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Hotel Avenida Palace
This fully-appointed, belle époque gem sits right between the Rossio Train Station and the busy Praça dos Restauradores. Despite its busy location, it manages to provide guests with a sense of serenity as well as luxury, thanks to the peaceful, sunny central court and two sets of double-glazed windows in every room.
This fully-appointed, belle époque gem sits right between the Rossio Train Station and the busy Praça dos Restauradores. Despite its busy location, it manages to provide guests with a sense of serenity as well as luxury, thanks to the peaceful, sunny central court and two sets of double-glazed windows in every room.
Canadian Embassy
Museu do Design
This superlative design museum, in the Centro Cultural de Bel�m, displays furniture and product design from the 1930s to the present. This very cool collection features the masters - Capelo, Panton, Gehry, Starck, Newson and the Eames - and there are frequent temporary shows, as well as a decent bookshop.
This superlative design museum, in the Centro Cultural de Bel�m, displays furniture and product design from the 1930s to the present. This very cool collection features the masters - Capelo, Panton, Gehry, Starck, Newson and the Eames - and there are frequent temporary shows, as well as a decent bookshop.
UK Embassy
Discoteca Amália
The place to go for your souvenir music, this little shop is a shrine to the late lamented queen of fado (traditional Portugese singing), Amália Rodriguez. Besides myriad releases by the aforementioned artist, there's a tidy collection of other fado artists, along with classical and traditional Portuguese music.
The place to go for your souvenir music, this little shop is a shrine to the late lamented queen of fado (traditional Portugese singing), Amália Rodriguez. Besides myriad releases by the aforementioned artist, there's a tidy collection of other fado artists, along with classical and traditional Portuguese music.
Café Vertigo
A favourite of the young literary set, this place has a bohemian buzz and a truly fabulous stained glass ceiling. There are newspapers and chess to while away a little kick-back time and healthy snacks to chow on.
A favourite of the young literary set, this place has a bohemian buzz and a truly fabulous stained glass ceiling. There are newspapers and chess to while away a little kick-back time and healthy snacks to chow on.
Restô
With a perch-like position overlooking Alfama, this is a wonderful Lisbon setting that's good at lunch and great at dinner. While the menu was oddly assembled by colour when we visited, the food was light and perfectly matched our sensation of floating above the city. There's a lively tapas bar here as well.
With a perch-like position overlooking Alfama, this is a wonderful Lisbon setting that's good at lunch and great at dinner. While the menu was oddly assembled by colour when we visited, the food was light and perfectly matched our sensation of floating above the city. There's a lively tapas bar here as well.
Pensão Residencial 13 da Sorte
This place costs a little more than many of the rock-bottom budget options in the Baixa district, but you get quite a bit more comfort for your money. It's undergone recent renovations, and the rooms, while in no way plush, are pleasant and clean.
This place costs a little more than many of the rock-bottom budget options in the Baixa district, but you get quite a bit more comfort for your money. It's undergone recent renovations, and the rooms, while in no way plush, are pleasant and clean.
O Fumeiro
Faithful to the cooking of the Beira Alta region of Portugal, this restaurant is about the use of smoked meats (the name means 'smokehouse') as can be judged by the sausage-lined interior. Rustic and hearty, the food is heavy going and best when combined with copious amounts of tinto (red wine).
Faithful to the cooking of the Beira Alta region of Portugal, this restaurant is about the use of smoked meats (the name means 'smokehouse') as can be judged by the sausage-lined interior. Rustic and hearty, the food is heavy going and best when combined with copious amounts of tinto (red wine).
Vista Alegre
Producing fine tableware since 1824, Vista Alegre is one of the highest quality manufacturers in the world, creating everything from the flowery 'Algarve' setting to the understated 'Spirit White' collection. Besides their fine porcelain plate sets, they stock exquisite Atlantis lead crystal, with beautiful decanters and wine glass sets.
Producing fine tableware since 1824, Vista Alegre is one of the highest quality manufacturers in the world, creating everything from the flowery 'Algarve' setting to the understated 'Spirit White' collection. Besides their fine porcelain plate sets, they stock exquisite Atlantis lead crystal, with beautiful decanters and wine glass sets.
Cervejaria da Trindade
A typical 19th-century cervejaria (beer hall), this one is a must with its colourful azulejos (tiles) and feverish atmosphere. Drop in for anything from a quick beer to a steak and fries dinner, but get there early - it's usually packed every night.
A typical 19th-century cervejaria (beer hall), this one is a must with its colourful azulejos (tiles) and feverish atmosphere. Drop in for anything from a quick beer to a steak and fries dinner, but get there early - it's usually packed every night.
