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Four days in Lisbon

Portugal

Four days, hills

A four-day plan for Lisbon, hour by hour: 21 places, from otsuka's example trips. Every time is a starting point, and every row can move.

Day 1

Baixa, Chiado, Bairro Alto

  1. Baixa and Chiado on foot

    Grid of streets rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake.

    Baixa · 2 hr

  2. Santa Justa Lift

    Iron lift from 1902 up to the Carmo ruins.

    Baixa · 45 min

  3. Carmo Convent

    Church left roofless by the 1755 earthquake.

    Chiado · 45 min

  4. Dinner in Bairro Alto

    Lanes of small restaurants above Chiado.

    Bairro Alto · 1 hr 30 min

Day 2

Belém, Alfama

  1. Pastéis de Belém

    Custard tarts, baked to the same recipe since 1837.

    Belém · 30 min

  2. Jerónimos Monastery

    Manueline cloister, begun in 1501.

    Belém · 1 hr 45 min

  3. Belém Tower

    Fort in the river, finished in 1519.

    Belém · 45 min

  4. Lunch in Belém

    Belém · 1 hr

  5. Alfama on foot

    Oldest quarter, its street plan survived the 1755 earthquake.

    Alfama · 2 hr 30 min

  6. Fado dinner in Alfama

    Dinner with fado sung between courses.

    Alfama · 2 hr 30 min

Day 3

Alfama, Graça, Alcântara, Cais do Sodré

  1. São Jorge Castle

    Moorish castle on the highest hill of the old city.

    Alfama · 2 hr

  2. Miradouro da Graça

    Terrace by the Graça church, facing the castle.

    Graça · 30 min

  3. Lunch in Graça

    Graça · 1 hr

  4. Tram 28

    Old yellow tram through Graça, Alfama and Estrela.

    Graça · 1 hr

  5. LX Factory

    Former 1846 textile mill, now shops and cafés.

    Alcântara · 2 hr

  6. Dinner in Cais do Sodré

    Riverside quarter, once the sailors' district.

    Cais do Sodré · 1 hr 30 min

Day 4

Rossio, Sintra

  1. Train to Sintra

    From Rossio station, about forty minutes.

    Rossio · 45 min

  2. Pena Palace

    Palace painted red and yellow on a hilltop.

    Sintra · 2 hr 30 min

  3. Piriquita

    Bakery from 1862, travesseiros and queijadas.

    Sintra · 45 min

  4. Quinta da Regaleira

    Estate with an initiation well, spiral stairs underground.

    Sintra · 2 hr

  5. Train back to Lisbon

    Sintra · 45 min

If it rains in Lisbon

These are outdoors. On a wet day, It's raining moves them to another day of the trip and brings something indoors forward.

Indoors on this plan: Santa Justa Lift and Tram 28.

Lisbon in the rain, day by day

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