Archive for the 'Lisbon people' Category
If your Portugal vacation takes you to Lisbon, don’t miss Cabo da Roca (Roca’s Cape), in the municipality of Sintra, 40 km from Lisbon. The magical atmosphere of the westernmost point of mainland Europe (at 9° 29.8′ W), the nearest point between the European Continent and the USA, is really worth a visit! In summertime there’s lots […]
November 11th, 2008 | Posted in Azulejos, Beaches around Lisbon, Breathtaking views, History, Lisbon people, Places to go, Tourist information | No Comments
No neighborhood in Lisbon is praised more in Fado music than Mouraria.
Mouraria, Calçada de Santo André. This ‘Bairro‘ (neighborhood) is a maze of little, narrow streets, situated between Graça, Alfama and Costa de Castelo, given it’s name by the first Portugese king, Dom Afonso Henriques (1109 - 1185) , after Lisbon was taken over again by […]
October 30th, 2008 | Posted in Amália Rodrigues, Bars, History, Lisbon Historical Center, Lisbon people, Mouraria, Music, Places to go, Tourist information, Walking around, fado | 2 Comments
Lisbon students, September 2008, a brand new school year. The new semester brings new textbooks, professors, and classes, many public events and traditions.
It also brings a lot of fun! The universitary students follow a special dress code.
Drinking Ginjinja near the tiny Ginja bar on Largo de São Domingos, Ginjinha is a liqueur made of a cherry-like berry called […]
October 27th, 2008 | Posted in Ginjinha cafe, Lisbon city center, Lisbon people | 1 Comment
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 creative ideas”.
Market ‘A Feira da Ladra’ (Lisbon’s flea market). Alberto Gourgel and his old-fashioned […]
October 21st, 2008 | Posted in Alfama, Feira da Ladra, Lisbon Historical Center, Lisbon people, Markets, Places to go, Shopping, Sightseeing, Tourist information, Walking around, flea market, vintage | 1 Comment
Aurelio Ramos de Oliveira was born in Sao Paulo in 1975. He studied at Soho Academy São Paulo in Brazil, Maison 25 Academy Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Facto Lab in Lisbon and Vidal Sassoon in London.
As ‘Ambassador of l’ Oreal’ you can find Aurelio a few days a week in ‘Le Salon’ working as a […]
October 15th, 2008 | Posted in Bairro Alto, Beaches around Lisbon, Castelo Sao Jorge, Gay, Lisbon people, Meco nudist beach, favorite places | No Comments
Opening in 1782, Restaurant Café Martinho da Arcada, located in the corner of the Praça do Comércio 37 near the Tagus river, is the oldest café in Lisbon.
The terrace under the beautiful arcades. Movie Praca do Comercio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhuLEkL0Ue4. Situated downtown, this cafe was once the ideal setting for the so called ‘tertúlia’s‘ (café talks). Well known names from Portuguese […]
October 13th, 2008 | Posted in Baixa, History, Lisbon city center, Lisbon people, Pessoa, Praça do Comércio, Quality Restaurant, Restaurants, Tejo river, Wine, cafe | 1 Comment
Nowadays lots of tourists walk around in Lisbon’s Chiado area and the beautiful Rua Garrett. They take a break in cafe ‘A Brasileira’ (Rua Garrett 120) to make pictures near the statue in bronze of the poet Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), once a regular customer. But who was Fernando Pessoa?
Pessoa was largely unknown in Portugal until after his death in 1935. The […]
October 9th, 2008 | Posted in Baixa Chiado, History, Lisbon city center, Lisbon people, Pessoa, cafe | No Comments
Viviane Durieu is creator of ‘A Travessa’, one of Lisbons best restaurants, set in a 17th-century convent, with a picturesque courty yard.
“When I arrived in Lisbon in December 1969, two days before Christmas, I thought the climate and the light were fantastic. Especially because I had arrived from Belgium where it’s cloudy for nine […]
July 12th, 2008 | Posted in Architecture, Belém, History, Lisbon people, Lisbon's lovely light, Maps, Quality Restaurant, Restaurants, favorite places | No Comments
Walking around in Lisbon is even better after spring has sprung. The streets, squares, parks and avenues are even more beautiful now that the jacarandas are beginning to blossom. Originally from South America, these trees of the Bignoniaceae family arrived in Lisbon in the mid-17th century and ever since, between May and June when they’re […]
July 10th, 2008 | Posted in Lisbon city center, Lisbon people, Principe Real, Remarkable, Shopping, Terrace, Walking around, antiques | No Comments
In June, the month of the Festas dos Santos Populares (Feast Days of the Popular Saints), the Lisbon nights are filled with lively festivities that take over the city’s historical center. On the eve of Saint Anthony day, June 13th, Lisbon turns into one big party!
Bica, near Bairro Alto - partying in the small street around the famous […]
July 5th, 2008 | Posted in Alfama, Bairro Alto, Drinks, Lisbon Historical Center, Lisbon people, Mouraria, Music, Remarkable, Santo Antonio | 1 Comment