Archive for the 'Alfama' Category

Walking around: favorite places in Lisbon, dogs, beggars & Obama’s Portuguese Water Dog

There are lots of dogs in Lisbon, and most of them are quite happy…

“” Passeio o seu cão de saquinho na mão!” ‘Take your dog for a walk with a poop bag in your hand!”
I saw this funny poster near one of my favorite places in Lisbon,  Miradouro da Graça. a splendid viewpoint offering a [...]

Lovely old house for rent (2 bedrooms)in Alfama, great old Moorish neighborhood Lisbon near São Jorge’s Castle

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Great old Moorish neighborhood: 2 -bedroom very old house in Alfama, Beco da Lapa, historic part of Lisbon. Weekly prices from € 350 /€ 400 (high season) with 2 persons, 3 night stay minimum € 35/40.  3 u/i 5 pers. € 25 pp pn. Cleaning € 40.
For information or reservation please call or mail [...]

Sfeervol huis (75 m2) 2 slaapkamers in oude Moorse wijk Alfama historisch Lissabon

Beschikbaarheids kalender 2010
Geweldige oud Moorse wijk! Voor informatie of reservering van dit authentieke huis in Alfama of het appartement in Mouraria kunt u mailen of bellen met Julie Kruijs: 0031 653941845. Skype: juliekr1956.
Vanaf 3 nachten te huur. Bij 3-5 pers € 25 pppn. , 2  pers € 35/40 pppn, week (korting) € 350′400 (2 pers), afh. van seizoen. *
Authentiek eeuwenoud huis , [...]

Lisbon’s Ladra Alternativa (Alternative Flea Market) unique & original

At the urban handicrafts Fair, Ladra Alternativa, you can find every type of item, from jewellery to home utensils, always with the knowledge that you are buying unique and original items for a cheap price. If you happen to be around: four times a year this indoor fair is held at the Dr Magalhães Lima Cultural Centre, Rua [...]

Walking around: favorite places in Lisbon’s historical center & hanging laundry

Typical Portuguese is the hanging laundry in the windows, drying in the wind. Besides: in the narrow labyrinth of cobbled alleys of Lisbon’s ancient center it’s very nice to walk around! Herewith a few ideas:

Restaurant Solar do Duque. Calcada do Duque  is a street made of hundreds of stairs, lined with lots of traditional Portuguese restaurants, near Largo Duque de Cadaval [...]

Walking up the hill to São Jorge Castle, a hidden place & a famous urinal

Just aside the walls of Lisbon’s Castelo São Jorge (St. Jorge Castle), I love to walk around in the narrow streets of the beautiful Bairro do Castelo, located in the highest hill of the historic centre of the city. This neighborhood is very charming and quiet.

To visit the castle, you can walk up the hill starting [...]

Santa Apolónia, Lisbon’s Int’l Train/Metro Station & Humberto Delgado, the Fearless General

International trains arrive in Lisbon every day, mainly to Santa Apolónia Station and to the Gare do Oriente. Estação Santa Apolónia, opened on May 1st 1865, is the oldest railway terminus in Lisbon, situated in the city’s central part on the bank of the Tagus river in the historical district of Alfama.

The station is served by [...]

Lisbon Museum of Decorative Arts, a former 17th century Palace & beautiful azulejos

In this wonderful former Palace in Lisbon (Museu-Escola de Artes Decorativas), Museum and school, it’s forbidden to make pictures. After taking a few ones a guard warned me. Suddenly, walking from room to room, 4 guards kept an eye on me. Portugal’s most important furniture collection can be viewed here: valuable wooden Portuguese, French and English furniture dating from the 15th to [...]

Lisbon people: designer Alberto Gourgel & Feira da Ladra, Lisbon’s famous flea market

Designer Alberto Gourgel was born in Angola, a Portuguese colony from the 16th century to 1975. ” I studied in a boarding school in Angola, but due to economical problems my brother and I moved to Lisbon in 1983. Being a kid, I already had a lot of creative ideas”.

Market ‘A Feira da Ladra‘ (Lisbon’s flea market). Alberto [...]

Santo Antonio in June: parades, feast, sardines, wine & live Fado music (2)

In June, the month of the Festas dos Santos Populares (Feast Days of the Popular Saints), the Lisbon nights are filled with lively festivities, parades and live music that take over the city’s historical center. The main Saints’ days are for Antonio (June 12-13), John (June 23-24) and Peter (June 28-29).

Mouraria – all the streets [...]