7 Hidden Gems in Lisbon Most People Walk Right Past
7 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Alfama District
Alfama, Lisboa
Alfama is the neighborhood that refused to die.
Feira da Ladra
Campo de Santa Clara, São Vicente, Lisboa, 1100-472, Portugal
The name translates roughly as "Thief's Market," which either refers to the fact that you might find your stolen goods on sale here, or that the vendors will steal from you with their prices — interpretations vary by century.
Igreja de São Roque
Rua da Misericórdia, Misericórdia, Lisboa, 1200-273, Portugal
From the outside, the Igreja de São Roque looks like nothing — a plain, beige facade that most visitors walk past without a second glance.
Miradouro da Senhora do Monte
Largo do Monte, São Vicente, Lisboa, 1170-253, Portugal
Lisbon is a city of viewpoints — miradouros, they call them — and every guidebook has its favorite.
Museu do Fado
Largo do Chafariz de Dentro, Santa Maria Maior, Lisboa, 1100-288, Portugal
Fado is Portugal's answer to the blues — a music of longing, loss, and that untranslatable Portuguese word "saudade," which roughly means the bittersweet ache of missing something you once had, or might never have had at all.
Museu Nacional do Azulejo
4 Rua da Madre de Deus, Penha de França, Lisboa, 1900-312, Portugal
Portugal's love affair with tiles is so deep that an entire museum barely scratches the surface.
Panteão Nacional
Campo de Santa Clara, São Vicente, Lisboa, 1100-472, Portugal
The Portuguese have a phrase — "obras de Santa Engrácia" — that means a project that never gets finished.
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