Kids Get Interactive in Lisbon

Lisbon can keep your kids fascinated with museums and sight-seeing, but consider these hands-on activities that can be arranged by Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon.

Apr 9, 2012

By: Warren Dunford

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Surfing clinic for kids on Portugal's Dream Coast

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Feed the Animals at Badoca Safari Park: Arriving at this 90-hectare (222-acre) nature reserve, you might think you’ve travelled to the wilds of Africa. The grounds are home to more than 250 freely roaming animals, including giraffes, zebras, and wildebeest. You can also see caged tigers. With special access arranged by Four Seasons, kids can help the wardens prepare the animals’ breakfasts, feed the quarantined animals and mingle amongst the kangaroos, yaks and chimpanzees. See Lisbon Through Four Seasons Eyes for additional details.

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Surfing Clinic for Kids: Portugal’s Dream Coast offers near-perfect conditions for surfers of all ages and abilities. Junior surfers can begin along the shore with body-boarding—the art of catching the waves on a small body-sized piece of polystyrene. Once they’re ready to step it up, they can learn how to take off from the beach and stay upright on the waves—all on soft, safe boards with expert instructors close at hand. See Lisbon Through Four Seasons Eyes for additional details.

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Behind the Scenes at the Lisbon Zoo: Young animal-lovers can get hands-on with the animals at the impressive Lisbon Zoo, founded in 1884. Kids can join backstage tours—meeting cute meerkats and lemurs, helping the bird trainer tend to colourful parrots and macaws, and enjoying a special encounter with cuddly koalas. After a picnic lunch, watch the dolphin and sea lion show, then ride the cable car for an amazing view of the hippos, tigers and lions. See Lisbon Through Four Seasons Eyes for additional details.

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Shopping Spree

The range of handmade made-to-measure handwear at Luvaria Ulisses will make you long for chillier days. For fashion, check out Filipe Faísca, who (given a week’s notice) will show you his collection himself.

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Dine Like a Local

100 Maneiras offers a fun approach to Portuguese cuisine. Belcanto in Chiado delivers delightful dishes in a beautiful ambience. And for traditional Portuguese specialties, visit Tasquinha d’Adelaide, a warm, family-run restaurant.

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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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A Lisbon Itinerary

Start in the old Moorish quarter of Alfama. Spend the afternoon shopping in the stylish district of Chiado. End the day with dinner at A Travessa, set in a beautifully restored convent. Then head to Lisbon’s invitation-only Silk Club.

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Giving you the opportunity to see Lisbon Through Four Seasons Eyes, Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon has created a special City Guide filled with original experiences.

Here are three fun, educational activities your children will be talking about for years to come. To start planning your Lisbon adventure, visit Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon.

Kids Get Interactive in Lisbon