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Before I fly to Lisbon, I digged into the web, read blog posts and watched many YouTube videos. I was looking for the best travel tips for the city: where to go, what to do, where to eat, where to stay. But I have to admit, that I have been very lucky as well to get in contact with Beatriz, a local Portuguese young girl, who has been following me on Instagram. She came to enrich my list with more valuable Lisbon travel tips. I tried to collect all the infos.

I can now happily present my Guide List to Lisbon on The Viennese Girl blog!

Lisbon portugal Travel diary

SIGHTSEEING IN ALFAMA DISTRICT 

Miradouro das Portas do Sol / Miradouro de Santa Luzia / Sé Lisbon Cathedral / Miradouro da Senhora do Monte / Miradouro da Graça / São Vicente de Fora Church / São Jorge castle –  worth it to go inside!

Try the Pasteis de Bacalhau in Casa Portuguesa do Pastel de Bacalhau.

Lisbon portugal Travel diary

SIGHTSEEING IN BAIRRO ALTO DISTRICT 

Luís de Camões square, here you can try the Pasteis de Nata at “Manteigaria” / Rua do Loreto Ascensor da Bica / Jardim de São Pedro de Alcântara / Príncipe Real (many restaurants here!) / Bairro Alto / Miradouro de Santa Catarina

Lisbon portugal Travel diary

SIGHTSEEING DOWNTOWN 

Avenida da Liberdade / Restauradores square / Santa Justa Elevator aka Carmo lift / Rossio square / Arco da Rua Augusta / Terreiro do Paço / Praça do Comércio – here you can try the Pasteis de Bacalhau at “Casa Portuguesa do Pastel de Bacalhau”

Lisbon portugal Travel diary

BELÉM DISTRICT 

Torre de Belém aka Belém Tower / Padrão dos Descobrimentos

Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (worth it to go inside!) Here you can try the Pasteis de Belém at their famous bakery.

MAAT (for the platform view)

LX Factory (a very cool “hipster” market in Lisbon)

Lisbon portugal Travel diary

Lisbon portugal Travel diary

Lisbon portugal Travel diary

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Lisbon street photography

Lisbon street photography

What to do 

See a Fado Performance in Lisbon 

Take the Line 28 tram. Boarding takes place at Praça Martim Moniz.

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BREAKFAST – BRUNCH – LUNCH

Nicolau / Amélia / Fauna & Flora / Dear breakfast / Heim cafe / Cotidiano / Luz Ideal / Hello, Kristof / Comoba / Café Janis / Zenith

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Lisbon streets

TIP from Beatriz: You have to try the Portuguese way of cooking cod! Either “bacalhau à brás”, “bacalhau com natas” or “bacalhau com broa”!

Lisbon streets

Lisbon streets

  • Great food markets where you can find well-made traditional food: Time-out market/Mercado da ribeira 
  • Boa-bao (great asian restaurant at Principe Real)
  • Best seafood: Relento, Ramiro

Lisbon restaurants

  • Traditional food: Solar dos Nunes (in Belém), Carvoaria Jacto
  • Popular (and more on the pricey side) restaurants: Palácio Chiado, Guilty by Olivier, KOB by Olivier, JNCQUOI, Cantinho do Avillez
  • Pastéis de nata from 1. Pasteis de Belem and from 2. Manteigaria Rua do Loreto 2

Lisbon restaurants

My favourite restaurant, not because of the food but mostly because of the atmosphere and the whole experience, is Restaurante Ponto Final in Almada. Go at sunset time! 

Restaurante ponto final lisboa

Restaurante ponto final lisboa

Restaurante ponto final lisboa

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FURTHER AWAY FROM LISBON

  • Sintra (requires at least 1 full morning): Palácio da Pena, Moors Castle, Casa do Preto bakery (for the Queijadas), Piriquita bakery
  • Palácio de Queluz
  • Fundação das casas de Fronteira de Alorna (Palácio dos Marqueses da Fronteira)

Lisbon

Lisbon is beautiful! There are 2 things I will be definitely longing for until the day I go back: first, the Pastéis de nata and second the Restaurante Ponto Final in Almada! 

Shoutout to my friends from Urlaubsguru for their contribution to this trip. If you also want to escape from the cold weather and fly to the South of Europe, or if you are looking for the best travel offers on the web, I highly recommend you to check them out.

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Baixa House

Baixa House

In the middle of last October I had the chance to visit Lisbon for the very first time, stay and photograph Baixa House. In this blog post, I would like to share with you a few photos that I took during my short stay at Baixa House. When I say short stay, it was a 3 nights stay, to be more precise with you. I feel very happy for the opportunity to photograph Baixa House, I loved the interior design, and I wish I will be able to go back and stay a little bit longer. As for now, I will let the photos do all the talking.

Baixa House

Baixa House

Baixa House

Baixa House

Baixa House

All interior photos at Baixa House were taken by me. This photo of me was taken by Beatriz, a Portuguese follower who then became a friend. 

Baixa House

Baixa House

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When you stay at Baixa House, you feel like you own an apartment in Lisbon. This is not a typical hotel. This is a five-star apartment building with several beautiful meticulously curated apartments. Curated in a way that it feels quite natural and effortless to you. The apartment I stayed at was on the fourth floor and it was called Gulbenkian. I had a balcony with a view, where every morning I could have my breakfast and every night I could see the moon from it (which is something that I love doing).

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Gulbenkian was a lovely apartment. But during my stay, I discovered that there are also some other apartments which are very pretty as well, like Campo Grande, Ultra mar, Principe Real etc. You may want to check this place out, if you are looking for a place to stay in Lisbon. This might be something for you!

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Lastly, a sweet shoutout to my friends from Urlaubsguru for their contribution to this trip. You guys, if you also want to escape from the cold, or if you are looking for the best travel offers on the web, I highly recommend you to check them out.

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