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City trips Lisbon  -  Travel information Lisbon.

Greater Lisboa [ Area Metropolitana de Lisboa ], composed of 19 municipal divisions: Alcochete, Almada, Amadora, Azambuja, Barreiro, Cascais, Lisboa, Loures, Mafra, Moita, Montijo, Palmela, Odivelas, Oeiras, Seixal, Sesimbra, Setúbal, Sintra and Vila Franca de Xira.

Spreading out along the right bank of the Tagus, its downtown, the Baixa, is located in the 18th-century area around Rossio. East of the arcade Praça do Comércio, are the medieval quarters of Alfama and Mouraria, crowned by the magnificent St. George's Castle. To the west lie Bairro Alto and Madragoa, with their typical streets, and on the western extreme is Belém, with its Belém Tower, (the sentinel over the Tagus river that protects the entrance into Lisbon), the Jerónimos Monastery (masterpieces of Manueline architecture and classified in UNESCO's International Heritage list) and the Cultural Centre of Belém.


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Car Hire Lisbon

 Sixt  -  
Pick-Up Station / Return Station: Lisbon Airport, Lisbon DT and mainland

 Holiday Autos  -   
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

 
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Holiday Homes / Apartments

    -  Holiday homes in Lisbon
All properties are checked on a regular basis. All homes can be booked on-line. Properties are shown by destination.

Hostels / Budget Accommodations

  -  Cheap Holiday Accommodation Lisbon

 
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

 Pousadas Juventude  -  klick on 'Contactos e links'
 Youth hostels in Portugal

Hotels Lisbon / Pousadas

 Hotels in Lisbon  -  Hotel Guide Lisbon
Alfama, Bairro Alto, Baixa, Belém and Centro

 Hotel Olissippo Oriente ****, Av. D. João II, Lt 1.03.22, 1990-083 Lisbon
The Hotel Olissippo Oriente is a modern four-star property located in Lisbon`s former Expo 98 site, which is now known as the Parque das Nações. On-site facilities at the Olissippo Oriente include a restaurant, bar, coffee shop with esplanade, Wi-Fi zones, garage parking and 3 meeting rooms. One major feature is the hotel`s very close proximity to the Lisbon Oceanarium, FIL fairground, Vasco da Gama shopping centre and the city`s new casino.

 Pousadas - lodgings where you can appreciate the traditional regional gastronomy
Dozens of state-run Pousadas, strategically situated in or near major tourist destinations throughout the country, almost invariably offering the most comfortable accommodations and, often, the finest food in the area

More Hotels? See Hotels.

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

 
Cheap City Breaks Lisbon & Coast

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 Tejo's Cruise Line
Get to Know Lisbon seen trough the Tejo River, in regular trips that last about 2 and half hours. Transtejo gives you magical moments, indistinguishable views of the city seen in the quiet waters of the river, which holds the city. See Transtejo.

Travel Guides Lisbon / Related books

Travel Guides Lisbon [ Amazon.co.uk ]

"Time Out" Lisbon 
Beautifully laid out on seven hills overlooking the River Tejo and littered with monuments testifying to Portugal's former maritime glory, Lisbon is a sightseeing delight as well as a mecca for clubbers and party people in search of a wild weekend. Written and researched by Lisbon residents, this awardwinning Time Out guide escorts you around the coffeehouses of the Chiado, the bars and restaurants of the Bairro Alto, the clubs of the Docas and Santa Apolonia, down into the city's deepest African and Brazilian dives and out to the finest beaches of the Caparica Coast.
Paperback 256 pages (August 2005); Publisher: Time Out Group Ltd.; Language: English; ISBN: 1904978045
Lisbon - Eyewitness Travel Guide  
Susie Boulton, Jane Ewart (Editor), Michelle De Larrabeiti (Editor)
Portugal's captal is full of contrasts - the medieval Alfama quarter co-exists quite happily with avant-garde buildings, cafes, bars and night clubs. Close to the Arrabida mountains, this vibrant city should be a great place for a weekend break or longer stay, with this text as your guide.
Paperback 192 pages (September 4, 2003); Publisher: Dorling Kindersley; Language: English; ISBN: 0751348090
Portugal - Rough Guide 
By Mark Ellingham, Graham Kenyon, John Fisher, Jules Brown, Matthew Hancock.
Paperback 640 pages (March 31, 2005); Publisher: Rough Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 184353438X.

