Lisbon Through a Lens.

One thing that I really loved about Lisbon was the sense of history everywhere you looked. It is just such a  beautiful City, quite unlike others I have visited in western Europe and I wanted to finish off my Lisbon posts with some of my favourite images of the City – I hope you enjoy them!

Mercado de Ribeira, Lisbon, Portugal.

One of the things I was most looking forward to doing whilst I was in Lisbon was a walking tour with renowned journalist Celia Pederoso http://eatdrinkwalk.com/lisbon/ and so I was sad to learn that there weren’t going to be any walking tours over the period of time I was to be in Lisbon. Celia very…

Chapito Restaurant, Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal.

One of the recommendations inside the “mailbag” at the Memmo hotel was for a little restaurant called Chapito, just a short walk from the Castle and the perfect spot for lunch on our last day in Lisbon. I was interested to read that Chapito is in fact not just a restaurant, but is also home to…

Hotel Memmo, Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal

There are good hotels and then there are great hotels, trust me when I tell you that Memmo Alfama Hotel, located just metres away from the Cathedral and a short walk from the São Jorge Castle in the historic old quarter of Lisbon falls into the latter of these two categories.