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PORTUGAL Population 10,760,305 Currency Euro GDP<br />
LISBON<br />
† €16,255 Dialling code +351<br />
Airport code LIS Flight frequency Twice daily Average temp (Aug) 22°C<br />
Many Lisboetas depart for<br />
the beach during August,<br />
but there are plenty of<br />
reasons to stay urban.<br />
The city is hosting the<br />
Festival dos Oceanos<br />
(festivaldosoceanos.com),<br />
culminating in riverside<br />
fi reworks. Matthew<br />
Hancock is our city guide<br />
PRAÇA DO COMÉRCIO<br />
AND CAIS DO SODRÉ<br />
Praça do Comércio forms the hub<br />
of the Festival dos Oceanos events,<br />
while Cais do Sodré offers downto-earth<br />
shops and restaurants.<br />
SLEEP Travellers House (89 Rua<br />
Augusta, tel. 210 115922, travellers<br />
house.com, dorm beds from €24) has won<br />
awards for its pristine and stylish dorms.<br />
EAT Porto do Abrigo (16–18 Rua de<br />
Remolares tel. 213 460873) is nicely<br />
unpretentious in an area of the riverfront<br />
that’s increasingly upmarket. Expect<br />
good-value Portuguese dishes such as<br />
grilled salmon, octopus and shrimps.<br />
CULTURE Pátio da Galé (Praça do<br />
Comércio) is the city’s newest cultural<br />
space, on a corner of the historic square.<br />
It has restaurants and hosts free fado<br />
concerts on 1, 3, 8 and 10 August.<br />
SHOP Mercado da Ribeira (Rua Dom<br />
Luís I) is Lisbon’s vibrant main market.<br />
SALDANHA AND<br />
SÃO SEBASTIÃO<br />
Just north of Lisbon’s main park,<br />
these business districts also<br />
contain cultural attractions.<br />
SLEEP Fontana Park (2 Rua Eng Vieira<br />
da Silva, tel. 213 576212, fontanaparkhotel.com,<br />
rooms from €92) is designer<br />
INFO<br />
STAY 3 AND PAY 2*<br />
Lisbon (Portela)<br />
Airport is 7km<br />
north of the<br />
city centre.<br />
Bus The Aerobus<br />
leaves every 20-30<br />
minutes from 7am<br />
to 11pm for the city<br />
centre, terminating<br />
at Cais do Sodré.<br />
Tickets, which are<br />
valid all day, cost<br />
€3.95 and can be<br />
bought onboard.<br />
Taxi A 20-minute<br />
journey into the<br />
centre costs about<br />
€15, with an extra<br />
charge for luggage.<br />
Prices increase<br />
by 20% at night,<br />
weekends and<br />
on bank holidays.<br />
Tourist offi ce<br />
The Lisboa<br />
Welcome Centre,<br />
15 Rua do Arsenal<br />
(tel. 210 312700,<br />
visitlisboa.com).<br />
Valid for stays between the 01.08.<strong>2011</strong>-10.09.<strong>2011</strong>. *Based on the Best Available Rate.<br />
Send your request by email to reservations@fontanaparkhotel.com mentioning<br />
the following Promotion Code - BTHERE Magazine <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
www.fontanaparkhotel.com<br />
High hopes: the Festival<br />
dos Oceanos off ers a<br />
range of performances<br />
heaven, with Philippe Starck baths, a<br />
sushi bar and chic fittings throughout.<br />
EAT Eleven (Rua Marquês de Fronteira,<br />
tel. 213 862211) has had a Michelin star<br />
and offers dazzling views over Lisbon.<br />
CULTURE The Gulbenkian (45a Avenida<br />
da Berna) is Lisbon’s premier cultural<br />
centre, containing the city’s best art<br />
museum and, throughout August, a jazz<br />
festival that’s been drawing top<br />
international performers since 1984.<br />
SHOP Campo Pequeno shopping centre<br />
has an array of local and international<br />
stores; Lisbon’s beautiful pseudo-<br />
Moorish bullring has been artfully<br />
modified to sit right above it.<br />
LATER The Panorama Bar (1 Rua Latino<br />
Coelho) at the Sheraton Hotel offers the<br />
best view of the city that you’re likely to<br />
get outside of an aeroplane.<br />
TIP Many museums will participate in<br />
Museums Nights on 4 and 11 August,<br />
with events from 6pm to midnight.<br />
CHIADO<br />
The main shopping district in the<br />
historic centre, much of Chiado<br />
was rebuilt in a traditional style<br />
after a fire in the 1980s.<br />
SLEEP Hotel Borges (108 Rua Garret,<br />
tel. 213 461951, lisbonhotelborges.com,<br />
rooms from €90) is right on Chiado’s<br />
main shopping street. This historic little<br />
hotel offers simple, well-priced rooms.<br />
EAT Faz Gostos LX (11 Rua Nova da<br />
Trindade tel. 213 472249) is the newest<br />
opening from chef Duval Pestana who,<br />
after making a name for himself in Faro,<br />
has launched this restaurant in a former<br />
convent – bringing the freshest flavours<br />
of the Algarve with him.<br />
CULTURE The Teatro Nacional de São<br />
Carlos (9 Rua Serpa Pinto) is the city’s<br />
main opera house, with a suitably<br />
dramatic rococo interior.<br />
CAPARICA<br />
Lisbon’s nearest seaside resort<br />
has a fantastic beach.<br />
SLEEP Hotel Costa da Caparica<br />
(47 Avenida General Humberto Delgado,<br />
costacaparicahotel.com, rooms from<br />
€100) is big, brash and offers four-star<br />
comforts right on the beachfront.<br />
EAT O Barbas (Rua Praia, tel. 212<br />
900163) has two neighbouring branches<br />
serving fresh fish on the promenade.<br />
LATER Tarquinio Bar (Muralha da Praia)<br />
is where the local surfers hang out, and<br />
makes a great place to grab a beanbag<br />
and a cocktail or two.<br />
TIP Take the mini train from Caparica to<br />
one of the 19 other beach stops along<br />
the coast, each with its own character.<br />
€119 *<br />
FROM JUST<br />
RETURN,<br />
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