Lisbon User Guide

Rua Tomás da Anunciação 88B Location HERE . Open: Monday to Thursday 1500-2300; Friday and Saturday 1600-Midnight; closed Sundays. It’s up in Campo de Ourique! In the grid pattern of streets north of the tram route, an area with a seriously high incidence of the Smart fortwo, is Lisbon’s smallest craft beer outlet. Less inside space than AMO, and indeed less inside space than the Pravda Craft Mission outlet in Marvila. Some tables outside. So what’s on offer? Five taps with a regularly changing offering, backed up by lots of bottles and cans. Always an IPA on the go. And what about food? Indeed, what about food. There is a pizza and calzone menu on offer, but it does not come from this bar. You place an order, it is phoned through, and then it is collected from a nearby restaurant and delivered to your table. The cost is added to your bill. Seems to work OK. Buses 701 and 774 nearby; Tram 25 and 28, plus bus 709, down on Rua Saraiva de Carvalho. [ HOME ]

Passeio do Tejo Location HERE . Open 24 hours. Just to emphasise the work that has gone in to redevelop the area around Gare Oriente, at the north end of Parque das Nações is this riverside park, with its broad paths, greenery, boardwalks and observation decks. It confirms that Expo 98 was, mainly, an urban regeneration project. Behind the park are low-rise apartment blocks, part of a quiet residential area, well apart from all the retail opportunities near Oriente. It’s been well thought out, and so property here costs Serious Money. Another plus is that, although the Airport is close by, the orientation of the runway means the park is away from aircraft noise. Even the Ponte Vasco da Gama, which borders the area at its northern end, does not generate intrusive noise. Also, although the river is navigable at this point, and the main channel is close to the shore, there is not so much traffic. So the boardwalk observation decks are mainly to allow visitors to see the proliferation of b...

THE USUAL REMINDER Don’t slog up those hills just because the funiculars have been suspended. Minibus 51E gives an alternative to the Santa Justa lift, and an alternative to the Glória funicular; Bairrobus 19B gives an alternative to the Lavra funicular; Bairrobus 22B gives an alternative to the Bica funicular. Also, the new funicular that takes you from Rua Lagares up to Graça has been suspended. You can get up to Graça either by tram 28, or if you don’t fancy the crush, by 734 or 10B minibus. MUSEUM NEWS The Tile Museum is closed for repair work until well into next year. Target date for reopening is June 2026. TRAM 28 NEWS The 28 is still turning back at Camões, with a substitute minibus running from there to Prazeres. The 25 is a good weekday alternative - catch it in Praça do Comércio or on the Rua da Prata, just south of Praça da Figueira. Hopefully the 28 will be back on its full route in the New Year. BELÉM NEWS Torre de Belém remains closed, and will be for some months yet....