SUN AND SIGHTS IN LISBON

Sun and Sights in Lisbon
Shopping Districts
modern chains.
➤ Map M4–5
1 Baixa
The charm of the Baixa
lies with its courteous
shopkeepers, who still stand
behind wooden counters and
do sums on bits of paper. For
all that, the pedestrianized
Rua Augusta is lined with
2 Chiado
Traditionally the quarter
with Lisbon’s most elegant
shops, the Chiado is now the
city’s most varied and
rewarding shopping district.
It mixes quiet streets with
lively squares and sheet-music suppliers with street-cred
fashion boutiques.
➤ Map L4
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Guerra Junqueiro/Roma
Head uptown to Avda Guerra Junqueiro and
adjacent Avda Roma for good clothes shops and cafés
– and a visit to tia territory. Tia means “aunt”, but also
signifies a deeply tanned, jewellery-laden woman who
takes her shopping seriously.
➤ Map G1
Campo de
Ourique/Amoreiras
Gentrification proceeds at a
genteel pace in Campo de
Ourique. The grid street plan
makes for lots of corner
bakeries, cafés and small
shops. The nearby Amoreiras
Towers was Lisbon’s first shopping centre. Brash and
in a more trafficky location, they nevertheless provide
plenty to tempt the shopper.
➤ Map E3
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Fresh Food Markets
Prices at Lisbon’s food markets may not be lower
than at supermarkets, but the produce is often fresher
and the experience has an added flavour. Among the
best are Mercado da Ribeira, opposite Cais do Sodré
station; Mercado de Campo de Ourique, in west Lisbon;
and Mercado 31 de Janeiro, behind the Saldanha
Residence building on Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo.
➤ Map K6, E3, F2
Bairro Alto
Bairro Alto competes
with the big shopping
centres by also offering
night-time shopping – in a
much cooler setting, and
with the possibility of sipping
on a drink as you shop. Some shops here may seem
ineffably trendy, but Bairro Alto is a proven nursery for
Portuguese fashion and design.
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➤ Map K3–4
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Rua de São Bento/Rua da Escola Politécnica
Rua de São Bento is a mini-district for antiques and
secondhand shops, among others. It’s a short hop to
pleasant Praça das Flores, for a coffee under the trees,
and then an uphill walk to Rua da Escola Politécnica,
where some more expensive antiques shops are
clustered.
➤ Map F4
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Santa Apolónia
Although just a row of converted warehouses, this
small shopping area opposite Santa Apolónia station has
some of Lisbon’s most interesting shops – for music,
food and design. They are spiritually presided over by
the Bica do Sapato restaurant and the adjacent Lux
nightclub.
➤ Map R3
that are the thing.
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Feira da Ladra
Lisbon’s Thieves’
Market sells items like
beautiful brass taps that
won’t fit any known
plumbing. As with most flea
markets, it’s the sights,
sounds, people and haggling
➤ Campo de Santa Clara • Map R2 • Tue, Sat
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Avenida da Liberdade
It could be greener and wider, but Lisbon’s grand
avenue remains torn between its roles as road and
promenade. Several international designers are not put
off and have their main Lisbon shops here, alongside
some venerable local merchants.
➤ Map F3
Shops
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Luvaria Ulisses
This small gem of a
shop is the only one in
Portugal selling just gloves.
Hand sewn, they have a
lifetime guarantee for
repairs.
➤ Rua do Carmo 87A • Map
L4
Viúva Lamego
The country’s top maker of quality tiles has a small
showroom in the Chiado. The choice is reproduction,
contemporary or made-to-order designs, all hand painted.
Orders can be shipped.
➤ Calçada do Sacramento 29 • Map L4
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Shopping in Lisbon