Old Moorisch quarter Alfama Lisbon, street guide & authentic 300 years old house for rent
Alfama is certainly the most famous historic and oldest neighborhood in Lisbon, a narrowed maze of streets with many fado restaurants and pictoresque houses. Map
Lunchtime: Largo Contador Mor, street close to the Castle of St George
The name Alfama originates from the Arabic El Hamma and means something like ‘fountains’ or ‘baths’. The area contains many important historical attractions More…..
Typical Portuguese is the hanging laundry in the windows, drying in the wind
Authentic 300 years old house in this street for rent in Alfama (2 bedrooms)
Largo do Chafariz do Dentro, beautiful azulejos (tiles), near Club de Fado
It’s still like a kasbah, this labyrinth of lanes (becos) paved with pebbles, tiny alleys, steps, arches, courtyards and small squares. Houses, shouldering each other, with tiles (azulejos) and wrought iron balconies with lazy cats, birds in cages and sometimes a sleeping dog….more…
Sardines and music in Lisbon: Festas dos Santos Populares (Feast Days of the Popular Saints) in June & Santo Antoinio (Saint Anthony)
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