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Bairro Alto & Chiado
Two neighbourhoods, two very different personalities. Chiado invites days spent boutique-shopping, gallery-hopping and lingering in literary cafes. Its more rakish, party-loving neighbour is Bairro Alto, a tangle of lanes harbouring dozens of shabby-chic shops, late-night bistros and hole-in-the-wall bars. Swinging south, Cais do Sodré has reinvented itself from red-light district to nightlife hub.
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Getting There & Around
Top SightConvento do Carmo
Soaring ethereally above Lisbon, the Convento do Carmo, founded in 1389, was all but devoured by the 1755 earthquake. Its shattered pillars and wishbone-like arches are completely exposed to the elements. The Gothic nave collapsed on worshippers when the earthquake struck. The 19th-century taste for romantic ruins meant it was never restored, and it later became the archaeology museum you see today.
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Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to Lisbon
- Top Sights
- Eating
- Four Perfect Days
- Need to Know
- Lisbon Neighbourhoods
- Bairro Alto & Chiado
- Baixa & Rossio
- Alfama, Castelo & Graça
- Belém
- Parque das NaçÔes
- MarquĂȘs de Pombal, Rato & Saldanha
- Estrela, Lapa & AlcĂąntara
- Tram 28E
- Museu Nacional do Azulejo
- PalĂĄcio Nacional de Sintra
- Survival Guide
- Language
- Behind the Scenes
- Our Writers