Love Affair With Portugal

Some places to visit in the main centre of Lisbon (The capital of Portugal )

What to see- mostly everything is in the vicinity, if you like walking its a great walk around ( wont need more than a day)

-Places of beautiful architecture are

Placa do Comercia ( tourist site) and terrero Do Paco

Rossio ( some great sea food restaurants)

-Barrio alto(area) for drinks and shopping

- Alfama (area)is the most popular ( View points are Miradoura Santa Catarina) sangrias here ???? -Stay in any of these areas- would recommend air bnb depending on your budget)

-Castelo de s jorge ( castle in lisbon- worth it)

-Lisbon Elevador De Santa Justa ( an elevator which gives a great view of lsbon)

-Martim moniz ( area)-best place for illegal chinese and vietnamese food

(also has a flee market every satruday-if you like)- Fera La Ladra

-Barbados Gallery-for art ( but isnt in the centre)

Popular places - for food/drinks -If you want to party and drink head to Bairro alto after ten pm

-Bibo Bar at Bairro

-Jazz bar- Paginas Tantes

-Local food ( small restaurant- mercado Da Ribeira) - good choice of local Portuguese dishes

-Amazing Mozambique restaurant called Cantona do Aziz (Martim Moniz)

-Check out time out market in Lisbon for 22 restaurants and 8 bars

-Pink streets-for parties till 5-7am

-Parque Eduardo- Marques de Pombal (walk down that street for all the high end brands and small coffee shops -sometimes bands play at these cafes)

-Sabotage club( very 70's 80's nightclub- but to crowded)

-BeST night club would be LUX)

-The park bar(rooftop bar)

(Little commercial )

Day 3 go to Belem (BELEM TOWER)and have the pastal de nata from Belem(5 mins walk from the tower)- most famous restaurant.Belem is a nice place to see(train from cais de sodre

Day 4-Head to the beach at cascais which is gorgeous if you like the sea ( spend the day)

(Sintra is a mesmerising town about an hour by train from Lisbon)- you would need 2 days to see most of it - so i recommend staying a night there - but its quite at night unlike lisbon)

You can take the day pass as well (Check options you like, I did Sintra on two separate days and I really liked the below)

-Quinta Da Regalaria ( take the 413 or the 415 bus outside the sintra station )

-Pena Palace

-Castle of the moors

-Check out Carbo da roca ( an hour from Lisbon )- western most point in europe (surreal place)

-Azenhas do Mar-( little complicated to reach but is gorgeous)

-Stay In Lagos

-PORTO- By flight or by train or bus ( romantic city for two days minimum) -NAZARE-for me had the best waves(depends on season-november is the season-so would'nt recommend for july

-Fatima ( 2 hours away)- is a beautiful church) -by bus Take the metro pass (its worth it)-All the local places in Lisbon are accessible by metro

Cabs are cheap too (Uber)

Overall Portugal has some really spectacular places to visit

Accommodation

• Air bnb would be the best option to get some good accommodation
• Hostelworld for hostels

Cost

• Alcohol -beer at bairro alto is not more than 2-3 euros a mug or pint
• Food within 10 euros

This post was originally published on Rebel In Transit.