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219 Reviews You never had seen any church like this. This churh has been built in 1241. In 1506 was in this church where the Portuguese Inquisition beguns with the condemnation of miles of jews to the fires. At 13th August of 1959 a violent fire destroyed the church. In 1994 the church was opened to the public...
218 Reviews Edward VII Park is Lisbon's Central Park. You can get there going up from Marquês Pombal Square, and at the top of it you have a wonderful sight over the city. On sunny and not too windy days a big Portugal flag is raised. While climbing the park to the top you will find a big garden at the...
Four Seasons Hotel The Ritz Lisbon
4 Reviews and 284 Opinions The Ritz lives up to its name as one of Lisbon’s finest hotels offering fabulous views of the city....
4 Reviews and 239 Opinions Great weekend. Best hotel in Lisbon for gardens and outside pool 5* and so not cheap. Excellent...
General info on eating in Lisbon
40 Reviews From the old days as student, I kept the idea that the restaurants in Roma avenue where expensive and... bad. For more than thirty years I skipped them. Recently, I had something to do in the area, with only twenty minutes to have lunch. This restaurant was close to our destination, and Fernanda...
33 Reviews When you are in Belèm you could have a break at the Antiga Confetaria de Belèm. This is a very large cafe-confectionery with several rooms. Some of these are decorated with azulejos (blue tiles). Here you can have some good custard tarts called pasteis de Belèm. These pastries are served warm and...
41 Reviews In the heart of Lisbon you can find this medieval themed tavern. Once you enter the door, there is no "outside world" anymore! The music takes you back to Ireland, the clothes are all from some medieval movie and everything in there is well decoretared. Ask for your beer on a horn! You'll feel...
24 Reviews Dining at a fado's restaurant may be a tourist trap. Portuguese fado lovers go have dinner somewhere else, in a chosen restaurant, and go to the fado houses later in the night, eating a light snack with a glass of wine, so joining two advantages: eating better, and saving good money.
101 Reviews Tram 28 is special. Crossing most of the old town, you may enter it at Chiado and it takes you westbound to Sta Catarina (sightseeing), S. Bento (Parliament and PM residence), and Estrela (Church); eastbound to Praca do Comercio (descend at R. Vitor Cordon), the Cathedral, Santa Luzia...
65 Reviews The Metro system in Lisbon isn’t extensive, and is more used by residents than by visitors, but it can be useful for some trips as well as journeys to and from the airport. We used it a few years ago when staying in the city for a football match at the Sporting Lisbon stadium and again on our...
54 Reviews I visit Lisbon (7 times, May 2013) purely to shop for ladies clothes, shoes and handbags. I found the best place (apart from the various shops in center of town) for this is the HUGE Colombo shopping centre north west of the city. It's super easy to get to: it's on the blue Metro line, station...
20 Reviews On our way down the hill from the castle we came across an attractive display of tiles outside a small shop. This isn’t unusual in Lisbon, where the traditional blue and white azulejos are sold all over the city (both new ones made especially for the tourist market, and odd tiles salvaged from old...
51 Reviews In Portugal, there is a food named "Cozido à Portuguesa". It is generally served in most of restaurants on wednesday's, and may be hard to find on another day's! It's a plate full of stewed meat (chicken, cow, pork, etc) and "Farinheira", Chorizo, Rice and many other stuff. You can ask for a...
Useful information about Lisbon
14 Reviews Learn to say “Bom dia”, “Obrigado/Obrigada” and “Me desculpe” which mean “Good morning”, “Thank you” and “Excuse me”.These few words will get you far so learn to say them well because you will use them often. “Bom dia” to the downstairs neighbors, to the baker at the coffee shop you go to each...
50 Reviews This route is purely for tourist and passes Castelo Sao Jorge, skirts the narrow streets of Alfama, the high view point of the river Tejo and charming district of Graça and the historic district of Graça. As the streets are so narrow and steep the only trams able to make the rout are the old...
Hassles from people on the street
27 Reviews We witnessed the following scam during our visit to Lisbon in December 2011: We were queueing to take a ride on Elevador de Santa Justa; a lift that connects Baixa at ground level with the square of Largo do Carmo in the elevated Chiado district. The queue stretched for 10 or 15 metres from the...
10 Reviews It's true Lisbon can be dangerous at night (especially certain areas) mainly the downtown, but a lot of it is exagerated. I've been to Rossio many times at night (not alone obviously) and have never been mugged, robbed or even close to that. Ok so it was before 11pm... still it was already dark....
Day trips: Sintra, Cascais, Alcochete...
56 Reviews Spend a day on the beach in Carcavelos or just have a great lunch/dinner in one of the beach restaurants. It's also a good option to take some Surf / bodyboard lessons. There's plenty of Surf Schools on the beach. I recomend Angel's Surf School (contacts below). It's very easy to get to Carcavelos,...
Little things to notice in Lisbon
43 Reviews Not so visited as its neighbor Alfama, this quarter still has its attractive look, sharing most of the characteristics, and giving a perfect look of Lisbon. A few interesting monuments enhance this quarter's interest.
19 Reviews Our most recent visit to Lisbon was to see Newcastle play Benfica in the Europa League – a big game, the first leg of the quarter-final! We were pretty realistic about our chances of success (Benfica were top of the Portuguese league at the time), so although losing 3-1 was disappointing, it didn’t...
Lisbon neighborhoods and atmosphere
58 Reviews I stayed just off of Avenida da Liberdade (at the Ibis Hotel) and I spent lots of time strolling up and down. This was especially so when I just arrived in Lisbon and my room was not yet ready. I was dead tired and walked up and down this palm lined avenue just trying to keep awake. There are plenty...
45 Reviews "Wow! What a lovely colour! What tree is that?" I couldn't answer to my friend Jordan, marveled by the colours of Lisbon in June. Now I know - it's Jacaranda. One of the beautiful trees that shine under Lisbon's sun.
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Light and Lisbon, the perfect marriage. More than 300 days each year, no matter where you stand and where you look, Lisbon glows in white and bright colours, halfway from Paris and mediterranean...
Lisbon or Lisboa is the largest city of Portugal. It is also the capital and has the distinction of being the westernmost capital in Europe. In 1755, the city suffered extensively under an earthquake...
Lisboa World Pyrotechnics 2006 Following the success of the 1st World Pyrotechnics Festival 2005, Lisboa once again hosts this festival during September at Olivais Docks, in front of the Portugal...
The word "Lisbon" always held a sense of magic and mystery in my own personal travel lexicon. Portugal's capital city brought images of unkempt streets and slightly run down buildings to mind as I...
Oh Lisboa, what can I say? You've won over my heart. The history, the passion, the food, the language. I only crave it more, now that I have left. So, I'll definitely be back. Three times is not even...
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