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A yellow Remodelado tram, line 28, stopped in a Lisbon street

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Riding tram 28 through Lisbon

The old yellow tram that grinds up and down Lisbon's steepest hills — thoroughly touristy, and still worth doing once.

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Aerial view of the Castelo de São Jorge on its hill above Alfama's rooftops

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Castelo de São Jorge and the view over Lisbon

A Moorish castle on the highest of Lisbon's hills, above Alfama, with the widest view over the city and the river —…

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Diners at candlelit tables under bunting on a Bairro Alto street in the evening

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Bairro Alto and Príncipe Real — Lisbon in the evening

Two hillside neighbourhoods above Chiado that come into their own in the late afternoon and evening — a tight bar grid and…

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The wave-patterned pavement and fountain of Rossio square in the Baixa

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Baixa and Chiado — Lisbon’s downtown

A flat grid of streets rebuilt on a clean plan after the 1755 earthquake, running from the riverfront square up to the…

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A cobbled street lined with restaurant tables near Cacilhas and Almada

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Almada Velha and the Boca do Vento lift

The small old centre of Almada above Cacilhas, with viewpoints straight across at Lisbon and a glass lift down the cliff to…

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The view from the Arriba Fóssil over the Mata Nacional dos Medos pine forest to the beach

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Mata dos Medos and the Arriba Fóssil — pine forest and fossil cliffs

Behind the Caparica beaches, a wall of ochre and red fossil sea-cliffs with a protected umbrella-pine forest along the top — an…

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Torre de Belém on the Tagus at sunset, Lisbon

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Belém — the monastery, the tower and the custard tarts

Lisbon's riverside monument quarter: a Manueline monastery, a fort in the water, and the original pastéis de Belém.

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View over the rooftops of Alfama and the Tagus from the Santa Luzia viewpoint, Lisbon

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Alfama — Lisbon’s oldest quarter

The tangle of lanes below the castle: viewpoints, tram 28, fado in the evening, and how to walk it.

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Cristo Rei statue above the 25 de Abril bridge and Lisbon at sunset

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Cristo Rei — the view over Lisbon from Almada

The open-armed statue on the south bank, and the widest view there is of Lisbon and the 25 de Abril bridge.

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