The 7 Hills of Lisbon

June 16, 2009

The 7 Hills of Lisbon You will often hear of Lisbon being referred to as the “City of Seven Hills”, people talking about the seven hills of Lisbon or, in Portuguese, “as sete colinas de Lisboa”. Even the local transport companies use a rechargeable ticket called the “7 Colinas” ticket. But how true is this [...]

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Lisbon Confidential: Susana Welsh

June 13, 2009

Lisbon Confidential is a series of interviews with people who know and love Lisbon. In this section we share their insider tips, favourite places in the city, and “hidden gems” of Lisbon. We ask the same 10 questions to each interviewee and publish their answers verbatim. Should you wish to suggest somebody for this interview, please contact [...]

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Top 10 Amazing, Unusual or Interesting Facts About Lisbon

June 11, 2009

1. Lisbon isn’t the capital OK, strictly speaking that’s not exactly true. But in fact Lisbon has never been declared or confirmed as the capital in any official document, unlike most other capital cities. It simply became the de facto capital when in 1255 Alfonso III of Portugal moved the court to what had become [...]

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Lisbon Confidential: Mario Rui Fernandes

June 9, 2009

Lisbon Confidential is a new section in this blog, dedicated to the people who know Lisbon best: those that live and work here every day. We will be interviewing several distinguished personalities from the online and offline worlds of tourism, hostelry, the restaurant trade, and hopefully many others such as politicians, shop assistants, tram drivers [...]

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The Mouraria district

June 8, 2009

Mouraria is one of Lisbon’s most traditional and historic “bairros” or neighbourhoods. It owes its name to the fact that Dom Afonso Henriques (Afonso I of Portugal), after capturing Lisbon during the Christian Reconquest, decided that the moors should stay in one part of the city, in the same way that the Jews were confined [...]

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Apartments in Lisbon

June 6, 2009

Self-catering holiday rentals are becoming increasingly popular in Portugal in general, and in Lisbon in particular. Several different companies are now providing these Lisbon apartments for tourists, and one of them is our very own, QuietZone, Lda. We are a couple who own 4 different rental apartments in the centre of Lisbon, all with 1 bedroom [...]

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