Lisbon User Guide

The beach resort at the end of the line (location HERE ). This is a dry weather day out. Ideal for summer, and the parts of spring and autumn when the sun shines. Get there by suburban train from Estação Cais do Sodré (timetable HERE ). Train travel has no additional cost if you have a valid Lisboa Card. Otherwise, get a cardboard Navegante card loaded with credit, and use it in Zapping mode. Validate the ticket at the boarding station, and arrival station, by using the validation machines provided, or passing through the automatic barriers. As a last resort, visit the ticket office at Cais do Sodré, and buy a ticket from there on the day. Best to board the train at Cais do Sodré outbound, and at Cascais inbound. Get on the platform in good time and secure your seats. The trains load heavily throughout the day, and there will often be standing loads. Leaving the station at Cascais, bear left after the ticket barriers, and exit onto the roundabout. From there, it’s more or less straight...

There are two more outlets for this increasingly popular brand in the Lisbon area: both offer what looks like the same menu as offered at the Bairro Alto and Campo Grande restaurants. So this post just gives the locations, and transport links. CAMPO OURIQUE Rua Ferreira Borges 47, location HERE . Tram 25 and 28; Buses 709 and 774. AVENIDAS NOVAS Avenida Visconte de Valmor 64A, location HERE . CAUTION steps up into the restaurant from street level, and steps down from the restaurant to the toilets. Buses 716, 726 nearby, also 52B and westbound 713, 742 on Avenida Miguel Bombarda (eastbound 713 and 742 two blocks further south, on Avenida Duque de Ávila). Nearest Metro probably Sandanha, but a bit of a trek. [ HOME ]

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. The sun is shining once more MUSEUM REMINDER 1 The Tile Museum is still closed for repairs. Expect re-opening around June. MUSEUM REMINDER 2 The Gulbenkian Museum has been closed for repair work, but should re-open this week BELÉM REMINDER Torre de Belém still closed for repairs. Re-opening date uncertain. WEATHER NEWS The storms have, for the moment, passed. HOWEVER if you are travelling by train, some lines are still closed, if only partially. Latest news on the CP website HERE . SAD NEWS Padaria Patriacal , the pastelaria with the Art Nouveau interior near Principe Real and Miradouro São Pedro Alcântara, has closed. It did re-open after New Year, but now the lights have go...