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Lisbon Updates – Openings and Closings
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 2 October 2009
Here are some updates on a few previous posts on this blog. The first one is that O Terraço, one of Lisbon’s beloved terrace cafés has just closed and in a few months a new restaurant will take its place. Fans of what used to be one of the city’s most attractive hangouts have started [...]
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5 Things You Must Do in Lisbon this October
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 29 September 2009
September is almost over, so it’s time to look forward to another month. October in Lisbon will be filled with special events and activities, and there are five that you should strongly consider doing: TAGUS RIVER CRUISE See Lisbon from the perspective of its famous explorers — from the water. October is your last chance [...]
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Lisbon’s Chiado Contemporary Art Museum Now and in the Future
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 28 September 2009
It has just been announced that Lisbon’s Chiado Museum (officially the National Museum of Contemporary Art) will be expanding to a building currently occupied by a local police force. In the past, that same building was a convent and has been seen as the future annex of the Chiado Museum over the last [...]
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Lazy Sunday Photo: Porto at Night
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 26 September 2009
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Lisbon’s Castle of St. George Has a New Lounge
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 25 September 2009
Lisbon’s Castle of St. George has just introduced a new lounge on top of one of its towers. As the name indicates, the “Super Bock Lounge” is sponsored by the national Super Bock beer, although it serves more than just the nectar of the gods. There are also fresh fruit juices, sangria, and [...]
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“Sumaria” – Something New and Juicy in Alfama
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 22 September 2009
Climbing Lisbon’s steep hills is always rewarded with a viewpoint, the ancient castle, or a café, but along the way you’ll likely want to take it slow and rest from time to time. If you find yourself climbing the hill from the cathedral towards the castle, now you have a fresh and juicy new [...]
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Lisbon in the Future: The Cascais Marina Tower
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 21 September 2009
Continuing our series of Lisbon in the Future reports, today we bring you a project for outside the city, in Cascais, or more specifically for the Cascais marina. It’s a 100m-high tower with 30 floors that will be a hotel offering 200 rooms called Hotel da Luz and designed by Pedro Appleton of Lisbon-based [...]
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Lisbon is the Setting of Upcoming Brad Pitt and Al Pacino Movie
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 17 September 2009
As GoLisbon previously reported, Hollywood has a new home in Portugal, and this week it was announced that a new movie starring Brad Pitt, Al Pacino, and Penelope Cruz will be filmed around Portugal next year. Most of the scenes will be shot in Algarve, but will also move up the country to Lisbon, [...]
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Fado – The Portuguese Blues
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 16 September 2009
Fado is the Portuguese equivalent to the blues. It is music derived from sad songs sung by women waiting for their husbands on the shores of the stormy Atlantic mixed with tunes of African slaves and some hints of Arabic influence. The theme is normally about loss, missing someone, or the sea and hard life, hence, the blues connection. The style became popular in folk music in the early 1800s. To this day, there are fierce debates over the genre’s origin and the way it should be performed. Today there are ...
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Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 15 September 2009
Did you ever see the movie The Ninth Gate with Johnny Depp? If not, have a look at it then, because it will give you the vibe of what it is to visit the Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra (it’s featured in the movie). Sometimes I actually mix up the images from that movie with [...]Rating: 9.0/10 (1 vote cast)
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A Trip to the Azores
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 12 September 2009
More than a guide to Lisbon, GoLisbon.com is a guide to all of Portugal, so that also includes the country’s Atlantic islands, and we’ve just updated our Azores guide after a recent trip this past week. The Azores does not cater to mass tourism, and that’s what makes it such a special destination. There are [...]
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What Lisbon Tourists Shop For
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 8 September 2009
According to a study reported by Lisbon Tourism, what most tourists look for when shopping in Lisbon are crafts. That’s the choice of nearly 70% of tourists, while close to 55% of them chose to take some of the city’s famous pastries. Those are followed by postcards, which is a curious choice in the age [...]
