Breathtaking views: Lisbon, city with 7 hills (colinas)
Lisbon is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe! The ‘cidade das sete colinas’ (city of the seven hills) was originally built over seven hills on the margins of River Tagus. There’s a lot of places with marvellous views!
View from the Castelo Saint George (Castelo de São Jorge)
View on 25th of April Bridge (Ponte 25 de Abril), connecting the city of Lisbon to the municipality of Almada on the left bank of the Tagus River
View on the Baixa. Terreiro do Paço (or Praça do Comércio) near de river refers to the fact that the royal palace (Paço) was destroyed in the 1755 earthquake. The statue is King José I, who oversaw the rebuilding of Lisbon.
One of Lisbon famous funiculars (electrico), the Elevador da Bica or de Santa Justa, opened on June 28, 1892. The only stepped street funicular in the city
General view on the Alfama, the oldest district of Lisbon
View on Praca da Figueira (Square of the Fig Tree), a beautiful large square in Lisbon’s city center, a part of the Baixa area reurbanised after the 1755 earthquake.
View on Largo do Rato and the Tagus River from the terrace of Mae de Agua (”Aquaduct of Free Waters”), a historic aquaduct and one of the most remarkable examples of 18th-century Portuguese engineering.
