Lisbon Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
capital city of Portugal
About Lisbon
Lisbon is built on seven hills, so getting around Lisbon can be a workout. Many slopes and few really flat areas is one of Lisbon's trademarks. This is also a city of enchanting contrasts: The elegant squares, broad avenues, monumental buildings and rectangular layout of the lower areas quickly gives way to the hilly, narrow, winding, unpredictable and cramped streets of districts such as Alfama and Bairro Alto. The elegant dining rooms and smart rooftop bars of expensive hotels seems like a different world compared to the excellent restaurants disguised behind an inconspicuous façade in a modest Bairro Alto street. Quality patisseries and restaurants thrive side by side with late night bars and noisy discos. The old, tiny squeaky trams (one of the city's trademarks) are no less of a contr
Top Attractions in Lisbon
Explore the best things to see and do in Lisbon:
- ★Dias da Música em Belém
- ★Festas dos Santos
- ★IndieLisboa
- ★Jazz em Agosto
- ★Moda Lisboa
- ★Peixe em Lisboa
- ★Rock in Rio Lisboa
Lisbon Travel Guide Sections
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