Castle View Attic Guide
We hope this guide helps you to enjoy this incredible city .
I imagine you can read the typical things to do in Lisbon in your pocket guides. Here I'll try to show you a different way to enjoy Lisbon, near the apartment area.
Fun things to do:
Most of the monuments and interesting places to visit (like Miradouro São Pedro de Alcântara, Castelo de São Jorge, Baixa, Brasileira café, Rossio, Praça do Comércio, Alfama) are in walking distance from the apartment.
New Cultural Center in Lisbon, "Carpintarias de São Lázaro" are just 20 meters going down in the same street .
Belém is quite far away. You can take the public transport at Cais do Sodré, but a fun way to visit Belém and its monuments is by bike. You can rent one in Bikeiberia (Largo do Corpo Santo n. 5), just 5 minutes walking from the apartment, and I'm sure you'll enjoy Belem in a different way. Bikeiberia staff will informe you of other things to do , like visiting Caparica beaches, or going to Sintra or Cascais by bike. Take one of the fliers in the drawer of the white furniture near the door, and you will get a discount of 15% in a bike guided tour.
The best places to enjoy the views, rest, and have a drink;
Lisbon has plenty of "miradouros" (belvedere points). In most of them, you can enjoy the incredible views, have a beer, eat a light meal or enjoy the sunset. I can recommend you some, near the apartment.
Topo: Rooftop on the top of Martim Moniz Shopping Center. It's just to go down São Lázaro street, go to the right, and take the lift until the last floor. You have this incredible place and view .
Rooftop of Hotel Mundial . In Martim Moniz square 360 degrees view in a very chic place to stay in the sunset.
Miradouro do Jardim do Torel. Going up to beautufil garden Mártires da Patria.
Noobai Café (Largo de Santa Catarina), Lost in (Príncipe Real) Kiosk in Miradouro São Pedro de Alcântara, Park, very original place, is a parking in rooftop Calçada do Combro , Zambeze Restaurant (after the second lift to go to the Castle you are going to see this beautiful place, of one of the most beautiful views of Lisbon).
Where to have a brunch:
Brick Caffe: In this area no so turistic and in a walking distance to the apartment you have this good brunch.
Restaurante Sumaya (Libanes brunch in Príncipe Real)
Kaffehaus , this austrian coffe, justa 5 minutes walking from the apartment, in the heart of Chiado, offers you a good brunch. In summer, you can enjoy the meals in the pleasant terrace.
Paõ de Canela , in the romantic Praça das Flores, has one of the most famous brunch in Lisbon.
Where to eat:
You have a lot of restaurants near the apartment. In São Lázaro street you have a lot of good restaurants for the price.
Restaurante Copélia: Just 4 meters right from the apartment.
Snack Bar São Lázaro just in front of the apartment. Typical portuguese food with low prices. Good for breakfast too.
In this site you can check in a lot of restaurants in the area.
Ramiro seafood: The most famous seafood resturant in Lisbon, "Ramiro" is just going down the street and 100 meters to the left. Normally there's a lot of queue to go there!. But it's quick because the restaurant is huge.
You have another seafood places near, good as well and not so busy, like Marisqueira do Lis.
If you want to eat fabulous sea food with incredible views over Lisbon, and enjoy a boat trip, you can take a ferry to Cacilhas, in Cais do Sodré station (every 10 minutes on weekdays) , and you will find several restaurants with very good sea food and reasonable price. Restaurant "O Farol", is just 1 minute walking after leaving the ferry. If you walk towards the 25 April Bridge, you'll find another beautiful restaurants. In the Summer you can eat outside in an "earth arm" in the middle of the river. Views to Lisbon are incredible!. One restaurant is Brazilian "Atira-te ao Rio" and the last one is Portuguese "Ponto Final". Here you have a reference of all of them.
Cais do Sodré area
In the stairs of Travessa do Alecrim, you have the great restaurant "Mesón Andaluz". Nice terrace and better food.
Going down the stairs from Meson Andaluz, and first door to the right, you have a very good meet resturantvcalled Vicente carnalentejana. Tasty meet and really nice decoration!.
