Being a tourist in Lisbon

Lisbon is good to know by foot, if you are not scared by up and down streets... Lisbon is called the seven hills city...

Alfama
Alfama is the historical part of Lisbon. It is one of the only neighbourhood which has not been destroyed by the earthquake occured in 1755.
Little streets, stairs, clothes hanging at the windows, orange trees... Alfama is the typical post card of Lisbon, and you will probably love it !

Bairro Alto
The Bairro Alto is most of all known for its nightlife. It is the place where youth joins at night to have a drink (or maybe 2... ?), to listen to live music in the countless bars, or just to hang on in the streets... which are often full of people, above all during the week end!
By day, the neighbourhood is way more quiet! You would never guess that there are so many bars open there at night...Nevertheless, it is really pleasant to have a walk there... it is a popular neighbourhood with real people living there (but probably barely sleeping...), and it is a good opportunity to discover all the graffitis covering the walls you hadn´t noticed at night, and which are part of the pleasantness of this place.

Belém
Belém is situated at 6 km from the city center, but it´s worth it! It is the place where the navigators left from, and has monuments dedicated to them... monument of the navigators, torre de Belém, compass rose, and also the famous Mosteiro dos Jeronimos.
Last but not least, the most interesting thing you will find in Belém are its famous cakes, the "pasteis de Belém"... which are like little heavens made of cream and canela...always crowdy, the official cakebaking is open til very late at night.

Museu das aguas livres and the Acqueduto
It was in where the Museu das Aguas Livres where was stocked the water to go in the acqueduc to deliver it for the all city. Delphine was there in her last days in Lisboa, acting as a tourist...
It is beautiful, and it worth a visit. It's 3 €, there is sometime an exhibition (not so often), there is a big room with the stock of water, and upstairs a great view on Lisbon. There is not so much things to see, but as a tourist it's interesting.



Then you can go to the Acqueduc. Take a map (a good one) , it was difficult to find for two French and two lisboetas.
There you can walk on the Acqueduc you will see each time you go to Sete Rios to take a bus or in Universidade Nova de Lisboa to prepare a coffee break. It is also 3€, it's expensive because there is not so much thing to do. But as you are a tourist, it worths it, because there is a great view and you won't do it a segund time.