"Panoramas, up & down walking and good food!" Lisbon by LysDor


Lisbon Travel Guide: 5,898 reviews and 12,014 photos


I don't know how I'm still in so love with this city and Portugal in general (see my algarve page!!)!?
Maybe because my father took me here so many times when I was a young child.

I can still remember the smell of the fish-market we used to go to early in the mornings...

...the sandy white beach and the sea with all its treasures: seashells, mussels, seasnakes, and so on...

Once I played on the beach near the water and the tide caught me so that I swallowed some salty seawater. My mom was so desperate healing my soar throat that she stopped a passing ice-cream merchant and bought me a cooling delight.

I still can remember from time to time: the smell and taste of that ice-cream - It felt just like the white glue pot we were using at school at that time - funny!


The heart of Lisbon is a relatively new area called
Baixa. After the 1755 earthquake this part was rebuilt as a trade center by Marquês de Pombal, thus earning the name of "Baixa Pombalina".

It is also one of the city's biggest traditional shopping districts. The main street is called
Rua Augusta and has many cafés, restaurants and shops.

The original uniform, rectilinear architecture is still evident today.
The names of the streets parallel to Rua Augusta still allude to the traders and craftsmen based in the area since the Age of the Discoveries

There is still that feeling of a genuine OLD TOWN with cobble-stone narrow streets and beautiful houses, not to forget the pigeons flying all over you ;-)!!

Not a bad idea to come here before lunch time, do some shopping and stop to rest and taste some delicious
Gambas à l'ail!

  • Last visit to Lisbon: Sep 2001
  • Intro Updated Mar 10, 2005
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    EviP Mar 27, 2008 at 4:27 AM Report Abuse

    excellent Lisboa tips! will check some of them out as i ll be visiting the city next month!

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    toumpiotis Feb 2, 2008 at 9:15 AM Report Abuse

    Nice tips and fotos.We plan visit Lisboa next summer.Greetings from Greece.

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    JessH Jul 22, 2006 at 2:03 AM Report Abuse

    Hello Tiina. I really loved your page! Estoril & Cascais are beautiful, they made me fall in love with Portugal :-) Greetings from Dubai / Jess

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    SonOfLusus Sep 3, 2005 at 2:24 PM Report Abuse

    You have some very nice pictures and very useful information. Very enjoyable page.

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    mickeyjane1 Feb 7, 2004 at 4:13 AM Report Abuse

    Very good Lisbon page, somewhere i would like to visit, however the laundry days remind me of home so i shouldnt get too homesick. Thanks for the info.

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    jo59 Jan 2, 2004 at 12:23 PM Report Abuse

    Thanks for the info. I really enjoy reading your experiences.

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    quartinb Nov 13, 2003 at 7:02 AM Report Abuse

    yes i can garantee that your lisbon pg is very accurate... obrigado!

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    GrantBoone Nov 13, 2003 at 4:57 AM Report Abuse

    Enjoyable reading , your pages are well presented.

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    pili Jul 2, 2003 at 8:30 PM Report Abuse

    Very informative tips and lovely photos. Thanks.

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    croisbeauty Jun 26, 2003 at 12:39 PM Report Abuse

    well done, with lots of usefull infos and very quality pics, thanks for sharing

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