City Breaks 2011: Travel Tips to Lisbon

At Four Seasons we understand that a well-travelled guest knows a lot about their favourite cities. If you're ready to share your city secrets—preferred hideaways, boutiques and trattorias—we're ready to listen. We'll be sharing tips this winter on Facebook and Twitter and hope you'll share some of your own with us as well. We've listed two of our tips to get you started. Add a comment below to start sharing some of your own today.

Jan 10, 2011

Tip #1: Explore Lisbon at street level, with a motorcycle sidecar tour of the city. Zoom along 14th-century cobblestone roads. See castles, monuments and monasteries. Experience the kind of amazing places a car simply can't take you.
Tip #2: Take a day trip to the monumental riverfront neighbourhood of Belem, and you'll find Portugal's famous port of departure. Not to mention the ornate Manueline monastery of Jeronimos and the Tower of Belem. After a day here, you'll likely wonder why anyone would want to leave. — Tip #1: Explore Lisbon at street level, with a motorcycle sidecar tour of the city. Zoom along 14th-century cobblestone roads. See castles, monuments and monasteries. Experience the kind of amazing places a car simply can't take you. Tip #2: Take a day trip to the monumental riverfront neighbourhood of Belem, and you'll find Portugal's famous port of departure. Not to mention the ornate Manueline monastery of Jeronimos and the Tower of Belem. After a day here, you'll likely wonder why anyone would want to leave.

Pin It — Tip #1: Explore Lisbon at street level, with a motorcycle sidecar tour of the city. Zoom along 14th-century cobblestone roads. See castles, monuments and monasteries. Experience the kind of amazing places a car simply can't take you. Tip #2: Take a day trip to the monumental riverfront neighbourhood of Belem, and you'll find Portugal's famous port of departure. Not to mention the ornate Manueline monastery of Jeronimos and the Tower of Belem. After a day here, you'll likely wonder why anyone would want to leave.

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Souvenirs with Style

A Vida Portuguesa revamps traditional Portuguese homewares from the 1930s onward. For even more textiles, try Teresa Alecrim, which specialises in embroidered bed linens and tablecloths. And for traditional porcelain, try Vista Alegre.

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Beach Time

Guincho, at the base of the Sintra hills, is an ideal beach for surfing and also for wind- and kite-surfing. If you get hungry, nearby Porto de Santa Maria is one of the region's finest seafood restaurants.

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Café Culture

Café a Brasileira, frequented by the writers and poets Fernando Pessoa, Mário de Sá-Carneiro and José de Almada Negreiros, stands near the Elevador de Santa Justa, the eccentric Eiffel-style lift to the Convento do Carmo.

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Porto Authority

The classic Portuguese aperitif is chilled white port, but Four Seasons has come up with a modern take. The Porto Flip combines 10-year-aged port with egg yolk, brown sugar, peppermint and a shake of cinnamon.

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