Carriages ridden by Portuguese and European royalty
PADRÃO DOS DESCOBRIMENTOS A monument with colossal sculptures of the personalities related to the Portuguese Age of Discovery
MUSEU COLEÇÃO BERARDO (at CCB) A world-class of modern art collection
ANTIGA CONFEITARIA DE BELÉM The pastry shop where the famous custard tart was born, here called “Pastel de Belém”
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Getting there:
- Train Take a train at Cais do Sodré station and step out at Belém station (10m);
- Taxi 20m and cost around 15 eur- Tuk Tuk + - 30m and cost 45 eur/1 hour- Scooter 20m- Car 20m (7 km)
Ask for one that stops at Belém
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This town looks like pure fantasy. It’s like an enchanted forest dotted with fairytale architecture creating an ethereal atmosphere that has bewitched poets throughout time. It’s where Lisbon goes to cool off thanks to aTwilight Zone-like climate and where nobility came to build their mansions over the centuries. As a result it became Europe’s first center of Romantic architecture and was de-clared a World Heritage Site (as the first “Cultural Landscape” in Europe to be listed by UNESCO). The Celts worshiped the moon here, the Moors built what looks like their own ver-sion of the “Great Wall,” and royalty raised their dream palaces. The most spectacular is the colorful Pena, looking like a Disney extravagance but an actual royal residence from the 19th century. Other almost surreal constructions include the Quinta da Regaleira Palace and the Capuchos Convent, further adding to the mystical atmosphere whose spell no one is able to resist. Outside the center of town is Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of the Euro-pean continent which is the perfect spot to end a visit to this dreamland.
Getting there:
- Train Take a train at Rossio station and step out at the last station, Sintra.
- Taxi 1h and cost around 40 eur- Scooter 1h- Car 1h (32 km)
It will take 40m
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PALÁCIO DA PENA This fairytale palace is one of Europe’s finest Ro-mantic constructions
PALÁCIO DA QUINTA DA REGALEIRA An exquisite palace that ended up transformed into quite a mystical place
CASTELO DOS MOUROS This 9th century Moorish castle was built as a vantage point to monitor the Lisbon coastline
PALÁCIO NACIONAL DE SINTRA Standing in the center of Sintra, this medieval palace’s origins date back to the 9th century
CAFÉ PASTELARIA PIRIQUITA No visit to Sintra is complete without a stop at Piriquita, a café known for selling the best Sintra specialties - the “travesseiro” and the “queijada”
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Getting there:
- Train Take a train at Cais do Sodre station and step out at the last
- Taxi 1h and cost around 40 eur- Scooter 1h- Car 1h (33 km)
station, Cascais. It will take 30m
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ALFAMA and BAIRRO ALTO – FADO When well sung from the heart and soul, listening to Fado music (listed as World Heritage by UNESCO) can be a goosebumps-inducing experience, even if you don’t understand the words. Avoid the more touristy places, and enjoy a relaxed, low-lit evening of food, wine and lots of soul
BAIRRO ALTO & CAIS DO SODRÉ - BARSLisbon comes out to party at the end of the day, on the streets of Bairro Alto and Cais do Sodré. It starts by dining late and bar-hopping through the night, mixing different tribes of locals and tourists of all ages and lifestyles, who get together for con-versation and drinking on the streets, creating an improvised street party every Friday and Saturday night
FADO RESTAURANTS
1 - Café Luso (+351 21 342 2281) Tv da Queimada 10, Bairro Alto2 - Sr. Fado (+351 21 887 4298, +351 914 431 971), Rua dos Remédios 176, Alfama3 - Parreirinha de Alfama (+351 21 886 8209), Beco Espirito Santo1, Alfama. Closed on Monday4 - A Baiuca (+351 21 886 7284, +351 93 945 7098), Rua de São Miguel 20, Alfama.
5 - Adega Machado (+351 21 342 2282), Rua do Norte 91, Bairro Alto6 - Clube de Fado (+351 21 885 2704), Rua São João da Praça 86-94, Alfama7 - A Severa (+351 (0)21 346 1204, +351 (0)21 342 8314), Rua das Gáveas, Bairro Alto8 - O Faia (+351 21 342 6742), Rua da Barroca 54-56, Bairro Alto. Closed on Sunday
Closed on Tuesday and Wednesday
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MERCADO DA RIBEIRA (to eat)Mercado da Ribeira (also known as Mercado 24 de Julho) is Lisbon’s main food market filled with stalls offering the freshest fish and vegetables of the day. It’s been the city’s main market since it opened in 1892 with a grand oriental dome, and an interior mostly made of iron. Since 2014 it’s managed by Time Out Lisboa magazine, which presented a project that includes a food court and cultural attractions. The food court is open from 10AM to midnight on Sunday to Wednesday, and from 10AM to 2AM on Thursday to Saturday. It’s found on the ground floor, divided into 30 spaces with seating capacity for 500 people inside, and three terraces outside for another 250. The foods available at the stands range from seafood to steak sandwiches, burgers, and ice cream, among other specialties. Downtown next to Cais do Sodré.
MERCADO DE CAMPO DE OURIQUE (to eat)Open since 1934, the market in the neighborhood of Campo de Ourique was remodeled in 1991 and again in 2013, and continues to offer the fresh fish and vegetables of the day. It also has several shops facing the exterior, and the latest renovation added tables for the consumption of much of what is sold. Together with fish, seafood, meat, and fruits, there are also spaces specializing in pastries, pizza and sushi. It’s open every day until late at night, it’s also a place for meals throughout the day. There’s also a wine stand presenting wines and cocktails to accompany the food, served by the bottle or glass. Campo de Ourique, tram nº28 last stop.
LX FACTORY (to eat and shops)A group of abandoned 19th century warehouses and factories is now Lisbon’s biggest hub of creativity, an “island” in the center of the city for companies related to art, fashion, advertis-ing, and design. There are also excellent and trendy cafés, restaurants and shops . Every space has an industrial look, attracting curious crowds to regular events like “Open Day,” with exhibitions, music, and other activities throughout the day. Every Sunday there’s an open-air market of a variety of products, from second-hand articles to original crafts.By train from Cais do Sodré stepping out at Alcantara and then 10 m walking or taxi or tuk tuk (5 km from the apartment).
TRAM 28 (vintage ride)It’s perhaps Lisbon’s most popular activity: A ride back in time over hills and medieval streets in vintage trams that are still part of the city’s public transportation network. They go past some major attractionsLine 28 of Lisbon’s iconic trams was inaugurated in 1914 and today it has a 7km (4.5 miles) route.The first one starts the day just after 6AM, and the last one departs shortly after 11PM.During your journey you’ll will notice details that you’d otherwise overlook.
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Notes
Nearby the apartment you can find lots of small grocery stores but there is a place where you can find supermarket, bakery, butcher shop, pastry shop, bank and all kind of commerce… that place is GRAÇA;500 mt from the apartment and 10 m walking you can buy anything you need to supply your Lisbon home.
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