Transportation / How do I travel to Lisbon

 Airport Lisbon

  Opodo  -  
Flight tickets Lisbon.

 
Book cheap flights to Lisbon at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online

 Airline Tickets / Discount Flights  -  cheap flights to Lisbon 

 

 Monarch  -  Fly Monarch : Lisbon Flights
Cheap flights to Lisbon from Gatwick, with pre-bookable seats and free newspapers. Book online now and save money.

 TAP Air Portugal  -  Flight tickets to Lisbon

  
Book InterRail, Europdomino and other European Rail Passes online and explore Europe your way with a large selection of rail passes and tickets offering maximum flexibility.

 Portuguese Railways  -  Caminhos de Ferro de Portugal

An extensive network of 90 bus routes covers the entire city and outskirts.

 Barraqueiro Transportes 
 Scotturb
Scotturb has 73 bus concessions, and a large network which guarantee several functions of economic, social, cultural and tourist development, in Cascais, Sintra and Oeiras county councils.

One of the quickest ways to travel in Lisboa is by Metro. It covers almost the whole city and next to most hotels you will find a metro station.

 Metro Lisbon  -  Metropolitano de Lisboa

You cannot speak about public transportation in Lisboa without mentioning the Tram.

 Carris

In the region of Lisboa, one of the most common means of transportation is the ferry-boat (Cacilheiro), mainly to connect both sides of the river.

 Transtejo  -  Ferry boat carrying passengers over the river Tejo
 Soflusa

 TransporLis  -  multimodal information system of the metropolitan area of Lisbon

 Online Maps [ Uni Texas  -  Perry-Castañeda Library  -  Map Collection Europe  ]
Lisbon - Rough Guide Map 
A waterproof and tearproof map of Lisbon pinpointing places of note for the first-time visitor as well as hidden gems for the regular Lisbonite. More than just a map, there are listings of the best places to stay eat and drink with opening hours.
Map 1 pages (May 27, 2004); Publisher: Rough Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 1843533006.


Links 

 Travel Insurance

 Lisbon Tourist Board
Grand squares such as Marques de Pombal and Commercio are linked by sweeping avenues; more characteristic however are the steep, narrow streets of the Alfama, crowned by the Castle of St. George. Expo '98 has left an exciting legacy – it's certainly worth the trip to see the grand aquariums and the specially constructed bridge across the Tagus. Art lovers should try the intimate Gulbenkian Museum.

 Câmara Municipal de Lisboa  -  Municipality of Lisbon

 Amoreiras
 Avenida 24 de Julho  -  Nightlife
 Avenida de Roma
 Avenida Guerra Junqueiro
 Bairro Alto - Nightlife
 Praça de Londres