Going down the street, you can see to the right a pedestrian street (The Pink Street Rua Nova do Carvalho) with plenty of restaurants. You can go there, just for a drink, or have dinner with multiple options. There is a wide variety of typical Portuguese restaurants with very good Portuguese food (and quite cheap!) Rosinha de São Paulo , Restaurante Rio Grande .
Príncipe Real area.
If you are a group, I recommend you to go to this private house in Principe Real. Casa de Manuel Pessoa . This place is not in any guide!. Manel Pessoa cooks delicious food for you for 20 euros per person. You can taste several starters, a fish and a meat dishes, a delicious dessert, and more less, a bottle of wine for every two people. It's really worth.
Atalho Real. It's just for meat. You can enjoy in the recovered palace and in the great garden. Good to go with children to the garden.
Bairro Alto area:
Bairro Alto has lots of restaurants and trendy shops open at night. There you can find restaurants for every taste: from very typical and cheap places (tascas) to very sophisticated and international food ones. The difficult thing is to choose! Some suggestions:
Typical food: Adega das Mercês, Baralto
International cuisine : Thai cuisine, Italian food, International food Peixaria moderna This is a fish restaurant, but here I can recommend you the fusion with japonese food (to eat fish, is cheaper to go a "tasca" with typical portuguese food. The sushi is delicious , Libanes food Tantura
Chiado area:
In Chiado you have some of the best and most sophisticated restaurants in the city. If you can afford it, you can try, these two restaurants:
Belcanto awarded a "Michelin Star" The Chef Avillez has 4 restaurants more in Chiado. I recommend you MiniBar in São Luis Theater. The food is amazing and the price-quality is very good. You eat food at the same quality of restaurants with a michelin star. Largo restaurant. Palacio Chiado is an incredible 1700 palace in Rua do Alecrim 70 , when you can find inside a lot of differents restaurants. Sushi, burgers, meat and fish restaurats in an incredible place. You have a lot of options, these restaurants are just an idea for you.
Where to go out at night.
Here you have a lot of options too. The trendiest places at this moment are just 30 meters to the apartment.
Pensão do Amor is the trendiest place at the moment. Go there at least once during your stay to have a drink. Bairro Alto is plenty of nice places to go out at night in a cosmopolitan atmosphere.
You can have a look at these links. https://www.lonelyplanet.com/portugal/lisbon/travel-tips-and-articles/77072
You have a lot of options, these restaurants are just an idea for you.
Where to go out at night.
Here you have a lot of options too. The trendiest places at this moment are in Cais do Sodré área.
Pensão do Amor : Really nice place with cosmopolitan asmotsphere where you can have a drink, listen good music and dancing.
You can have a look at these links.
Near the apartment you can go to Praça Intendente to this charming place. "Casa Independente" and Topo
Where to eat an Icecream:
Italian Ice Cream Mú: In Campo Mártires da Pátria you can taste one of the best italian icre creams in Lisbon. plac
Gelato Davvero: A lot of places along Lisbon with the very best italian ice cream.
Summer concerts in July weekends
If you like opera and classic music, you have an opportunity to enjoy it for free. Every weekend in July, there are concerts in lyric theater square (Largo do São Carlos). You can have a look . It's worth it! https://www.festivalaolargo.com/
Things to do with kids:
If you are travelling with children, you have these places to eat, than probably they will love. Honorato Chiado,Largo Rafael Bordallo Pinheiro 12. Very good made-home hamburguers with "real chips" and good gins too.
Pizzas:
Mezzogiorno in Rua Garret 19
Zero Zero in Principe Real area is a good quality pizzas with an incredible garden.
Atalho Real. It's just for meat. You can enjoy in the recovered palace and in the great garden. Good to go with children to the garden.
I recommend too, to go to the Oceanario, in Expo Area. Specially when it's raining. If you don't know want to do, this is a very good plan with children. You can always go to "Pabilhão do Conhecimento" in Expo Area too.
Out of Lisbon, Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra is a very good option too.
Where to buy fresh vegetables and food:
Supermarkets If you go up the street to the right side you have Pingo Doce Supermarket. In Rua da Palma "MiniPreço".
In front of the flat you have a minimarket to buy most of the things you need.
In most of the streets you can find a lot of little shops that sell fruit and vegetables.
I hope you enjoy Lisbon!
Esther