Lisboa

Quick Takeaways

Download the Rick Steves audio walking tour to get the lay of the land
Have lunch at one of the booths in the Praca da Figueira square and be sure and get pastel de nata from Confeitaria Nacional across from the market
If you are there for a short time purchase the 24 hr bus/train pass (pic of it below) so you can get on and off with a swipe of the card. We bought ours from one of the small tobacco shops
Wander the maze of cobbled streets in the Alfama district in the evening to hear Fado music.

The Rua Augusta Arch celebrates the reconstruction of Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake.

Commerce Square

The bronze statue of Joseph I of Portugal who was King during the Great Earthquake.

Church of St. Dominic

Star of David outside the church of Sao Domingos which honors the hundreds of Jews that were killed in the 1506 Easter Slaughter.

Praça da Figueira

The gorgeous facade of the Rossio Railway Station

A beautiful square where a street musician was playing a Damien Rice song!

The ruins of the Carno Convent which was destroyed in the 1755 earthquake house an archeological museum

The Santa Justa Lift is an elevator that gets you from the Baixa neighbourhood to the Bairro Alto district.

Traditional Lisbon street lamp

Night view from our Airbnb in the Alfalma District.

You can see the Tagus River in the background

Near the Sao Jorge Castle are great shop, restaurants and Peacocks!

Orange trees are here too!

About to take the funicular. I sure beats walking and you can use the green transportation day pass

Castelo de São Jorge in the background up on the hill.

Admiring the sights during our Rick Steves walking tour!

The yellow trams are one of the best ways to move around Lisbon

24 hr train/bus pass a must!

Map of the Rick Steves self guided walking tour

LX Factory - great place to shop and have lunch

Portuguese pavement

Unfortunately, these tiled streets and sidewalks are in danger of disappearing. Not only can they can be incredibly slippery, there are fewer and fewer tradespeople interested in learning the backbreaking art of maintaining these sidewalks.

The Museu Nacional do Azulejo or Tile Museum is a must see and is located in the Alfama district where we stayed.

The word azulejo stems from Arabic roots, meaning 'small polished stone'.

Tile is everywhere you look!

Ginja bar off of Rossio Square. It is a sweet cherry liquor that you can get with or without the cherr. Old women sell it in chocolate shot glasses allo over th Alfama section where we were staying

Pastel de nata., yum! You can find these at every bakeshop. Monks would use egg whites to starch the nun's habits and needed a use for all the egg yokes so these were created!