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Saturday 30 December 2017

Epic Honeymoon - Day 21 - Lisbon

Rooftops and cruise ships; a Lisboa kind of view!

Just as we would emerge from the hillside suburb where we were staying, we would meet a small square in front of Igreja de São Domingos. Adjacent to the church sits the barfront shop of A Ginjinha, which serves up the cherry liqueur we had been treated to at Tabuas two nights earlier. You will get a shot for €1.40 and can drink it right there on the square. It’s quite the popular spot!

Fancy a morning shot of cherry liqueur? A Ginjinha has got you covered!

On this next fine morning in Lisbon, we headed across to the east side of the city and made our way up the stairs and hills that lead to Castelo São Jorge. The walls along the way are beautifully decorated with various street arts and murals. There are a couple of places to stop along the way and take in the rooftop view over Lisbon.

Street art on the way up to the Castle.

Street art on the way up to the Castle.

Rooftop views of Lisbon.

We explored our way around the suburb, in and out of various souvenir shops and back down the other side of the mountain. We happened across Miradouro de Santa Luzia, which offers a sweeping view over the city and coastline where the cruise ships dock.

Entrance to Castelo São Jorge.

Views from Miradouro de Santa Luzia.

We continued down past the Lisbon Cathedral and stopped for lunch at D. Afonso o Gordo Restaurante Típico, whose menu we had eyed previously. The set menu of the day had some nice choices on it; unfortunately Avy wasn’t particularly happy with hers – the food was nice, just not what she had expected. Mine, on the other hand, was very nice!

D. Afonso o Gordo Restaurante Típico


Crossing the city back to Chiado, we stopped in for an afternoon coffee at A Brasileira, Lisbon’s oldest coffee shop. You might struggle to get a seat here, and when you do, you won’t have a huge amount of room! But the service was good and the coffee very nice, and reasonably priced, too.


After relaxing back at our room for a while, we wandered out to the Rossio area again in the evening and browsed around Rue Augusta for a while, stopping for another fancy ice cream at Amorino before calling it a night.

Another fancy icecream at Amorino!


Check out a super colourful Palace on Day 22!


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