Country Info
- Lisbon
- Capital
- Euro (EUR)
- Currency
- 10,066,253
- Population
- PT
- Country Code
Lisbon Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Lisbon, Portugal
Mais uma coisa perdida
... que chamar um cara para arrombar o cadeado, o que não tinha problema pois trouxe 4. Só que na hora de trancar novamente não achei nenhum dos outros 3... Acho que os gnomos da minha irmã me seguiram até Portugal. Mais tarde escrevo mais! - ...
On to Lisbon
... watching the sun go down sitting next to the water, on the beach. On the way back we got a custard tart, which apparently Portugal is famous for, it was delicious. We were obviously are starting to look like travellers or a bit rough as we were offered ...
Versão 6 dos planos para a viagem
Aqui fica a versão 6 do planeamento da viagem LongWay to Nordkapp. Ainda não é a versão final mas está muito muito perto do que será a nossa VIAGEM que começa já no dia 10 de Junho 2010. Resumo da Viagem: Os marcos: Saída ...
Made it to Portugal
Bon dia...After almost 24 hours on 2 flights going over 600 mph at 36,000ft and covering ~7500miles we made it to Lisboa, Portugal. We were so exhausted from traveling, we got stright into our room, got some rest, then had dinner at Hard Rock ...
Part 7 - Belém (day trip)
... the pasteis at the hotel). And to the west of Belém are the mundane seaside resorts of Cascaís and Estoril... This concludes my Lisbon entries. There are of course other topics, such as the wonderful music (fado of Lisbon and of Coimbra), but I don't ...
Day 9: Lisbon!
Bom Dia! (HI) I'm in Portugal! Well the ship is docked in Portugal but I'm still on it. I'm leaving in a few minutes to meet a friend and go find some internet. By the time I post this I will have found an internet café - Hurray!!! There's been a lot of ...
Lovely, Lively, Lisbon
... , April 5, 2013 - Lisbon, Portugal 10:27 Pilot Embarked 11:46 Safely Docked 23:00 Vessel Undocked Lisbon, Portugal According to legend, Ulysses himself established Lisbon. Scholars and less romantically inclined observers argue that Phoenicians sailors ...
Abrigado
... the stop closest to our hostel. Gotta love those free offerings! In the evening we boarded an overnight train to Lisbon, Portugal. As we waited at the train station, Scooter and I were both dreading the train ride since we ...
Couple of days back in Lisbon
On saturday, we took the train back to Lisbon where we checked into a hostel. The hostel was a bit mixed the rooms and kitchen were nice, but the bathrooms were a bit grotty! That night we just chilled out and ate. On sunday we went back into central ...
Lisbon
... of Rnr after a full on two weeks in Spain. It was great to catch up with some old friends. And even to stay with one of them... The Portuguese are so friendly... I even got a personal tour of Lisbon and invited to go clubbing with a Brazilian rock ...
Portugal, it's a love hate thing...
... 't accessible by local transportation so we were kinda stuck on that one. Our streak of unluckiness continued in Portugal as well. Our initial plan saw us leaving Lisbon on the 22rd by night train, and getting into Madrid, spending the night, and taking ...
made to move: autostop naar PORTO
UPDATE 2 MADE TO MOVE autostop van lissabon naar porto geschatte duurtijd: 4u uiteindelijke duurtijd: 9,5u Warme mensen,... tot ze in de auto zitten, achtervolgt door angst die gevoed is door de mass media,... want daar stonden we ( helena en ...
Such a Tart!
... all day passes on Trams and as my change was shoved back in my face the tram took of in the wrong direction. Lose lose, Portugal 1, Mark and Holly 0. We quickly got off with our tail between our legs, Holly was less than impressed with my idea but we ...
Living on volcanoes
Volcanic activity in Furnas, the suffocating stench of sulphur. Views of pico, portugual's highest mountain... more to come at a later ...
Part 4 - Lisbon's public transportation
Continuing from part 3, you now realise that Lisbon is a very hilly city. But, one can either suffer the ups and downs by foot (good for keeping fit), or take the "electrico" (tram), which runs quite regularly on most of the routes (except the weekends). ...
Part 6 - Lisbon gastronomy
During our stay in Lisbon, we ate out a couple of times: traditional Portuguese cuisine is quite uncomplicated and being blessed with fish from both the Tagus River and the Atlantic, you would think people would eat a lot of seafood. Indeed, the salty, ...
Lisboa
From Fado...to fishies... to fine soccer players!
LISBOA y CASCAIS, PORTUGAL During my short stint here, I stayed in Lisbon (Lisboa here) but managed a day trip to Cascais, a beach village about 2 hours away. The weather was perfect! But the sand was very hot and the water extremely ...
Seville to Lisbon
Woke to pack and visit what was described to us as "the mushroom buildings", located in the Plaza de l'Encarnation. They looked like mushrooms, in a way. The sun was out so we went down to the river again and walked along the west bank. Closing towards ...
Lisbon
... two lookouts, including that by Graca. Sky was cloudy but we still had good views the castle, the Christi Rei statue and Lisbon's Golden Gate Bridge. Did a loop down some eastern suburbs to Santa Apolonia, curving around the waterfront to the hostel. Had ...
Portugal
... from different monarchies through the centuries. After Lisbon, we cooled off for a night in the Algave, the south coast of Portugal, in a town called Faro. There was nothing spectacular about the town itself, but it did have some great fish. As we ...
A night at Lisbon
Arrrived at Lisbon at around 6pm and off to customs. All was going smoothly until we advised we were staying longer then 3 months and then the questions started. Appartently you require a travel visa for Europe for extended stays. We then got a ...
Getting to know Lisbon
... meal (I had a cod, potato, onion, egg casserole-type dish), sangria and port wine in between. A bit of history on Lisbon - despite being one of the oldest cities in the world, the majority of Lisbon was rebuilt in 1755 after the massive earthquake wiped ...
Discovering Portugal
... it was quiet and comfortable. Steve was able to nap a little. We got through customs fairly quickly in Lisbon, grabbed a taxi and took off for our hotel. We checked in Tuesday night around 7:30 pm. What a ...
Sickness and Health
... a noisy carriage. It was a relief to pull into Lisbon at 08:30 (actually (09:30 for us as we lost an hour entering Portugal). Our travel sagas continued as we caught a bus from the station into town and then a Metro. We then walked up and down ...
RANDOM
... made it very difficult to say goodbye, however, we knew it was time to continue moving around :-( Now we are in Lisboa, Portugal. Florian introduced us to a Portuguese cop from Lisboa so he has been showing us around the city. Very cool to know ...
Lisbon
... 've come across, possibly anywhere. Surprisingly the people did not look at all like what most South Africans would associate with as Portugese. Portugal was originally settled by the Celts and only later by the Moors (with a mix in between) and it is the ...