Lisbon is not a easy city. It's not like other places in the world you reach and have everything at your hand.If you want to see the true city you have to go deep into the older neighborhoods, to mix with the people to find it's true soul. However nowadays tourists have their lifes easier. Lisbon has charming trams that show you the old parts, turistic 2 floors buses that take you to all other important places, Information Centers in Restauradores and Praça do Comercio, including a Welcome center with all informations you need. Also in Lisbon you can find more then 50 museums, hundreds of churches, big malls, an active night life, unspoiled beaches in the suburbs, world heritage towns, nice hotels, one of the tallest and largest bridges of the world, Gardens, Roman ruins, Castles, palaces, marinas, one of the most famous half marathons of the world, sportive events, concerts, restaurants from all over the world, natural parks (Sintra Cascais, Arrábida, Estuário do Tejo), and one of the most beautiful rivers of Europe. This is the city of Expo'98, european capital of culture in 1994, the stage of the final of Euro 2004, of the world indoor athletic championishps of 2000, of Estoril Open, of the Grand prix of Portugal in F1 (till 1998)... Welcome |