Lisbon, Portugal Travel Blogs

Lisbon, Portugal
Mar 4, 2008 (25 photos)

... 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 ...

Port for breakfast
Nov 1, 2007 (82 photos)

... . 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 ...

Pastries (and other goodies!) in Portugal
Jun 3, 2008 (153 photos)

... 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 not North Dakota!)
Jul 16, 2006 (3 photos)

... 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
Aug 18, 2006

... . 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 ...

Lisbon
Feb 18, 2007

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Lisbon vs Jacqui and Jo -- round two
Jun 15, 2003 (6 photos)

... , 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 Rough ...

Lisbon
Oct 27, 2006 (53 photos)

... that can be spotted from many areas of the city. It was erected during the late 1940s to publicly thank God for sparing Portugal during WWII. An elevator carries visitors to the top for a spectacular view of Lisbon. The grounds of the castle made for a ...

In and around Lisbon
Jun 29, 2006 (34 photos)

... World War. I hadn't really planned on coming here but after receiving a nice invitation to visit a new friend in southern Portugal, here I am. It's a great little town too, a grungy place perched at a confluence of two streams emptying into the Tagus ...

Lisbon
Oct 2, 2007 (13 photos)

... 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, everything from ...

Flea market and Fado
Jan 12, 2008 (1 photos)

... 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
Jun 13, 2006 (14 photos)

... 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 come ...

Lisbon Loungers!
Oct 1, 2005 (11 photos)

... 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 to ...

Crying over spilt blood in Lisbon
Jul 15, 1998

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 needed ...

Lisbon - argggh
Apr 28, 2007 (3 photos)

(C) Let's see - we did finally make it to Lisbon, right?  I spent roughly the last 12 hours battling the absinthe fairy and wishing I was dead.  This wish my dear partner Sara tried to accommodate by offering to kill me several times.& ...

Fala Inglez?
Jun 9, 2003 (2 photos)

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 ...

Belem
Jan 10, 2008 (14 photos)

... 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, and ...

Walking around Lisbon
Jan 9, 2008 (2 photos)

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
Feb 15, 2006 (8 photos)

... 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 ...
Apr 18, 2001 (1 photos)

... 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 rooms, ...

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Nov 18, 2007 (119 photos)

... 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 nine ...

Accommodation Anarchy - Part 2
Sep 1, 2005 (5 photos)

... 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 a ...

across the pond
Feb 23, 2007 (44 photos)

... 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 ...

Lisbon, Portugal
Oct 9, 2005 (7 photos)

... 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 hills/ ...

Lisbon
Aug 14, 2000 (9 photos)

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 ...

Lisbon, Sintra, Cabo da Roca
Nov 23, 2005 (15 photos)

This trip was actually Nov. 5-8. Yeah, I've neglected this travelogue like none other. We spent time in Lisboa and then went to the westernmost point of the European continent (Cabo da Roca) and to Belem (Bethlehem) to see the monastery and eat some ...

Looking eastward over Europe
Jul 15, 2009 (5 photos)

As you know, I decided to leave Dakar a few days early in order to spend a couple of days in Lisbon on my way home.  My flight was scheduled to leave at 2am and was delayed until 3am, but I had an entire row of seats to myself and slept fabulously for ...

Surprise!!!!
Aug 14, 2006

... on fire, when who should appear, but Curly Headed Neill. Now that the crew was fully assembled, we headed out into the lovely Lisbon night. The omnipotent Lonely Planet told us to go to this great bar on top of one of Lisbons famous hills for a sun ...

Life is ours, we live it our way....
Apr 26, 2006

... averaged about 20km a day. Not kidding, i tried to work it out. needing to get fit for South America (I keep telling myself!) Lisbon is pretty. Its all buildings though, i would have liked to have seen a village, or somewhere further out, and I did forget ...

Busy Lisbon
Apr 14, 2007 (5 photos)

The Big town of Lisbon (Lisboa) capital of Portugal Population 720,000!!!     After spending the day in Sagres then taking the train to Lisbon we arrived at 1030 pm...not the first time we have pushed it too late.  Of course the ...