An interactive Googlemap of our favorite local Lisbon restaurants and cafés. Enjoy!
VisitingPortugal Lisbon Restaurant Recommendations
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ALSO, a handy online agenda for "What's Happening" in Lisbon
Frommer's Lisbon Events
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Lisbon is hosting the brilliant
exhibition “Encompassing the Globe. Portugal in the 16th and 17th
centuries”, produced in 2007 by the Smithsonian Institution. Exhibit is €5 at the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga.Here's an overview of the local exhibit... http://www.eurodestination.com/encompassing-the-globe-portugal-16th-17th-centuries.htmAnd here is the New York Times' glowing review of the original Smithstonian presentation: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/arts/design/29sack.html Read Full Story
An interactive Googlemap of our favorite local Lisbon restaurants and cafés. Enjoy!
VisitingPortugal Lisbon Restaurant Recommendations
tinyurl.com/2uenh9
ALSO, a handy online agenda for "What's Happening" in Lisbon
Frommer's Lisbon Events
Read Full Story
The March issue of DecoProteste, Portugal's consumer advocate magazine, published a five page review of taxis. Their "foreigner" focused on the airport-to-downtown-Lisbon trip, which should cost approx €8:"Of ten trips by a foreigner between the airport and Lisbon, only two went perfectly in all regards. On four trips, the final fare requested was higher than indicated on the meter. In one of these trips, the meter read €13,85, with the trip supplement already included, a... Read Full Story
On the third Sunday of each month at 11h00, tourists congregate
to watch the ceremonial Changing of the Republican Guard in front of
the Presidential Palace in Belem just outside Lisbon city centre.
With cameras at the ready, tourists also gather to watch the Charanga
which sees 28 horsemen from the Cavalry Regiment riding pure-bred
Lusitano horses as they perform ceremonial military marches. The ritual
dates back to 1910 and the end of the Portuguese monarchy.
The event begins at 11h00.
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Immerse yourself in the best of Portuguese fado, old and new, while you surf the net:
1. Login to lastfm.com (not a member yet? signup now/free)
2. Search for the "user" called "visitingportuga" (notice the missing "L")
3. Click the red words "visitingportuga's Library" (a few paragraphs down the screen)
4. Click the "Play Library" button on the right of the screen
We've chosen 15-20 instrumentalists, singers and groups... and las... Read Full Story
36 Hours in Lisbon Fabulous article about what to do and where to eat. For more, be sure to visit our page devoted to Lisbon travel articles: Lisbon in the News Read Full Story
An interactive Googlemap of our favorite local Lisbon restaurants and cafés. Enjoy!
VisitingPortugal Lisbon Restaurant Recommendations
tinyurl.com/2uenh9
ALSO, a handy online agenda for "What's Happening" in Lisbon
Frommer's Lisbon Events
Read Full Story
With kind thanks to our recent guest, Grant Martin from Gadling:
The Blog as a Vacation Rental Tool
(Please give our very fondest regards to your mother.) Read Full Story
An interactive Googlemap of our favorite local Lisbon restaurants and cafés. Enjoy!
VisitingPortugal Lisbon Restaurant Recommendations
http://tinyurl.com/2uenh9 Read Full Story
