CityBest May – June, late September

Lisbon

Seven hills, and the good ones are the ones without a tram stop.

Everyone gets funnelled into Alfama and Baixa. The city that people actually live in runs along the ridge from Graça out towards Penha de França — quieter, cheaper, and with the same river views from the other side.

Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Neighbourhoods in Lisbon

Neighbourhood

Graça

The hilltop neighbourhood above Alfama where the evening crowd is mostly neighbours.

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Café

A Brasileira

Lisbon, Portugal

A 1905 Chiado café where Fernando Pessoa spent his time — and still sits, in bronze, at a table on the terrace.

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A Ginjinha

Lisbon, Portugal

A standing-room-only cherry liqueur bar near Rossio, pouring ginjinha since 1840.

Where to stay in Lisbon

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Café

A Brasileira

Lisbon, Portugal

A 1905 Chiado café where Fernando Pessoa spent his time — and still sits, in bronze, at a table on the terrace.

Bar4.6(3,647)

A Ginjinha

Lisbon, Portugal

A standing-room-only cherry liqueur bar near Rossio, pouring ginjinha since 1840.

Country

Portugal

Small, coastal, and still cheaper than it should be — go past the tram routes.