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Walking tour Principe Real neighborhood, to Praca das Flores, parliament, Sao Bento(, historic Tram if you wish, for an extra fee) historic library Camoes (closed on weekends) and viewpoint Adamastor.
Start in Principe Real
and then choose between the WINTER tour ideal for cooler more historic days
or the SUMMER route with more shade and green and shade for warmer days at Praca das Flores, Sao Bento parliament and creative wholesome neighborhood
and end at Library Camoes (on weekdays) and then city view cafe Quiosque Adamastor.
Summer stops:
- Praca das Flores, with gems like Nannarella ice cream, Marquise cafe and bakery, and many little atmospheric restaurants and cafes underneath the trees
- Sao Bento neighborhood including The Verse hotel, stores like Portugueza do Chá a little charming tea store, cafes like The Folk no as one of the Top 100 Coffee Shops in the World and others.
Winter stops:
- Viewpoint Miradouro Pedro Alcantara with its city view across the river and castle Castelo S Jorge, public benches under trees, little pavillon with white lounge chairs, and several times a year festivals with colorful ribbons, food stands and live music
- Chiado
(- If you wish for dwelling and a truly slow living and being present way, we can skip this part, yet it’s there if you feel a need for it: to poet’s Fernando Pessoa’s footsteps, Cafe Brasileira with Fernando’s statue and the cafe indoor selling his accumulated poems and thoughts, right across the street then Europes oldest bookstore, to if you like a stop for pastel de nata at Castro served on a plate with gold rims, to Rua Ivens, with its hotels, perfume and art supply stores, to the Art faculty and a bench les underneath trees overlooking the Art faculty’s entrance,)
Then both tours (on weekdays entering and on weekends only bypassing) library Camoes in Chiado, with a hidden yet beautiful entrance covered in historic Portuguese Azulejo tiles, an interior with wooden ceilings and wood casings, charming details and every day Lisbon life with students and normal folk studying while enjoying a river view straight from the picturesque study rooms, to a few steps from the library hidden behind a secretive alley.
To then both tours end at viewpoint Adamastor, figure written into existence by poet Camoes, the Cap of Good Hope, with a lovely view over the river towards the ocean, their specialty fresh mint tea, butter pan roasted toast and staff that remember their regulars’ orders, a good place to watch the sunset and river over Lisbon and let the day settle.
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General
Sometimes close enough to catch a typical touristy snapshot yet at the same time far away from paths only meant to be photographed instead of lived and savoured.
