Tips and recommendations for your visit to Lisbon
A quiet diary of the city. Here you’ll find notes, impressions and favourite corners gathered by the owner of the apartments – small discoveries made over years of living and walking in Lisbon. Not a guide in the traditional sense, but a collection of lived moments that might just inspire your own route through the city.
Lisbon in Summer: A few ways to spend your days
There is a particular quality to summer in Lisbon that reveals itself almost immediately. The days grow longer, the light lingers well into the evening, and the city begins to open itself outward — towards the river, the sea, and the many small rituals that define this time of year.
Lisbon Sunsets
As the days stretch into long summer evenings, Lisbon offers countless places to pause and watch the sunset — each with its own quiet perspective over the city and the river.
Summer Festivals in Lisbon and Porto
As summer begins in Portugal, music becomes part of the landscape — drifting through parks, riverbanks and open-air stages. From Lisbon to Porto, the season unfolds through a series of festivals that shape the rhythm of the longer days and softer evenings.
Whether by the Tagus or the Douro, these moments offer more than a line-up — they become part of a slower, more considered way of experiencing the city.
A Slow Walk Through Lisbon’s Flea Market
A gentle morning in Lisbon begins at Feira da Ladra. Set near the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, this open-air market blends antiques, vintage finds and everyday objects in a relaxed setting. Take your time, wander the stalls and enjoy the easy rhythm of Campo de Santa Clara.
Gulbenkian Garden: Lisbon’s Timeless Blend of Art, Architecture and Nature
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation offers one of Lisbon’s most beautiful blends of art, architecture and garden design, from Ribeiro Telles’s iconic 1970s landscape to Kengo Kuma’s contemporary extension. A perfect spot for culture, quiet walks and summer picnics.
From Galicia to Caldas da Rainha: Discovering Bordallo’s Ceramics
A personal journey from early tavern ceramics to discovering Bordallo Pinheiro and choosing its botanical Portuguese tableware for Baixa House.
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