Location Of The Apartments
Address:
- Alfama River Apartments: Calçada do Forte, 50. 1100-256 Lisboa.
- Alfama Duplex: Beco do Garcês 19 - 2º Esq. 1100-264 Lisboa
- Mouraria Duplex: Rua das Fontaínhas a São Lourenço 16 - 3º. 1100-247 Lisboa
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How to arrive: please click here for info
Left Luggage: please click here for info
These house icons show the location of our self-catering apartments on the Alfama map below.
The other blue icons show major tourist attractions nearby. Please
click any of the icons for a further explanation of each one, or the name of the
tourist sight in the menu to the right.
How to Arrive
Airport Shuttle
Lisbon Airport has several professional transport services, starting at around 10 euros per person, so this is a very quick, easy and cheap way to arrive, especially if you have luggage. Please click here for more information about these services, with prices, booking information.
Taxi
There are always plenty of taxis waiting at the airport. Our advice is to not take the ones outside the Arrivals area, since they will have been waiting for clients a long time and sometimes could try to charge more to make that wait worth their while. Instead, go to the Departures area of the airport, and walk outside the building, where there are also taxis. The journey to any of our apartments should cost around 15 euros.
Alfama River Apartments in Calçada do Forte: Calçada do Forte is a very small street and it's possible the taxi driver doesn't know exactly where it is. You should explain that it is next to the "Museu Militar" (Military Museum), very near the Santa Apolonia station.
Mouraria Duplex: Please ask the taxi driver to take you to the Hotel Mundial in Martim Moniz square. We will meet you there.
Alfama Duplex: If you take the taxi to the "Portas do Sol" (a very well known terrace and viewpoint), we will meet you there.
Public Transport
Alfama River Apartments in Calçada do Forte: Walk outside the airport to the bus-stop of the number 745 bus. This will take you direct to the Santa Apolónia Metro & Train Station. Get off the bus here, cross the road, and walk towards the entrance of the Military Museum, opposite the main entrance of the station. To the right of the Military Museum is Calçada do Forte.
Mouraria Duplex: Walk outside the airport to the CarrisTur Aerobus bus-stop. This bus leaves approximately every 20 minutes from 7am to 11pm, every day of the week. Take the Aerobus to Rossio, and then walk about 500 metres to the Martim Moniz square. With your back to the Hotel Mundial, take the first steps to the right, just past a cafeteria, and follow the cobbled street up for about 50 metres until you reach number 16.
Alfama Duplex: Walk outside the airport to the CarrisTur Aerobus bus-stop. This bus leaves approximately every 20 minutes from 7am to 11pm, every day of the week. Take the Aerobus to Praça do Comércio, and then walk to the Rua da Conceição, where you can get the famous Number 28 Tram. The tram goes up past the Cathedral, and you can get off at the Portas do Sol terrace and viewpoint. Walk down the steps to the left of the cafeteria, take the first left half-way down the steps and then turn right. At the bottom of the next steps, to the left, you can see the number 16 door of Beco do Garces.
By Car
This map shows how to get to our Calçada do Forte twin apartments in a private or hire-car from the airport:
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For a slightly easier way, using only the main roads, click this link.
Left Luggage
Our check-out time is 12pm latest and check-in time 3pm earliest. If there are no guests checking out on the day you arrive, it may be possible to check-in earlier than 3pm (please ask). However, if there are guests checking out on the same day, we need time to properly clean and prepare the apartment for your visit and we are sure you will unerstand that it is necessary to wait until 3pm.
If this happens and you want to leave your luggage safely while you take a walk round to discover the area, the nearby Santa Apolonia Station has several large lockers, suitable for 1 large suitcase each. Go into the main entrance and walk along the right platform. Just before the "Pingo Doce" supermarket you can find the automatic luggage lockers.
The first hour costs 2 euros, then a further 1.50 euros for up to 4 hours, a further 2 euros for up to 8 hours and a further 2.50 euros for up to 24 hours (total = 8 euros/day), which is the maximum time you can leave your luggage. You have to pay the first hour to leave your bags, and pay the rest when you want to take them back.
Tourist Attractions on this Map of Alfama:
Santa Apolonia - Metro & Train Station
Feira da Ladra - Local fleamarket held on Tuesdays & Saturdays.
Alfama Swimming Pool - Entrance to the Alfama Municipal Swimming Pool.
The Fado Museum- Presents the cultural and social impact of Fado, the national music of Portugal.
Military Museum - A testament to the country's battles.
Doca do Jardim do Tabaco - An area of sleek restaurants and club on the waterfront.
Lisbon Cathedral - "A Sé" is the oldest building in the city.
Miradouro das Portas do Sol - This balcony opens onto the river and offers truly spectacular views over Alfama.
Decorative Arts Museum - The Azurara Palace houses this captivating decorative arts collection.
St. George's Castle - The castle overlooks the city from millennium-old walls.
St. Anthony Church - The birthplace of Saint Anthony of Padua, the patron saint of Lisbon.
Miradouro de Santa Luzia - This viewpoint provides excellent vistas of Alfama and the river Tagus.
São Vicente de Fora Church - The Church or Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, meaning 'Monastery of St. Vincent Outside the Walls', is a 16th century church with an exceptional tiled interior. It is one of the most important mannerist buildings in the country and the burial site of most Portuguese Kings of the House of Braganza.
Santa Engracia National Pantheon - Contains the tombs of several Portuguese presidents, writer Almeida Garrett and famous Fado singer Amalia Rodrigues.
Miradouro da Graça - Viewpoint offering panoramic vistas of the castle and the city.
Miradouro Nossa Senhora do Monte - One of the most romantic miradouros, this one offers the city's most beautiful sunsets.
Roman Theater Ruins/Museum - The archaological remains of a once large Roman theatre.
Casa dos Bicos - The "House of Spikes" is an architectural curiosity, faced with diamond-shaped stones.
Elevador de Santa Justa - The Santa Justa Lift is 45m tall and built in wrought iron. This tourist attraction was designed by an apprentice of Gustave Eiffel, and is the only vertical urban lift in Lisbon.
Conceição Velha Church - 16th century church where an old 15th century Jewish temple once stood.
Alfama Car Park - Public underground car park where you leave your vehicle to be automatically stored away and parked by the sophisticated machinery.
São Domingos Church - To the right of the National Theater, this church has a high altar, with red marble columns that support the sculptural composition of the Holy Trinity.
Praça do Comercio - This is an expansive square on the waterfront known as 'Terreiro do Paço', and home to the Lisboa Welcome Center - the most important tourist office in the city.
Praça Rossio - Rossio Square - official name, Praça Dom Pedro IV - is Lisbon's most vibrant sqaure and a great place to stop for a coffee at the surrounding cafeterias and people watch.
Nossa Senhora da Saúde - 16th Century Church, renovated in the 18th Century after the 1755 earthquake. In early May the procession of Nossa Senhora da Saúde starts here, and the eponymous statue is paraded through the streets.
Igreja de Santo Estevão - The orginal temple was founded here in the 12th Century, and the church was rebuilt in 1733 in Baroque style.
Convento e Igreja do Carmo - This Convent and Church was Lisbon's principal Gothic church, until it was destroyed by the earthquake of 1755. Its ruins remain as a sombre testament of the destruction wrought by that fatal event.
Rua Augusta - A lively commercial and pedestrian street with mosaic pavements, cafes with outdoor terraces, international and souvenir shops, and several street artists and vendors.
Elevador do Ladra - The Elevador do Lavra or Ascensor do Lavra was inaugurated in 1884 and is Lisbon's oldest funicular.