Lisbon, like Rome, is a city built upon 7 hills. At various locations in the city there are vantage points, or as the Portuguese call them, miradouros. I'd looked up some of them on google maps and tripsdvisor and wikitravel, but at the end I just ended up sitting out various tram routes with my
Viva viagem (7 colinas) card and going where I wanted, and getting off whenever I saw a new miradouro. As far as travel goes this is not a bad of getting about and around. The miradouros, with their view of the Pacific and most of all the red-tiled rooftops and white buildings.
Fun fact - the word 'colinas' apparently means hills, ergo the 7 colinas travelcard.
This was my itinerary for that day.
→walk from the hostel to Chiado,
then get on tram 28
(get off at Portas Sol)
3. St. George's Castle (Castelo de Sao Jorge) (5
euros, located on the highest of Lisbon’s 7 hills) (visit Miradouro
de Santa Luzia nearby and Lisbon Cathedral [entrance fee 3.50], oldest building
in the city)
4.
Miradouro da Senhora do Monte (tram 28 uphill, get off at Graca)
→Take 28 tram back to Chiado, walk
4 minutes to Baixa-Chiado station and go to:
5. Santa Justa elevator (Metro: Baixa-Chiado Station)
And as we always do, another photo entry.
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| The Jeronimos Monastery - ciao ciao! |
And here we are, off to catch the tram again.
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| On the tram |
This was probably my favourite miradouro view, the perfect blend of buildings, the sea and the skies.
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| Again, my favourite miradouro |
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