Written by Praskipark on October 23, 2009
- Lisbon or Lisboa is the capital of Portugal and enjoys a marvellous position. To the northeast of the city the River Tagus opens out to form the shining Mar de Palha (sea of straw). The...
Written by MALUSE on August 29, 2009
- All the peoples that were on the move in historic times were interested in the site of Lisbon, it may be a myth that Ulysses discovered it, but there is proof that the Phoenicians did...
Written by MALUSE on August 29, 2009
- When we were in Lisbon at Easter we decided one day to cross the river Tejo by ferry, we had read in the guidebook that there were good fish restarants on the southern bank. We...
Written by zabelle on July 29, 2009
- On Day 2 when Victor Emmanuel picked us up at the hotel our first stop of the day was Queluz. This palace is in the outskirts of Lisbon. It is amazing to see Victor...
Written by zabelle on July 27, 2009
- Joe wanted to visit the Pena Palace. Me I had no real plans this was one trip I really never expected to take so I was just going with the flow. The Palacio National de...
Written by zabelle on July 1, 2009
- Who you ask is Victor Emmanuel? He was the driver we hired to take us outside of Lisbon and what a great idea it turned out to be. We wanted to go to Fatima, we...
Written by zabelle on May 23, 2009
- As usual in my world of travel nothing ever goes smoothly. We were flying to Lisbon from Hartford Ct via Philadelphia. While I hadn’t allowed a long layover in Philly, it wasn’t too tight either....
Written by Praskipark on March 20, 2009
- Belem is an area that lies at the western end of Greater Lisbon and it is not to be confused with the city in Northern Brazil although they bare the same. In Portuguese the name...
Written by LenR on August 31, 2007
- This actually serves much of the Alfama quarter with public transport but in recent years it has become a big tourist favourite. It is not hard to see why. We just loved it.The tram winds...
Written by Jim Rosenberg on January 13, 2007
- Think of a west coast city with an earthquake that figures prominently in its history. It’s one with a lot of hilly, narrow, streets. There are quaint, vintage trolley cars and it’s a beautiful setting...
Lisbon
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