DAY 4 - MORNING - CAIS DO SODRE
1) Breakfast at Fauna & Flora (http://faunafloralisboa.com/
2) Walk over to Rua de Boa Vista (pass our pizza resto Pizza Luca/Santos)
3) Keep walking and seeing beautiful ceramic tiled apartment buildings along Rua De Boa Vistas which becomes Rua Sao Paulo and eventually you will hit famous Pink Street which is where people party in the evenings.
4) If you pass Pink Street, you have the option to walk to the waterside where you will end up central Praca do Commercia - big yellow square for a break before you head out to Alfama
DAY 4 : LATE AFTERNOON - ALFAMA/GRACA
Alfama is the oldest and liveliest city that you'll see on the postcards of Lisbon. There are various viewpoints overlooking the river and red tiled roofs and Moorish white washed architecture from the 1600s. It's around the S. Jorge castle and one of the few that survived the earthquake. It has a fascinating energy between the maze of tangled streets.
1. There are various ways to go to Alfama and see the views. Below is an article that lists all. We walked uphill from the waterside up. You can also take Tram 28! Or you can take a cab to the castle and walk down. The two viewpoints I recommend are : Miradauro de Graca and Portas do Sol in the map below.
2. When I was there in June, it was the festival of Lisbon so the narrow, cobble stoned streets were filled with music and people who were dancing on the streets . Even if the festival ended, I have a feeling summertime the people will be sitting outside, smoking/sipping wine and swinging to the music coming out of the intimate live music/fado places. You just have to wander in the maze of streets and find the spots.
3 - Dining - A foodie friend of mine took me to BOI-CAVALO a Portugese resto that was super small but super good food. See review: https://www.timeout.com/
lisbon/restaurants/boi-cavalo 4 - 2nd Dining & FADO- Definitely make a reservation at one of those ahead of time. Here is a list:
https://www.tripsavvy.com/
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