This industrial-style dining room specializes in updated Portuguese comfort dishes. Order the hearty caldo verde (potato and kale soup), followed by the grilled sea bass with crab rice.
Chef José Avillez has made his culinary flagship the finest restaurant in town. The inventive menu has hints of molecular gastronomy: goose barnacle; suckling pig topped with orange-peel purée.
This impressive 10th-century crenellated castle and citadel where Celts, Romans, Visigoths, and Moors successively held sway has knockout views of the Alfama.
This impressive 10th-century crenellated castle and citadel where Celts, Romans, Visigoths, and Moors successively held sway has knockout views of the Alfama.
In a former bank in Baixa, you’ll find an exhaustive collection of contemporary furniture (Ponti; Studio 65) and vintage couture (Dior; Westwood).
Try some of the almost 300 varieties (more than 50 by the glass) at this renovated turn-of-the-century shop.
What frescoes are to Italy, tiles, or azulejos, are to Portugal. East of Praça do Comercio, this museum is housed in a convent dating back to 1509. Don’t miss the tile panel of the city made in 1738.
A traditional food store where you can find row upon row of canned specialties. Get the Tricana-brand atum ventresca (tuna belly) in olive oil or the Portuguese sardines.
The private residence of the current Marquis of Lisbon has some of the world’s most detailed antique pieces; private tours are offered in the morning.
Don’t leave town without going to a live concert of Portugal’s signature fado music. Most clubs are tourist traps, but this 22-year-old tavern in Graça is the real thing.
In this 143-year-old former villa, a shady, palm-ringed pool feels straight out of Old Hollywood. Take a stroll through the hotel’s beautifully manicured gardens.
Kilim rugs and 17th-century artifacts are juxtaposed with contemporary art and slick marble bathrooms at the renovated Palacio Belmonte, a palace built in the 1400’s off Castelo de São Jorge.
