5-day Lisbon City Guide
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5-day Lisbon City Guide
A preplanned step-by-step time line and city guide for Lisbon. Follow it and get the best of the city.
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5-day Lisbon City Guide
5-day Lisbon City Guide
Overview of Day 1
09:00-09:15
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Take Metro Line Blue or Green to Baixa-Chiado station
Pra?a do Com?rcio
Neo-classical square
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10:00-11:20
Take Tram nr 28 from Rua da Concei?ao stop to Largo Das Portas Do Sol stop (Direction: Martim Morez) Take a walk to the Castle of Sao Jorge - 45' in all
Castle of S?o Jorge
Take a walk to Alfama neighbourhood - 10'
Alfama neighbourhood
11:30-12:30
Breathtaking views over Page 5 the city
Picturesque views
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Take a walk to S? Cathedral
S? Cathedral
12:30-13:00
Lisbon's oldest church Page 6
15:30-16:10
Lunch time Take the Ferry from Cais do Sodre station across the river to Cacilhas From Cacilhas take Bus nr 101 to Cristo Rei monument
Monumento a Cristo Rei
17:10-18:10
Take Bus nr 101 to Cacilhas Take the Ferry from Cacilhas across the river to Cais do Sodre station Take a walk to Rua Augusta - 60' in all
Rua Augusta and the Baixa streets
18:10-18:25
Take a walk to Santa Justa Elevator
Santa Justa Elevator
END OF DAY 1
Breathtaking view over Page 6 the city
Lisbon's lively pedestrian street
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Excellent view over the Page 7 city
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5-day Lisbon City Guide
Overview of Day 1
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5-day Lisbon City Guide
Attraction Details
09:00-09:15 10:00-11:20
Pra?a do Com?rcio (Pra?a de Com?rcio, 1100 Lisbon)
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Commerce Square is Lisbon's main plaza on
The figures on top of the arch represent Glory, Genius, and Valor
the bank of river Tejo with a broad riverfront THINGS TO DO THERE
Elegant arcades surround the square on
Walk around the square and take a look at
three sides. They were built after the Great
the statue of Dom Jose I and to the Triumph
earthquake of 1755. More than 100.000
Arch
people died in the catastrophy
Enjoy the view over the river Tagus (Rio
The bronze statue in the middle pays homage to King Jos? (1750-77) for
Tejo) TIPS & INSIGHTS
rebuilding the city King Jos? was an ineffectual king. Marqus de Pombal held the true power and was the real man behind the reconstruction Arco do Triunfo (Triumph Arch) marks the
Pick up information and tourist discount cards from the Lisbon Welcome Center Several sightseeing tour buses, trams, and buses also stop here
entrance to the buzzing Rua de Augusta, a
MORE Info and Photos >
pedestrian street in the Baixa neighborhood
Pombal erected the original arch after the
Great earthquake. After his dismissal the
arch was torn down. A new arch was put in
place 100 years later in 1873
Castle of S?o Jorge (Rua de Santa Cruz do Castelo, 1100-129 Lisbon)
Opening hours: Mar - Oct: 9am - 9pm, Nov - Feb: 9am - 6pm ? Admission: 7
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW St. George's Castle is an imaginatively reconstructed fortress on top of the Alfama hill. Little of the original structure remained
St. George's castle was neglected and fell in despair. It was reconstructed in 1938 The castle provides one of the best views on Lisbon
The original castle dates back to Moorish THINGS TO DO THERE
times (10th century) when it served as a
Enter the castle through the Arch of St.
royal residence
George
King Afonso Henriques, Portugal's first king, Walk around the outer terrace for the most
seized the fort from the Moors in 1147 with
breathtaking views of the city
the help of northern European crusaders
Continue to the inner castle courtyards and
traveling to the Holy land
climb the walls to get an amazing 360
After the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 was singed the castle was dedicated to
degree view TIPS & INSIGHTS
England's patron saint, St. George It served as the Portuguese Royal palace
Discount with Lisboa Card
unitl 1511 when the royal court moved to a
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new palace on Com?rcio Square (destroyed
in the great earthquake of 1755)
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