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    Insight Guides Pocket Lisbon (Travel Guide eBook)
    Insight Guides Pocket Lisbon (Travel Guide eBook)
    Insight Guides Pocket Lisbon (Travel Guide eBook)
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    Insight Guides Pocket Lisbon (Travel Guide eBook)

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    Ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package.

    Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this Insight Guides pocket-sized book is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do andsee in Lisbon, from top attractions like the Torre de Belem, to hidden gems,including Parque das Nacoes.

    Compact,concise, and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What Do, this is an ideal on-the-move companion when you're exploring Lisbon
    Covers Top Ten Attractions, including the MUDE and the Alfama District and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions
    Offers an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture
    Contains an invaluable pull-out map, and essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around
    Includes aninnovative extra that's unique in the market - all Pocket Guides come with a free eBook
    Inspirational colour photography throughout
    Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience

    About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrasebooks, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus onhistory and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInsight Guides
    Release dateJul 1, 2018
    ISBN9781786719720
    Insight Guides Pocket Lisbon (Travel Guide eBook)
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      Insight Guides Pocket Lisbon (Travel Guide eBook) - Insight Guides

      How To Use This E-Book

      Getting Around the e-Book

      This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Lisbon, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

      The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Lisbon, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

      In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

      Maps

      All key attractions and sights in Lisbon are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

      Images

      You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Lisbon. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

      About Insight Guides

      Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

      Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

      © 2018 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd

      Table of Contents

      Lisbon’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Top Attraction #2

      Top Attraction #3

      Top Attraction #4

      Top Attraction #5

      Top Attraction #6

      Top Attraction #7

      Top Attraction #8

      Top Attraction #9

      Top Attraction #10

      A Perfect Day In Lisbon

      Introduction

      Laid-back capital

      Streets and viewpoints

      Upper and lower districts

      Around the city

      A Brief History

      The Moorish conquest

      The golden age

      Times of trial

      Destruction and rebuilding

      Peninsular War and Civil War

      Republic to dictatorship

      The Carnation Revolution

      Historical landmarks

      Where To Go

      Alfama

      Miradouros

      Alfama gems

      São Vicente de Fora and the Panteão Nacional

      The castle

      The cathedral

      A detour east: two museums

      Baixa (lower city)

      Rossio

      Bairro Alto (upper city)

      São Roque and Carmo churches

      Chiado and São Bento Palace

      Lapa

      Belém

      MAAT

      Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

      Monastery museums

      Berardo’s museum and the discoveries monument

      Torre de Belém

      North Lisbon

      Museu Gulbenkian

      Aqueduto das Águas Livres

      Parque das Nações

      Across the Tagus

      Excursions from Lisbon

      Queluz

      Sintra

      Moors’ castle and the Pena Palace

      Mafra and Ericeira

      Estoril Coast

      Cascais

      Cabo da Roca

      South of Lisbon

      Sesimbra

      Serra da Arrábida

      Setúbal

      What To Do

      Shopping

      Best buys

      Where to shop

      Entertainment

      Sports

      Active sports

      Spectator sports

      Children’s activities

      Calendar of events

      Eating Out

      Restaurants and menus

      Mealtimes

      Soups and seafood

      Meat and game

      Dessert and cheese

      International and exotic cuisine

      Table wines

      Other drinks

      Reading the Menu

      To help you order…

      menu reader

      Restaurants

      Lisbon

      Alfama

      Bairro Alto

      Central Lisbon

      Bélem

      The Docks

      Outside Lisbon

      A–Z Travel Tips

      A

      Accommodation (see also Camping, Youth hostels and Recommended hotels click here)

      Airport (see also Getting there)

      B

      Budgeting for your trip

      C

      Camping

      Car hire (see also Driving)

      Children

      Climate

      Clothing

      Crime and safety (see also Emergencies and Police)

      Customs regulations

      D

      Disabled travellers

      Driving (see also Car hire)

      E

      Electricity

      Embassies and consulates

      Emergencies (see also Police)

      Etiquette

      G

      Getting there (see also Airport)

      Guides and tours

      H

      Health and medical care

      L

      Language

      LGBTQ travellers

      M

      Maps

      Media

      Money

      O

      Opening hours

      P

      Police (see also Crime and safety and Emergencies)

