Old Lisbon: Martinho da Arcada
August 7, 2020
The Café Restaurant “Martinho da Arcada”, located in Terreiro do Paço, in Lisbon, began as a liquor store of The Arch of Terreiro do Paço, called “Café da Neve” that opened in 1778. In 1782 it was known as the pub “Arcade of Anselmo”…
The best river beaches right outside Lisbon
August 5, 2020
Summer is here and summer means beach for Portuguese people. Besides the famous beaches that Lisbon has to offer with the cool ocean waves like Caparica and Guincho. However if are looking for something more tranquil, there are a few riverside beaches around Lisbon worth…
This week in Lisbon: Week 31
August 3, 2020
August is finally here! August would normally mean vacations, music festivals, the traditionally parties in villages… Not this year. But there’s still plenty to do around here!
New discounts for museums and monuments!The Ministry of Culture has created a…
Old Lisbon: Airport
July 31, 2020
Now that the pandemic since to be slowing down in Lisbon, it’s time to visit a place that went from having around two million people to zero in a mater of days: the airport.
Lisbon Airport is officially named Aeroporto Humberto Delgado. Humberto Delgado was an anti…
Pastel de Nata: Lisbon pastry gem
July 29, 2020
The history
You have heard about it before, for sure. Every time someone mentions traveling to Lisbon, everyone mentions the famous pastel de nata.
Famous worldwide, pasteis de nata were created centuries ago in Belém, right next to Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (the…
Rolling Loud 2021 lineup is here!
July 28, 2020
The world biggest Hip-Hop festival is finally in Europe and the first edition outside the USA is in Portugal.
After the enormous success achieved by this event in Florida and elsewhere in North America, it is Europe’s turn to host some of the biggest names and…
This week in Lisbon: Week 31
July 27, 2020
Get ready for a new a new week, full of new stuff to do around the city!
With high temperatures giving a break during the week (yes only during the week…), it’s the ideal time to get off the beach for a while.
Tourism of Lisbon released new incentives to…
Old Lisbon: Avenida da Liberdade
July 24, 2020
Last week on Old Lisbon we discovered an old Parque Eduardo VII, a beautiful garden, right in the middle of Lisbon. This Friday we don’t travel far. Just a few minutes away from the garden, right after the Marques statue there’s Avenida da Liberdade.
This is…
Embrace the Lisbon Coffee-Craze!
July 22, 2020
A deliciously brewed cup of dark brown coffee, still piping hot from a rather recent infusion – delicately lifted to the lips as an earthy aroma of freshly-roasted coffee beans wafts through the air. Carpeted wooden floors and intimate warm lights decorate the cozy…
