Neighborhoods In Lisbon

Alcântara, Cais do Sodré, and Santos

• 9 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 22 Things To Do

Alfama

Before there was Lisbon, there was Alfama. It’s the oldest part of the city, and it remains a charming warren of narrow streets and alleyways...

• 10 Restaurants
• 6 Hotels
• 25 Things To Do

Avenida da Liberdade, Príncipe Real, and Restauradores

• 11 Restaurants
• 5 Hotels
• 18 Things To Do

Avenidas Novas

Tree-lined Avenida da Liberdade was modeled after Paris’s Champs-Élysées and is covered with some of Lisbon’s most beautifully designed cobblestone pavements. It’s home to most...

• 3 Restaurants
• 14 Hotels
• 7 Things To Do

Baixa

The earthquake of 1755, and the ensuing massive tidal wave and fires, killed thousands of people and reduced 18th-century Lisbon to rubble. But within a...

• 8 Restaurants
• 9 Hotels
• 23 Things To Do

Belém

Some of Lisbon's grandest monuments and museums are in the district of Belém (the Portuguese word for Bethlehem). It was from here that the country's...

• 6 Restaurants
• 4 Hotels
• 18 Things To Do

Cais do Sodre and Santos

Taking its name from a once-busy river quay, the Cais do Sodré neighborhood remains a transportation hub. Trains for Cascais and the Estoril Coast depart...

• 0 Restaurants
• 1 Hotels
• 0 Things To Do

Chiado and Bairro Alto

West of Baixa is the fashionable shopping district of Chiado. Although a calamitous 1988 fire destroyed much of the area, an ambitious rebuilding program restored...

• 25 Restaurants
• 9 Hotels
• 39 Things To Do

Estrela, Campo de Ourique, and Lapa

There are relatively few tourists in this part of town, but those who do step off the tram and choose to wander around the neighborhoods...

• 6 Restaurants
• 4 Hotels
• 7 Things To Do

Intendente, Martim Moniz, and Mouraria

• 5 Restaurants
• 1 Hotels
• 8 Things To Do

Parque das Nações

To prepare for the World Exposition in 1998, Lisbon's officials wisely kept in mind not only the immediate needs of the event, but also the...

• 0 Restaurants
• 2 Hotels
• 1 Things To Do

South of the River

• 4 Restaurants
• 0 Hotels
• 4 Things To Do

São Bento

Downhill to the west of Bairro Alto is the São Bento neighborhood, dominated by the former monastery—now the Assembly of the Republic, Portugal's parliament—from which...

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• 0 Things To Do