      Post offices

      Public holidays

      R

      Religion

      T

      Telephones

      Time zones

      Tipping

      Toilets

      Tourist information

      Transport

      V

      Visas and entry requirements

      W

      Websites and internet access

      Weights and measures

      Y

      Youth hostels

      Recommended Hotels

      Lisbon

      Estoril Coast

      Queluz and Sintra

      South of Lisbon

      Lisbon’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

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      The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology

      MAAT is the newest landmark of the transformed Belem riverside. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #2

      Lydia Evans/Apa Publications

      Elevador de Santa Justa

      A century-old iron lift with great city views. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #3

      iStock

      The Torre de Belém

      This fine example of Manueline architecture guards the entrance to Lisbon. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #4

      iStock

      Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

      A jewel from Portugal’s Golden Age. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #5

      Lydia Evans/Apa Publications

      Castelo de São Jorge

      Built by the Moors, this castle is where present-day Portugal began. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #6

      iStock

      Parque das Nações

      The highlight here is the state-of-the-art aquarium. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #7

      Public domain

      Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga

      Home to the city’s finest art collection. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #8

      iStock

      The Bairro Alto

      Bars, clubs and restaurants make the ‘Upper City’ Lisbon’s centre of nightlife. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #9

      Lydia Evans/Apa Publications

      The Museu Gulbenkian

      A superb and wide-ranging art collection. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #10

      Lydia Evans/Apa Publications

      The Alfama district

      Narrow alleyways and red-roofed houses give a taste of medieval Lisbon. For more information, click here.

      A Perfect Day In Lisbon

      9.00am

      Start the day

      Breakfast of coffee and pastries at a laid-back café in Alfama, Lisbon’s steeply inclined, characterful Mooris district that is topped by the Castelo de São Jorge. Then slowly saunter around the corner to Lisbon’s cathedral. The Sé is a handsome, defensive-looking place of worship dating from the 12th century, and forms a contrast to the web of narrow Alfama lanes.

      11.00am

      Castle views

      From here it’s a picturesque meander through alleys splashed with vibrantly colourful azulejos (tiles), up the steep incline to the Castelo de São Jorge, with sweeping panoramic views over the city and the River Tagus.

      1.00pm

      Lunch

      Time for a lazy lunch of grilled sardines or bacalhau (salted cod). In one of the family-run restaurants in the backstreets of Alfama.

      2.30pm

      Tram ride

      Take a trip on Lisbon’s most picturesque tram ride, No. 28, and head down to the Baixa district, an appealing grid of old-fashioned streets. Have a wander around the Praça do Comércio, whose proud colonnades overlook the Tagus, before taking a bus westwards along the waterfront to Belém, Lisbon’s monumental district.

      3.30pm

      Belém

      Visit the fantastical Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, a frenzy of elaborate carving that’s somehow otherworldly in its magnificence, and the Torre de Belém, nearby, Lisbon’s classic landmark.

      5.00pm

      Custard tarts

      Follow these curious sights in Belém with one of Lisbon’s finest pastéis (custard tarts). Pastéis de Belém (for more information, click here), which sells well over 10,000 pastéis a day, is just the place to sample these delicious, warm-from-the-oven confections of delight. Head back to your hotel to relax and perhaps have an aperitivo before heading out again for dinner in Alfama.

      8.00pm

      Dinner in Alfama

      Dine at Chapitô á Mesa in Alfama (for more information, click here), perched just below Castelo de São Jorge. The dining room is wrapped by windows on all sides and the lights of the city sparkle below. It’s a fantastic way to top off a perfect day in Lisbon.

      10.00pm

      Fado experience

      To experience traditional Portuguese soul music, try a tiny, out-of-the-way place nearby in Alfama, where locals are not averse to giving their all in rendering Portugal’s songs of life and loss.

      11.30pm

      On the town

      By this time the bar scene at Bairro Alto is just getting going. If you are ready to party, head back into town to see the bar-lined streets take on a carnival, street party vibe. Bar hop until you drop, or head off to Lux (for more information, click here), Lisbon’s finest club, on the waterfront. You can party on from here and watch the dawn of a new day from the terrace.

      Introduction

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