LISBOA NA CNN TRAVELLER

Afirmando-se como uma das mais importantes capitais Europeias, Lisboa que definitivamente está na Moda , constitui o artigo principal da mais importante revista de viagens Americana , a CNN Traveller;

"For its small size, Portugal’s capital offers an incredibly rich and varied range of attractions, as Jonathan Weightman reveals.


09.00: Make your way to Cais de Sodré railway station to visit the Ribeira Market. A stunning range of food – among other things – is on offer. Have breakfast at one of the little cafés near the market building.
10.00: Refreshed, hop on the no. 15 tram just outside the market, destination Belém, a few kilometres along the riverfront. Reflect on Portugal’s maritime history as the tram whizzes past the dock area, much of which is now devoted to nightlife. Get off in front of the Jerónimos Monastery and pop in for a look at this masterpiece of Manueline – Portuguese late Gothic – and one of the few Lisbon monuments to survive the 1755 earthquake. Then head to the Belém cake factory a few doors away for a coffee and an exquisite little pastel de Belém – or custard tart – made to an ancient monastic recipe.
11.30: Visit the Belém Cultural Centre to see the Berardo Collection, a comprehensive selection of contemporary European art from about 1910 to the end of the 20th century. Here you will find works from Marcel Duchamp to Pablo Picasso, and Francis Bacon to Paula Rego. It is a treat for the eyes, if a little hard on the feet.
13.00: There is nothing like an exhibition for working up an appetite and there are any number of good little restaurants in the area. Will it be grilled fish or Brazilian picanha and black beans washed down with a strong red from the Alentejo? (Picanha Restaurante, Rua Vieira Portuense, 78, Belém. Tel: (+21) 365 8300).
14.30: Take the no. 15 tram back to the city centre. Get off at the end of the line and, if you are feeling energetic, take the short but steep walk up to the Castelo de São Jorge that dominates the highest of Lisbon’s seven hills. If not, you can get the no. 28 tram – one of the city’s aged trams that still creak up the hillsides and through the alleyways of the old town. When you get to the castle you can enjoy the views and investigate the wonders of the Camera Obscura in the Tower of Ulysses.
17.00: Take the no. 28 tram back through the Moorish Alfama district, get off in the post-earthquake Baixa (or downtown), one of the first examples of modern city planning, and do some window (or actual) shopping as you stroll up to the main square, the Rossio, with its imposing neoclassical National Theatre building. Passing the quirky neo-Manueline railway station on your left, a couple of blocks up you will encounter the 122-year-old Gloria Funicular.
19.00: On you get and up you go. At the top you can sink into an armchair in the comfortable Port Wine Institute (opposite the exit to the lift), and sample a glass or two of the nectar of the north. (Solar do Vinho do Porto, 45, Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara. Tel: (+21) 347 5707).
20.00: Just behind where you are sipping your port is the Bairro Alto, an intense network of small streets crammed with bars, clothes shops, galleries, fado houses (where the Lisbon equivalent of the blues is sung) and restaurants. Take time to look around the local street life – though there is not much happening yet: things in Lisbon do not really get going till much later than this.
21.00: It is definitely time for dinner. Make your way to the fashionable Pap’Açorda Restaurant (you need to book in advance) where the speciality is açorda, which is made from mashed bread, coriander, garlic and seafood. If that does not tickle your taste buds there are lots of other good things – the menu here is a contemporary take on traditional Portuguese cuisine. (Pap’Açorda, 57, Rua da Atalaia, Bairro Alto. Tel: (+21) 346 4811.)
22.30: Replete, over coffee you ponder on how to end this perfect Lisbon day. Just round the corner the bars, clubs and fado houses are just starting to warm up, But no, you decide to take a cab down to the waterfront and dance until sunrise at the grand old lady of Lisbon nightlife, Lux, part-owned by actor John Malkovitz, it is still a place to see and be seen. (Lux, Avenida Infante Dom Henrique, Santa Apolónia. Tel: (+21) 882 0890).
06.00: Footsore but happy, with the sun rising over the city and the morning mists clearing over the Tagus, you decide that at last your Lisbon day is over and it i s time to head for bed."

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