Lisbon and its best!

Best things of Lisbon

Hello beautiful community,

As already said by me and also as some of you may know, Lisbon is the capital of Portugal, and today I present you with some reasons to visit Lisbon.

A very good climate

Both in winter and in summer, temperatures in Lisbon are neither too low nor too high, so in winter we average 15ºC and in summer an average of 28ºC, is not it cool? So if you think about coming to Lisbon or wrap yourself or bring your sun cream, but more importantly, enjoy :P

Image from Wikipedia.

A large metro network connecting different points of the city

Hmm, on second thought, if you come to visit Lisbon you will also want to visit the most important points, but of course, quickly. For this we have the metro, connects the most important points of the city from the Airport to Belém or Terreiro do Paço, among other places. And while you wait you can always enjoy the art of every metro station. Here are the metro routes:

But this is not only what Lisbon has, you are interested in amphibious tourism? Imagine you are on a bus and do not even need to catch a boat to walk along the margins of Lisbon, so I present the Hippobus, one of the buses built to walk both on the road and in the water, and watching the dolphins in Lisbon by bus side, cool?

Our beloved "Pastéis de Belém"

During your stay in Portugal, you have to try the as many Portuguese traditional dishes as you can. It’s not only delicious but it’s also super cheap!

There’s a lot of restaurants, some fancier than others and as in every big city, there are tourist traps too. The good news is that in Lisbon is very easy to find good quality food for a very reasonable price. Usually, a lot of local restaurants have “dish of the day” available, which is delicious and super cheap, these are usually familiar places and have amazing food. You can always count on fresh seafood and amazing meat dishes!

Another thing portuguese are very good at is their pastries which you can find in their “pastelarias” (bakeries). They have always fresh cakes, like our "Pastel de Belém".

A Lisbon classic! It is a small cream cake, with a base of crisp phyllo dough. If freshly made and hot … the better it is. It is usually served with a little powdered sugar and cinnamon on top. The original ones, and that I recommend you to try, are served at a a bakery located in Belém, in the address indicated below. But if you don’t have the opportunity to go there, no worries, because almost all bakeries in the city also sell them.

Casa dos Pasteis de Belém | Rua de Belém, 84 | www.pasteisdebelem.pt

Some places to visit

Torre de Belém (Belém Tower):

The Torre de Belém is located on the right bank of the Tejo river (Tagus river), where Belém beach once existed, was originally surrounded by waters around its perimeter. Over the centuries it was surrounded by the beach, until today it is incorporated the terra firma. One of the oldest sites in Lisbon, which is visited by thousands of people, belonging to a part of the history of Portugal.

Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Jerónimos Monastery):

Since you might have visited the Torre de Belém, you would not miss a visit to the Jerónimos Monastery that is less than a kilometer from the Torre de Belém.
Today it is also one of the most important tourist attractions in Portugal, with a total of 807 854 visitors in 2014, 944 000 in 2015 and 1 166 793 in 2017, where there are several of the burial of kings and poets.

Baixa:

It is in the Baixa area where there is the great commercial area of Lisbon and also some of the museums, worth visiting, at least to bring a souvenir of ours.

Oceanário de Lisboa (Lisbon Oceanarium):

The Oceanário de Lisboa is an oceanarium located in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is a public aquarium and research institution on Marine Biology and Oceanography. It is the second largest oceanarium in the Iberian Peninsula, containing an extensive collection of species - birds, mammals, fish and other marine inhabitants. In 2017, it was considered the best oceanarium in the world.

And here is some more information about the capital of Portugal, if you want to know more information about the other cities of Portugal, give a tasty upvote.

See you on another day :P