Lisbon Experience

Loquacious Lisbon

Advantages: A Vibrant City with a Cosmopolitan Atmosphere
Disadvantages: A bit hilly for some

Lisbon or Lisboa is the capital of Portugal and enjoys a marvellous position. To the northeast of the city the River Tagus opens out to form the shining Mar de Palha (sea of straw). The city stands on the northwest bank of this lake just before it narrows and flows out into the Atlantic Ocean. For miles and miles, homes, factories, warehouses and port installations carpet the steep hills and valleys along the estuary. Lisbon is sometimes called the ...
...harbour towns in the world. Lisbon has many miradouros (lookout points) that provide panoramic views over the river Tagus and the city. A tour of the city on foot will also reveal many otherwise hidden sights. Just a few yards from the roar of city traffic, steep flights of steps disappear into sleepy corners where caged birds sing. Idyllic parks with exotic plants and peaceful fountains are a refuge from the hectic hurly-burly of the frenetic city ...

Praski 28.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Lisbon (Portugal)

The Ultimate Guide to Lisbon by Deiz

Advantages: Nowhere better in Europe for a city break
Disadvantages: Hides its problems almost too well

Lisbon is a city of contradictions. It is both modern and rustic, welcoming yet impenetrable, but quintessentialy Iberian. With the advent of budget flights (I recommend Go! from Stansted), Portugal's capital is a mere hop away, and an affordable one at that. The city centre is typical of Lisbon, or Lisboa as it known by the locals. Shunning western boutiques to a large degree, it is a mish-mash of pavement cafes, street artists and over-priced ...
...who find this uncomfortable, rather than those who dont. Lisbon couldn't be further removed from the tourist hell to be found in the Algarve. It is, like anywhere else, subject to the twin evils of globalisation and Americana, but still retains its own very unique identity, beauty and intrigue. ...

Deiz 08.01.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Lisbon in general

transport in Lisbon

Advantages: Very cheap
Disadvantages: the taxi ride back to the airport!

We visited Lisbon in June 2006. The metro is really easy to negotiate, just four lines (red, yellow, blue and green). We bought "day tickets" from the booth at our local station (as recommended by the hotel receptionist) for around 3 Eur for one days unlimited travel. The ticket was rechargable, so the next day we took the same ticket back and paid for our travel for the rest of our stay. We didn't realise however, until our last day, that these ...
...metro stations were all very clean and modern. We also took the main line train to the beach at Estoril. We bought our tickets at the machine and were amazed that it worked out the single fare as 1.50 Eur each! When the ticket collector came to inspect the tickets while we were on the train I was half expecting him to ask for more money, but no, that was the correct price. This was for a journey which took over half an hour. Again the train was ...

Madge11 28.06.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Getting around in Lisbon

A taste or two of Lisbon

Advantages: Atmospheric, great food and wine, public transport, historical
Disadvantages: Traffic

Lisbon is a very attractive and fascinating capital city with a lot of Old World charm. It was once the hub of a world spanning empire that ranged from Brazil to Indonesia and has a great historical depth. This can clearly be seen in the old centre of Lisbon with its cobbled and narrow streets, historical buildings and many famous dead people on statues taking centre stage in many of Lisbon’s squares. To get a great view of the centre and indeed ...
...a visit to Saint George Castle (Castello de Sao Jorge) which is on a hill overlooking the old centre. That is if you can find a way to it through the maze like complex of alleys and streets surrounding it which don’t seem to have any signposts towards this notable attraction ! The castle was once the site of an old Islamic fortress which was converted into a bastion of royal power. Indeed it was where the King of Portugal received the infamous explorer ...

zallin 27.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Food, Wine and Wanders in Lisbon

There is more to Portugal than the Algarve - visit Lisbon

Advantages: Easy to get around and different quirky places to visit, everyone speaks English
Disadvantages: The City seems a bit 'faded glory'- places uncared for and tired

A Day trip to Lisbon We spent a week in the Algarve in June 2009 and during this week we chose to book a trip with ‘Follow Me’ tours to Lisbon for the day. The trip was 34 Euros per person which we thought was good value as the toll on the A2 is 18 Euros each way for a car and then we would have had to pay to park the car and of course petrol as well as the fact that we were not sure where all the sites were. We had to meet by the Dolphin roundabout ...
...Lisbon. As we approached Lisbon she told us about the toll on the A22 and the various industries approaching Lisbon and the fact that we would go into Lisbon over the April 25th Bridge and see the huge statue of Christo Rei which is a bit like the Corcovado in Rio and overlooks the city of Lisbon from a great height. This bridge was the first to cross the Tejo and was originally called Saladar Bridge until the coup overthrew the Fascist dictator ...

catsholiday 21.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Lisbon (Portugal)