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Ten Alternative Things to See and Do in Lisbon
There’s no denying Lisbon has an attractive personality that is hard to pin down, both a prince and a pauper of a city; multi-faceted and constantly surprising… […]
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Booking an Airbnb Apartment in Lisbon
Booking an apartment through Airbnb was exactly the same. We knew about the accommodation site and had heard rave reports about it from travellers and yet… […]
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Twenty Four Hours In Lisbon’s Bairro Alto
Silent, graffiti’d doorways that looked derelict an hour ago have lifted their shutters to reveal kaleidoscopic neon lights from which the mellow sounds of funk and soul are drifting into the night… […]
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Ten Scenes of Lisbon After Dark
Lisbon is as fascinating and enchanting a city when night fell as it is during the hours of light; from the raw energy of Bairro Alto to the elegance of its plazas… […]
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Seven Nights of Eating Our Way Around Lisbon
These are the delicious delicacies, the so-so, the surprising and the never-again places of the Lisbon restaurant scene where we unrolled our napkins. […]
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Reinvented Portuguese Classics at Tasca da Esquina in Lisbon
You’re not likely to accidentally stumble across Tasca da Esquina. It sits on a corner (hence the name) at Campo Ourique, a newish area of Lisbon built on… […]
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A Night of Authentic Fado in Maria da Mouraria, Home of Lisbon’s First Fadista
We had seen José Malhoa’s painting ‘Fado’ all over Lisbon and as we entered Casa Maria da Mouraria it was there again, filling one wall of the tiny house. Only this time, the woman’s left breast was completely exposed… […]
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Lisbon’s Gourmet Fast Food Scene at Mercado Da Ribeira
The Mercado Da Ribeira has been Lisbon’s main food market since 1892 and in May 2014 Time Out Lisboa transformed one of the enormous halls into its current foodie’s paradise for hipsters and bohemians, family treats, healthy eats and gastronomes on a budget… […]
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Going Under the Sea on an Embroidered Boat in Lisbon
A little bruiser of a boat whose rough and tough exterior was softened by azulejos, those famous blue Portuguese tiles, depicting a pre-earthquake Lisbon… […]