Classifying places in Lisbon using their geographical locations can provide great convenience in terms of trip planning.
If we start from the coastline, we can classify it as east, west, and far west by taking Praça do Comércio (Commerce Square) as the center. Right next to Praça do Comércio is the Museu do Dinheiro, and as you proceed east, you will see the Sé de Lisboa (Lisbon Cathedral), Igreja de Santo António de Lisboa (Church of Saint Anthony of Lisbon), and Church Nossa Senhora da Conceição Velha.
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| A stained glass example in Lisbon Cathedral |
If you want to take a break around here, you can refresh your energy by drinking sangria and eating pizza at Pizzeria Maledetta. As you follow the coast east, there is the Lisbon Military Museum and slightly inland from the coast, the National Pantheon.
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| National Military Museum |
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| National Pantheon |
Following the coast further, there is the National Azulejo Museum, but this distance is a bit long to walk, and public transport or shared mobility options can be evaluated. For those who want to spend their time calmly, spreading this route over a day by taking breaks at various places will allow you to have a pleasant time.
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| National Azulejo Museum |
As you head west from Praça do Comércio, the Time Out Market Lisbon you’ll see is a mall-style venue consisting of local restaurants. After this, as you head west, the road is a bit long, but you enter a neighborhood called Santos, and this neighborhood is so beautiful that you’ll want to walk every single street. Therefore, the long distance is not a big problem. If you need energy, you can take a sandwich break at A Merendeira or rest at Miradouro da Rocha Conde de Óbidos. There is also a restaurant named Geographia in this area, offering a very nice mixed menu from the cuisines of various Portuguese-speaking countries. If you time walking this route to have lunch at Time Out Market Lisbon or at places like Maluca or Sabor a Santos in the Santos neighborhood, after passing this neighborhood, you will come across the Museu do Oriente (Orient Museum). This is a very comprehensive Far East museum where you can spend hours.
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| Museu do Oriente |
After leaving the museum, just across the street is an amazing place called Mirari. Here, you can relax with a drink and enjoy live music before continuing on your way.
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| Entrance of Mirari |
When you go further west from here, you will encounter LxFactory. This is a former industrial complex transformed into an entertainment and shopping venue. Mirari and LxFactory have similar styles and are beautiful places you will constantly want to return to. After spending some time at LxFactory, you can plan your dinner with Mexican cuisine at Restaurante Ni Michi Cocina Latina. Although this route is a bit long, since you’ll find many opportunities to rest along the way, you can have a very nice time when you dedicate an entire day to it.
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| A hostel in LxFactory |
When you go even further west, you reach the Museu de Marinha, the maritime museum. On the coastal side of this is the Belém Tower.
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| A captain’s cabin in the maritime museum |
The tower is a small tower that doesn’t require much time, but the maritime museum is huge and requires spending hours. For this reason, it might make sense to come visit this side on a different day using public transportation or shared vehicle services and then return the same way. Do not forget to eat Nata from Pastéis de Belém here. Nata is a famous dessert of the region, and there are usually long lines in front of the place.
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| Belém Tower |
When we head inland from Praça do Comércio, right to the north is São Jorge Castle and its surroundings; when we head further north, there is the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; and further north, there is Jardim Mário Soares.
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| São Jorge Castle |
São Jorge Castle is situated at quite a high altitude. You will get tired because of this, but there will be nice bakeries on your way. The Nata of bakeries like Santo António in this neighborhood competes with the “famous” Nata makers around Belém Tower and is much, much cheaper. In this region, you will overcome many hills. After the castle, there is Igreja e Convento do Menino Deus, slightly north of it is Miradouro da Graça, and further north is Miradouro da Senhora do Monte.
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| View of Lisbon from Miradouro da Senhora do Monte |
Miradouro means viewpoint in Portuguese, and there are countless miradouros in Lisbon, and the view from each is more beautiful than the other. When you proceed west from here, you can reach the Rossio station where two different metro lines meet, but before entering the metro, you can casually drink Ginjinha, a local liquor, standing at places like A Ginjinha and Ginjinha Sem Rival. If you’re hungry, you can eat at Sacco or Buga Ramen Rossio before continuing on your way.
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| Buga Ramen Rossio |
When you head north from Rossio using the metro line, you can reach the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Although this foundation constantly hosts different events, it has a very nice park to spend time in during the day.
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| A concert at Gulbenkian |
The Campolide neighborhood, which includes this place, is very advantageous for finding accommodation. It is a neighborhood that has connections everywhere by metro but is relatively very cheap because it is outside the historical area.
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| A concert in the Campolide neighborhood |
In this neighborhood, the Italian restaurant Piccolo Napoli next to Gulbenkian, the Chinese restaurant City Wok, and the Brazilian restaurant Sabor Mineiro Lisboa are good options for dining.
When you go further north from here, near the Universidade Lusófona, the Bordalo Pinheiro Museum and the Museum of Lisbon (Pimenta Palace) are located on either side of Jardim Mário Soares.
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| Museum of Lisbon |
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| Bordalo Pinheiro Museum |
Some of the options for shopping are Centro Comercial Vasco da Gama and Freeport Fashion Outlet. The first of these is a shopping mall close to the airport and on the metro route, and next to it there are intercity bus stops and a train station. The other option is an outlet you reach by crossing the Tagus River by bus, and neither of these offers a shopping opportunity compared to Turkey. Besides these, Centro Comercial Colombo is a shopping center that is in a more accessible part of the city, enjoyable to spend time in with its own architecture, and not as expensive as Vasco da Gama.
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| Centro Comercial Colombo |
Mercado de Alvalade Norte is a marketplace located east of the Bordalo Pinheiro Museum.
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| Mercado de Alvalade Norte |
Very close to here, Adega Solar Minhoto is a local restaurant serving regional dishes, the staff do not speak English, and it is a place with almost no tourists, but it is one of the places where you can eat the most delicious food in Lisbon.
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| Adega Solar Minhoto |
Slightly outside the city, the restaurant named Adega das Gravatas is also an ideal restaurant to choose to experience local food culture.
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| Adega das Gravatas’s decor |
For hiking, Parque do Calhau is a large nature park right next to the city. It contains many marked hiking trails.
If you want to make a short getaway out of Lisbon, you can make a day trip to Sintra by train. Here you can explore the inside of the city of Sintra and structures like Quinta da Regaleira and Palácio Nacional da Pena.
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| Palácio Nacional da Pena |
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| Quinta da Regaleira |
Another getaway can be to the city of Santarém. It is a very sweet city where Gothic architectural elements are common. Portuguese-style bullfights are held here, and you should try to catch the events online. You can watch the Tagus from Castelo de Santarém. You can dine at Taberna do Quinzena II.