Praça de Espanha (Lisbon)

Advantages: Sightseeings starts at 3 Euros a day
Disadvantages: Avoid rush hours!

...of Lisboa's downtown (Baixa Pombalina); from that date the "Baixa" was a square designed blocks with two main plaza's, Rossio (Praça D. Pedro V and Praça dos Restauradores). In the late 19th century Av. da Liberdade was opened, expanding the city far from the river. (by curiosity, Av da Liberdade starts in Praça dos Restauradores and ends at Praça do Marquês de Pombal). In 1998 Lisbon hosted the World Oceans Exhibit (Expo 98), that rehabilitated the oriental area of the city. Transports Lisbon has a very good transports systems : by bus or by subway you can go anywhere in Lisbon. Before you come you can check those websites: Carris (Bus) - www.carris.pt Metro de Lisboa (subway) - www.metrolisboa.pt (also English website - very good info) Comboios (trains) - www.cp.pt Autocarros (intercities Bus) - www.redeexpressos.pt Transtejo (Ferrie... Read review

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Advantages: Plenty to see, good food, the trams, nice people
Disadvantages: Can't think of any, unless you count having a really odd-sounding language!

...ramp through the hills on either side. In this slot sits the Avenida de Liberdade and accompanying side-streets and squares. By the time you near the water at the Praça Do Comércio, the contrast between ‘baixa’ and higher districts is much more marked, and this is where Lisbon’s famous array of hill-climbing machinery comes into the picture. Not only do you have a cable-hauled funicular (like a San Francisco street-car) called the Elevador da Glória, but there’s also the Elevador Santa Justa which is something else altogether. If this looks like the top 150’ of the Eiffel Tower there’s a good reason – it was designed by one of Eiffel’s students. This is a straightforward lift with a gantry across to ‘dry-land’ at the top, and a sundeck for those that just want the view. The intricate nature of the lattice work further cements... Read review

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Advantages: a really nice city
Disadvantages: none

...the underground, clean, on time, cheap [for us]) to the big round Praça (place) Marquês de Pombal with an enormous monument in the middle showing a male figure with a lion at his side; Pombal, foreign minister to King José I, was responsible for the reconstruction of the city after the earthquake. Uphill is the 500m long geometrically laid out park Edoardo VII, downhill (Lisbon is a hilly city) the wide and elegant Avenida da Liberdade leading to the part of the city that shows Pombal´s planning hand, the Cidade Baixa (low city), a grid of rectangular streets, a modern concept for the 18th century. The Rua Augusta is a pedestrian precinct with mostly expensive shops on either side and open-air cafés in the middle, from there we got through a triumphal arc to the Praça do Comércio. A big equestrian statue of King José looks out at the river Tejo... Read review

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