Chapelaria Azevedo Rua is a traditional hat shop (opened in 1886) in Rossio, one of Lisbons’ famous squares, and the only shop in Lisbon creating hats (chapéus) on request. In this well-known hatter’s you can find handmade hats for all occasions, and top-hats, bowler hats, high-hats and all kinds of regional- and traditional hats.
Typical Portuguese hats, bridal […]
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). […]
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 […]