Discovering the Sights of Lisbon is as easy as Hopping on and off: Discovering Lisbon on your own is easy with a hop-on hop-off sightseeing tour. Hop-on hop-off tours give you the freedom to discover Lisbon at your own pace as you can stop at places of interest for as long as you like. You'll see all the beautiful sights of Lisbon in the comfortable and secure environment of your sightseeing bus, with full commentary provided. The best way to experience the perfect introduction and … [Read more...]
Portugal’s Age of Discovery
December 4, 2009 by
An Amazing Period of Conquests and Discoveries: In front of the Monument to the Discoveries is another of Lisbon's sightseeing attractions, a huge mariner's compass, cut into the stone pavement. The compass was a gift from South Africa in 1960 and the central map shows the routes of Portugal's maritime expeditions and discoveries in the 15th and 16th centuries. Walk around the map and you'll see images of mermaids, galleons and indication of which direction the trade winds were … [Read more...]
Monument to the Overseas Combatants – Lisbon
December 4, 2009 by
A Striking Monument on the Lisbon Waterfront: One of the more recent additions of significant monuments to Lisbon's waterfront is the Monument to the Overseas Combatants. This eye-catching Lisbon attraction commemorates all the people involved in the wars that Portugal was involved with overseas. The architect's concept of having a simple design is so that people can focus what the monument represents rather than its details. A more elaborate sculptural or architectural form may … [Read more...]
A Seafood Feast at O Farol, Cacilhas
December 2, 2009 by
The Lighthouse is Gone, But the Seafood Brings People Here: Our first night in Portugal and we're having a seafood treat at "O Farol", a restaurant in Cacilhas. To get to this restaurant we catch a local commuter ferry from Cais do Sodré, Lisbon's transport hub, from where buses, the metro, trains and the ferries depart. On a warm summer's evening, the ferry ride is very pleasant. Cacilhas is just on the other side of the Tagus river and before we even think about a gin and tonic, … [Read more...]
Lisbon Sightseeing | Monument to the Discoveries
October 3, 2009 by
Portugal's early discoverers stand prominently at the waterfront: We were taught about Vasco da Gama and his early discoveries at school, but during those days I found the history lessons pretty dry and hard going. Between the heat of the afternoon tropical sun, our non-airconditioned classrooms, and history lessons that were so distant to our day-to-day lives, I wasn't sure which was causing me doze off more. Had I known that one day I'll be standing on the very spot where those early … [Read more...]
Lisbon | Events and Festivals
May 16, 2009 by
Lisbon's month of celebrations: June is Festas de Lisboa and during this month of festivities there will be street entertainment, cinema, music and theatre, parades and folk festivities happening throughout the historic districts and all around town. If you like Fado music, there's a Fado festival with the best names in town performing. If you don't know what Fado is, catch a tram along the route of the nº 28 tram and you'll be able to listen to Amateur Fado live, with singers … [Read more...]
Lisbon travel | Lisboa cards
May 15, 2009 by
Travel cards to save you time and money: The Lisbon Tourist Office have a few travel cards that can help you save some money and time during your stay in Lisbon. Lisboa Card The Lisboa Card allows free and unlimited travel on Carris buses, trams and funiculars, the underground, as well as on the CP train lines Sete-Rios-Sintra-Oriente and Cais do Sodré - Cascais. The Card also provides free admission to historical buildings, 26 museums, and many other tourist places of interest. This Card lets … [Read more...]