Lux
Near Santa Apolónia train station is Lisbon's ice-cool, must-see club. It's run by ex-Frágil maestro Marcel Reis and part-owned by John Malkovich, and is lots of fun, with an oversized shoe, a mirrored tunnel and violet light setting the scene. It's huge and airy, special but not snooty, and hosts the best big-name house DJs and live acts. Weekends are less hip but the music is still tip-top. Lux style policing is heartwarmingly lax but get here after on a Friday or Saturday and you might have trouble getting in because of the crowds.
Near Santa Apolónia train station is Lisbon's ice-cool, must-see club. It's run by ex-Frágil maestro Marcel Reis and part-owned by John Malkovich, and is lots of fun, with an oversized shoe, a mirrored tunnel and violet light setting the scene. It's huge and airy, special but not snooty, and hosts the best big-name house DJs and live acts. Weekends are less hip but the music is still tip-top. Lux style policing is heartwarmingly lax but get here after on a Friday or Saturday and you might have trouble getting in because of the crowds.
Queens
Queens isn't quite as camp as the name suggests, but is still rather popular with the Lisbon gay scene. It's the best place along this stretch for disco divas and dancing royalty; you're guaranteed the cream of the disco classics till dawn.
Queens isn't quite as camp as the name suggests, but is still rather popular with the Lisbon gay scene. It's the best place along this stretch for disco divas and dancing royalty; you're guaranteed the cream of the disco classics till dawn.
Hotel Britânia
Part of the Hoteis Heritage hotel group, the Hotel Britânia is one of Lisbon's top boutique hotels, with plush rooms that are among the most capacious in the city. Designed by modernist architect Cassiano Branco in the 1940s, the hotel is also the best-preserved Art Deco building in the city.
Part of the Hoteis Heritage hotel group, the Hotel Britânia is one of Lisbon's top boutique hotels, with plush rooms that are among the most capacious in the city. Designed by modernist architect Cassiano Branco in the 1940s, the hotel is also the best-preserved Art Deco building in the city.
Pensão Estrela de Ouro
This very modest guesthouse is located right on Largo Trindade Coelho, the lively main square of the Bairro Alto neighbourhood. Expect rock-bottom prices rather than luxury and you won't be disappointed.
This very modest guesthouse is located right on Largo Trindade Coelho, the lively main square of the Bairro Alto neighbourhood. Expect rock-bottom prices rather than luxury and you won't be disappointed.
Aparthotel VIP Eden
Occupying an old theatre that still bears Lisbon's most distinctive Art Deco facade, this is your choice if you want the services of a hotel together with the convenience of having your own apartment, including a fully equipped kitchen.
Occupying an old theatre that still bears Lisbon's most distinctive Art Deco facade, this is your choice if you want the services of a hotel together with the convenience of having your own apartment, including a fully equipped kitchen.
Bar Snob
This one is a favourite watering hole (serving meals until about ) for shift workers, night owls, journalists and the advertising crowd. A good mixture of red-eyed desperados and storytellers, biding time before the sun comes up and it's time to clock on once more.
This one is a favourite watering hole (serving meals until about ) for shift workers, night owls, journalists and the advertising crowd. A good mixture of red-eyed desperados and storytellers, biding time before the sun comes up and it's time to clock on once more.
Sé Guest House
This charming guesthouse occupies the main floor of a 19th-century mansion on a lovely street just below Lisbon's remarkable cathedral. The owners, who are inveterate travellers themselves, have packed the place with memorabilia from their voyages to Asia and Africa.
This charming guesthouse occupies the main floor of a 19th-century mansion on a lovely street just below Lisbon's remarkable cathedral. The owners, who are inveterate travellers themselves, have packed the place with memorabilia from their voyages to Asia and Africa.
Café Martinho da Arcada
In business since 1782, this tiled, yellow-and-white-tableclothed place was once a haunt of Pessoa, Portugal's greatest 20th-century poet. Although the literary lions have moved on, Martinho's outdoor tables beneath a colonnade make a fine spot for a traditional meal.
In business since 1782, this tiled, yellow-and-white-tableclothed place was once a haunt of Pessoa, Portugal's greatest 20th-century poet. Although the literary lions have moved on, Martinho's outdoor tables beneath a colonnade make a fine spot for a traditional meal.
Belém
Portugal's caravels sailed off to conquer the great unknown from Belém, and today this leafy riverside precinct is a giant monument to the nation's Age of Discoveries.
Portugal's caravels sailed off to conquer the great unknown from Belém, and today this leafy riverside precinct is a giant monument to the nation's Age of Discoveries.