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Lisbon’s Metro Has Expanded
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 7 September 2009
Lisbon’s Metro has expanded. Its four lines are now all connected, allowing better access to the city’s eastern districts. Until last week you often had to hop off and on at a couple of stations in order to connect to the red line that leads to Parque das Nações, but now that red [...]
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Oceanarium in Lisbon
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 7 September 2009
When it opened for the Expo ‘98, it was really difficult to get inside the Oceanarium. At that time known as the Oceans Pavilion. The lines were huge because some people thought there were babies swimming inside; you would have to wait for at least one hour to get inside and because there were so many [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Portugal’s Most Famous Product You’ve Never Heard Of
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 4 September 2009
Famous names such as Nicholas Cage, Kate Moss, and Oprah Winfrey have been reported to be fans of one of Portugal’s most famous products. If you’ve guessed Port Wine, you’re wrong. They all love CLAUS PORTO soaps, a natural, creamy, luxury soap that’s been made in the city of Porto since 1887. [...]
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Spend the Last Days of Summer in Cascais
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 3 September 2009
The weather forecast shows that it will be quite warm and sunny this weekend in Lisbon, and will continue to be so throughout the following week. Those of you who can still take a few days off to enjoy the good weather should consider a stay in Cascais. That oceanfront village just outside [...]
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Experimenta Design – Lisbon’s Design Biennial 2009
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 2 September 2009
Lisbon’s biggest event this fall is its design biennial, Experimenta Design. It’s been taking place in the city since 1999 and was expanded to Amsterdam in 2008, focusing on design, architecture, and creativity. The event has a different theme for every edition, and this year it’s called “It’s About Time.” It starts on the [...]
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Lisbon’s Oldest Restaurant is Turning 225 Years Old
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 28 August 2009
Lisbon’s (and Portugal’s) oldest restaurant is Tavares Rico, opened in September of 1784 in the city’s Chiado district. It’s also one of the world’s oldest and although its name has been shortened to just “Tavares,” most people still know it by its original name. It has maintained all the refinement from over two centuries ago [...]
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A Lisbon Shop for Gifts “Made in Portugal”
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 26 August 2009
Since last March there is a new shop in downtown Lisbon offering only the most special products “made in Portugal.” Meio da Praça is found on Rua da Prata and has everything from quirky souvenirs to special gourmet products. You’ll see tshirts saying “Portugal is a country right next to Spain!” or the best of [...]
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Lisbon’s Future Museum of the Discoveries
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 24 August 2009
Of the many striking structures built for Lisbon’s World Fair in 1998, the Portugal Pavillion is perhaps the one that remains the most talked about today. It was designed by Pritzker Award-winning architect Siza Vieira, and has a huge undulating roof that instantly catches the eye of everyone passing by. Yet it remains surprisingly empty [...]
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“Gat Rossio”: A New Affordable Contemporary-Design Hotel in Lisbon
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 21 August 2009
Lisbon’s latest hotel opening is found just around the corner from the city’s most central square, Rossio. That square is part of the hotel’s name, which belongs to the Spanish “Gat” chain. Like at all the other “Gats,” Gat Rossio is design accommodation and an excellent value for money. It has one of the best [...]
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Bogani Café in Vila Nova de Gaia
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 21 August 2009
Villa Nova de Gaia, although a separate town from Porto proper, is home to all the major Port cellars in Portugal. Ricardo already described a morning touring the Croft cellars, so this is a sort of continuation of where we suggest you have lunch afterwards – Bogani Café. The restaurant is located downhill from the wine cellars, [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Lisbon’s New Multi-Million Euro Marina
Blog: Go Lisbon Blog - 18 August 2009
Lisbon has a couple of marinas along its riverfront, with the most central found under 25 de Abril Bridge in Docas de Santo Amaro, and the other next to the Discoveries Monument. Now there is a new one in the Parque das Nações district, opened last Saturday after a 14 million-euro investment. This is [...]
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Croft Port Wine Cellars
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 12 August 2009
I once had an awkward moment with a girl I met in Seattle when I asked her a personal question and instead of answering she changed the subject to “when I was in Portugal I tasted the Port wine and it was really nice”. Apart from being passive-aggressive, she was right. If you go to [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