 Costa Azul  -  region of colour, flavours, light, landscapes, and emotion
The territory of the Costa Azul is a palette of what best exists in Portugal. The spectacular coast and the immense Atlantic, two estuaries with their rivers, mountain and pasture, interior and plains, beaches and sun which accompany and characterize all of the Costa Azul.
 Costa de Lisboa - Lisbon Coast
Cascais Estoril, Costa Azul, Ericeira and Sintra.
 Costa do Estoril
 News from Lisbon -  The Portugal News
The News is Portugal's largest circulation English language newspaper. Established for over 20 years, it is the only Portuguese newspaper on the net that covers all the major news about Portugal in the English language.
 Parque das Nações - Invented City
Imagine a site that offers some of the most daring examples of contemporary architecture, Europe's largest Oceanarium, delightful thematic gardens, exhibition centres, theatres and event halls.
All located along a breathtaking 5 km stretch of the Tagus riverfront, in the heart of Lisbon, with easy access and parking, and benefiting from a wide array of shops, restaurants and bars.
Only five minutes from Lisbon International Airport, Parque das Nações builds on the heritage of EXPO'98 - the last world exposition of the twentieth century. An invented city turned into reality.
Lisbon Oceanarium | Vasco da Gama Tower | Cable Car | Knowledge Pavilion | BIL - Lisbon International Bowling Centre.
 Zoo Lisbon  -  located in the center of the city
The Lisbon Zoo is not only a traditional zoological space, it is an important and attractive park where education and amusement is encouraged. Therefore, our park offers a whole set of attractions where our visitors can have a lot of funny and relaxing moments, but, above all, they leave with the sense of a day well spent.
Dolphinarium | Cable Car | Children's Farm | Reptile House | Parque das Merendas – a wonderful and cheerful group of macaws, cockatoos, parrots and other species of birds | Sea Lion Feeding | Birds of Prey Show | Animax is an amusement park, integrated in the area of the entrance to the Lisbon Zoo. Its a free entrance area that offers a number of amusements, restaurants, bars, shops and resting places.

Cuisine - 

 Virtual Portugal  -  Eating & Drinking in Portugal
Fish and Crustaceans; Meat, fowl and game; Cheeses; Desserts; Wines of Portugal [ a wealthy in good wines and, apart from the unique Port and Madeira - see map ]; Eating & Drinking places directories

Film / Movie

 Fado, Historia d'uma Cantadeira [1947] - Regie Perdigao Queiroga
Melodrama about a singer [ her love for Julio - a simple giutar player is hindering her singing career ]. Lots of music and singing. Leading role: Amalia Rodrigues. See IMDB

History of Lisbon

 Lisbon's history  -  see Wikipedia

 National Archeological Museum

Music, Art & Culture

Portuguese - Teach Yourself One-day Series 
This one-day course is specifically written for the holiday maker for whom a short holiday does not justify a complete language course. It comes on one 75-minute CD and teaches only basic, core words, as few as the holiday maker can get away with, and a few useful phrases, which will be supported by body language. It comes with an 8-page booklet which simply lists the words and phrases taught on the recording - no pronunciation guide, no grammar summary, just a written record of what has been learned.
Audio CD (April 30, 2004); Publisher: Teach Yourself; Language: English; ISBN: 0340885750

 Agenda Cultural Nacional
 Portuguese Culture
 Fado [ destiny in Portuguese ]
A form of melancholic music. It is linked to the Portuguese word 'saudade', conveying a complex feeling of sadness, pain, miss and love, along with other feelings. Its origins are probably a mixture of African slave rhythms with traditional music of Portuguese sailors. And it also has an Arabic influence.

Nowadays fado is a world wide known symbol of Portugal, being represented for many years in foreign countries by Amália, and more recently by Dulce Pontes, among others. Throughout the world, to the name of Portugal, there were two things immediately related: the bullfighting and the Fado. Although taking many forms as it is sung in Porto, in Coimbra or in Lisbon, the Fado is, by self-earned right, the expression of the Portuguese soul.
 Instituto Camoes  -  Centros Culturais Portugueses
 Music Museum
The Music Museum is an institution under the Portuguese Institute of Museums (Instituto Português de Museus ), in which one of the richest instrument collections in Europe is housed, along with documents, an iconography collection and sound archive.
 Portugese Cinema
 Virtual Camoes  -  learning Portuguese, Portuguese culture

 MP3's  -  Portuguese Music

Web Portals

 Portugal4you.com  -  Online Travel Guide for Portugal, Madeira und Azoren
 Portugal
 Portugalinfo
 Portugal Travel Guide

 Yellow Pages Portugal  -  english / portuguese
 Telephone Guide - white pages - english/portuguese language

 Expresso - paper - portuguese


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