Hotel Jorge V
Located uphill from Avenida Liberdade, this hotel provides comfort if not luxury behind its aggressively ugly concrete facade. However, what makes it worth considering are the great views from a limited number of rooms.
Located uphill from Avenida Liberdade, this hotel provides comfort if not luxury behind its aggressively ugly concrete facade. However, what makes it worth considering are the great views from a limited number of rooms.
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Manuel Tavares
The window display of this lovely Art Deco shop is jam-packed with wine, port and delicatessen items. Inside you'll find a bewildering array of ports, but what we love here is the morcelas (blood sausage) and the range of other chouriços (sausages) that make a great snack with some of the wonderful cheeses on offer.
The window display of this lovely Art Deco shop is jam-packed with wine, port and delicatessen items. Inside you'll find a bewildering array of ports, but what we love here is the morcelas (blood sausage) and the range of other chouriços (sausages) that make a great snack with some of the wonderful cheeses on offer.
Napoleão
This is the shop for port lovers. The staff are knowledgeable, the selection is excellent and they'll let you have a little tipple on the house. The '100 Years of Port' collection makes a great gift - a small set of Presidential Porto ports that are 10, 20, 30, and 40 years old. They know their Portuguese wines equally as well.
This is the shop for port lovers. The staff are knowledgeable, the selection is excellent and they'll let you have a little tipple on the house. The '100 Years of Port' collection makes a great gift - a small set of Presidential Porto ports that are 10, 20, 30, and 40 years old. They know their Portuguese wines equally as well.
Web Café
Internet access.
Internet access.
Albergaria Senhora do Monte
This concrete hotel may not, in itself, be beautiful to behold, but the views onto Castelo São Jorge and the Rio Tejo are hands-down the best in the city. Rooms are both tasteful and cushy - a pleasant surprise considering the graceless, 1960s facade.
This concrete hotel may not, in itself, be beautiful to behold, but the views onto Castelo São Jorge and the Rio Tejo are hands-down the best in the city. Rooms are both tasteful and cushy - a pleasant surprise considering the graceless, 1960s facade.
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Blues Café
This long-standing, popular bar/restaurant/club offers up deep south ambience, Cajun food and 30-something mating rituals. Weeknights the bar serves up decent drinks and on weekends the disco serves up a mix of Latin, dancefloor hits and cringe-worthy '80s throwbacks.
This long-standing, popular bar/restaurant/club offers up deep south ambience, Cajun food and 30-something mating rituals. Weeknights the bar serves up decent drinks and on weekends the disco serves up a mix of Latin, dancefloor hits and cringe-worthy '80s throwbacks.
Kremlin
Lisbon's home of house doesn't really heat up until a madrugada (the pre-dawn early hours), and these days it's generally only packed on weekends with upwardly mobile Lisboetas keen to dance at this legendary club. While it's a far cry from its heady days during 1988's Summer of Love, Kremlin can still transcend.
Lisbon's home of house doesn't really heat up until a madrugada (the pre-dawn early hours), and these days it's generally only packed on weekends with upwardly mobile Lisboetas keen to dance at this legendary club. While it's a far cry from its heady days during 1988's Summer of Love, Kremlin can still transcend.
Feira de Ladra
A motley bunch of Lisboetas and their equally eclectic wares stretch virtually all the way from the Mosteiro de S Vicente de Fora to the Panteão Nacional de Santa Engrácia for Lisbon's best-known flea market, or 'thieves' market'. You'll find everything from army surplus gear to random CD collections, incense to piles of clothes. And that's just one stall!
A motley bunch of Lisboetas and their equally eclectic wares stretch virtually all the way from the Mosteiro de S Vicente de Fora to the Panteão Nacional de Santa Engrácia for Lisbon's best-known flea market, or 'thieves' market'. You'll find everything from army surplus gear to random CD collections, incense to piles of clothes. And that's just one stall!
Casa Macário
A wonderful wine shop with an amazing range that stocks the finest Portugal has to offer.
A wonderful wine shop with an amazing range that stocks the finest Portugal has to offer.
Sneakers Delight
Sneakers Delight treats sneakers with reverence, with both branches resembling avant-garde art galleries more than retail outlets. DJs spin on the weekend and the Santa Apolónia store also has a hair stylist. You're not just buying shoes you know.
Sneakers Delight treats sneakers with reverence, with both branches resembling avant-garde art galleries more than retail outlets. DJs spin on the weekend and the Santa Apolónia store also has a hair stylist. You're not just buying shoes you know.
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