Lisbon
Travel Blogs from Lisbon, Portugal
A day with 'We Hate Tourism Tours'
... did not stop people from going down to the ocean. Instead we stopped at the town of Cascais, this is the Saint Tropez of Portugal, although it does not have the mega yachts in its harbor. Here we walked around for a short while, before heading onwards. ...
Stairs!
... booked something in Lisboa, so we have quite a drive ahead. After breakfast we loaded the car and took of, heading out to Portugal. Around lunch time we were around the town of Castello Branco, so we left the highway and headed to the town. Here we ...
Port for breakfast
... . As we board the bus we're handed a bottle of water by a beautiful young guy in the costume of the prime minister of Portugal from the year in the 1700s that a devastating tsunami hit Lisboa. He is giving away the water that inundated the city. Our ...
Lisbon (Portugal not North Dakota!)
... costs around $2.50. Hopefully this should help explain why we are only spending seven nights in Europe. A few more days in Portugal, then quickly through Spain to get to Morocco. She Said: A few things Todd left out... I unexpectedly cried for the ...
Flying home
... . Port day in Porto. Getting lost everyday while hiking in Serra da Estrella, but still making it up the highest point in Portugal. Suddenly deciding to go home early. Cheese and bread diet. Drinking way way too much in Lagaos. The day of puking ...
Pastries (and other goodies!) in Portugal
... had a pot of mixed seafood. * Sur Sangam: Italian/Indian restaurant in the pedestrian old town of Lisbon. As we traveled through Portugal we discovered that Italian/Indian combo restaurants were pretty common. The restaurant was run by Indians and the ...
Lisbon, Portugal
... is hidden under lock and key in one of Portugals largest banks. After that we said our goodbyes to Lisbon andgot on our night train back to Madrid. Portugal was a terrific country, I definately plan on going back sometime and seeing what else it has to ...
Lisbon vs Jacqui and Jo -- round two
... , apparently, but now it is all given over to sins of the flesh. They serve steak with egg on there ... that happens in Portugal, we don't know why. And we were very pleased with ourselves after that so we decided to head for a bar recommended by the ...
In and around Lisbon
... to London there won't be much time to relax! Next entry -> adventures in the Algarve Great Brands of the World - Portugal I'm not going to find anything better than this - an ad that without doubt will only increase the feverish pitch of support ...
Flea market and Fado
... a flea market. There is one in Lisbon every Tuesday and Saturday, so we planned to visit it on Saturday, our last day in Lisbon. Because Internet access was not as freely available as some of the other places we have stayed I spent the first hour at the ...
Discover the land of the Greatest Navigators
... The Statue of Cristo Rei is located across the River Tagus from Lisbon. It was built by citizens of Lisbon in 1959 as a thanks to God, because Portugal did not join the fight in World War II. The statue portrays Jesus Christ inviting all of mankind to ...
Lisbon
... such a large place. Many of the other major centres we have visited are very diverse with widespread multiculturalism. Lisbon, however, seems very homogenous. It remains quite Portuguese in character. Besides the odd Italian restaurant, ...
Lisbon Loungers!
... i think i stood there for about half an hour in the warm water! However, the rumors which i heard about showers flooding in Portugal came true - the piping system isn't exactly the best in this country and every few minutes i had to turn the shower off ...
knackered in lisboa
well after a night bus from malaga all the way across iberia i find myself in lisbon.. the night bus was obviously hell.. does anyone know someone who has got some decent kip on those things? anyways.. after a bit of confusion when i arrived with the ...
The End.... For Now!
... so I settled for a rather relaxing couple of days largely drinking coffee in cafes and riding the trams. The trams are just great in Lisbon as they seem to take you up all sorts of steep gradients, only a whisker from shop walls etc. For the lazy tired ...
Lisbon - argggh
... telling me that's a great idea... As soon as they're done with their dance party. (S) Not much to say about Lisbon. It was dirtier and seedier than I thought it would be. Chad got offered drugs 3 times - might have been his haircut ...
Fala Inglez?
Ahhh, Lisbon. We arrived with no guide book and nowhere to stay as night was falling and speaking no Portuguese. There were tears, there were scenes, there was a moment when we thought we would have to sleep in the park with the homeless people ... but ...
Just a Sniff of Lisbon
... a book and asked to read seven or eight random pages, just to get a feel for whether or not you might like the plot. I left Lisbon in frustration. I didn't eat the food or drink the wine. And because we had to be back on the Solstice well before dark I ...
Crying over spilt blood in Lisbon
The nearest campground to Lisbon is a forty five-minute train ride away, plus a bus ride to the station. It was either free camp or use the campground. Melanie was not as hard as Lucy and myself. Bit mad really, as it is far cheaper to free camp. We ...
Belem
... going to argue. The castle has a commanding view over the Baixa and Chiado districts and wonderful views of the Targus River on which Lisbon sits. We took a few panoramic shots, the girls put 1 euro into a telescope, which they had been itching to do, ...
Walking around Lisbon
When I woke up this first thing I did was check my phone to see f the baggage people had been trying to ring me. No such luck. I put back on the underwear that I had carefully hand washed the previous evening, despite being not quite dry and redressed in ...
loving it in lisboa
... empire into south america and asia... - huge cathedral....huge!!! - pastisse al nata; very special custard tarts, are available all over portugal, the best ones are in Belem, they simpy on of the best things we have ever eaten!!! - nice family feel, ...
Northern portugal a spectacular train ride ...
... the summer residence of the Kings of Portugal and is green, lush and mountaineous. The Pena Palace was the highlight of Portugal for Tonya. The multicoloured towers and domes reminded Paul of Disney World. Inside was a completely wacko collection of ...
Accommodation Anarchy - Part 2
... move again, tomato still present in my ears and other places not to mention!! This time to Seville for a night and then onto Lisbon, Portugal. At this stage I am not really sure why we agreed to fly into Barcelona and then out of Lisbon. Sounded like ...
across the pond
... but it appears they did not turn out as a result. The Monastery took fifty years to complete and was built grand as Portugal was in the midst of vast wealth during this time from the India spice trade. I really enjoyed Lisbon - very laid ...
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
... quite a few different places, even had a stint in hospital, but what really stands out in my mind has been the reaquaintence with Portugal, so why stop when you are having fun. This weeks destination is the capital, a place we haven't been to in over ...
Lisbon, Portugal
... Portugeuse again, it's getting confusing. But I am only here for two days and I can put all the Spanish and Portugese behind. Lisbon is a very small city, easily walkable if you don't mind all the hills and steep walkways. (Lisbon is built on 7 ...
Lisbon
We ended up having a really full on time whilst we were in the capital of Portugal. The campsite was 45 minutes by bus, which meant when we headed into the central we stayed out all day. The nicest area that I found was the Aleama District below the ...

