What to do in Lisbon when it rains
From otsuka's four-day Lisbon plan: what's indoors, what to move, and which day to swap. The whole plan.
Bring something forward
No day on this plan is mostly indoors, so a swap doesn't buy much. Take an indoor place from a later day and put it where the outdoor one was. The outdoor one takes its old hours.
Indoors on the plan
Outdoors, worth moving
Put these on a dry day rather than drop them.
- Baixa and Chiado on foot day 1
Grid of streets rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake. - Belém Tower day 2
Fort in the river, finished in 1519. - Alfama on foot day 2
Oldest quarter, its street plan survived the 1755 earthquake. - São Jorge Castle day 3
Moorish castle on the highest hill of the old city. - Miradouro da Graça day 3
Terrace by the Graça church, facing the castle. - Quinta da Regaleira day 4
Estate with an initiation well, spiral stairs underground.
Meals, indoors already
- Dinner in Bairro Alto day 1
Lanes of small restaurants above Chiado. - Pastéis de Belém day 2
Custard tarts, baked to the same recipe since 1837. - Fado dinner in Alfama day 2
Dinner with fado sung between courses. - Dinner in Cais do Sodré day 3
Riverside quarter, once the sailors' district. - Piriquita day 4
Bakery from 1862, travesseiros and queijadas.
In otsuka
On the day, tap Want to reschedule?, then It's raining. What's outdoors moves to another day of the trip, and the hours it frees take up to three indoor things, from later in Lisbon first, then from your wishlist. You see where each thing lands before anything moves, and one tap undoes it.
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