“Alice came to a fork in
the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked.
'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat.
'I don't know,' Alice answered.
'Then,' said the Cat, 'it doesn't matter.”
Lewis Carroll, Alice in
Wonderland'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat.
'I don't know,' Alice answered.
'Then,' said the Cat, 'it doesn't matter.”
Despite to Alice, I knew
where I wanted to go. Four months ago, I was sneakily searching cheap Barcelona tickets
in the office. And I made it, I found some cheap tickets but just
because of my laziness, I did not buy them on that day.
Very next day, those
cheap tickets weren’t that cheap any more. So I cancelled my Barcelona trip but
did not give up, I continued my research.
Et voilà ! I found new tickets
but this time to LISBON!!!
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| Lisbon Air View |
We can divide Lisbon to 10.
You can find below top ten places in Lisbon;
1. Baxia and Rossio
2. Sé, Castelo and Alfama
3. Chiado
4. Bairro Alto
5. Estrela, Lapa and Santos
6. Belém adn Ajuda
7. Avenida, Gulbenkian and Parque Eduardo
8. Sintra
9. Lisbon coast
10. Parque das Naçoes
Our hotel was very close to section 7; Avenida,
Gulbenkian and Parque Eduardo. So first day, right after leaving our luggage to
hotel we went to “Museu Calouste Gulbenkian”. Taking pictures is not allowed so I only took pictures of museum ducks.
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| Ducks of the museum |
Admission fee is € 8 but you can have a discount if you have Lisbon Card (http://www.golisbon.com/Lisboa-Card/)
After Museum; we headed to Avenida and Parque Eduardo (Well, actually there is nothing special at Parque Eduardo)
Avenida or Avenida Da Liberdade is main boulevard of the city. This 1.3 km connects boulevard to Parque Eduardo, at the end of it you can reach to Baxia and Rossio.Avenida is a posh and nice place. It is covered with luxury brands like Prada, Louis Vuitton and palm trees. It is nice walk there.
If you feel hungry you can stop by “marisqueira santa marta” and have nice fishes. But please keep in my; the place is not open at lunch hours. (http://www.marisqueirasantamarta.pt.vu/)
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Forgot to take pictures of fancy shops |
Every European city has a straight street where you
can find almost everything. Straight Street of Lisbon is called Rua Augusta.
Rua Augusta is main Pedestrian Street of Baixa.
So Baixa and of course Rua Augusto is located between
Rossio and Praça do Comércio. If you are fancy in traditonaol travel shopping (like buying magnets and key chains as souvenirs) Rua Augusto is
the right place. The street is covered with souvenir shops, stores like Zara, Mango and you can also find resturants, cafes.
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| Rua Augusto at night |
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| Arch and Rua Augusto |
Maybe you know maybe not, on 1755 a great earthquake
was occurred in Lisbon. Lisbon was totally destroyed. After earthquake, the
city was rebuilt and in order to remember this enormous catastrophe Rua Augusto
Arch was built.
Severity of damage done by earthquake and hugeness of
the arch is parallel. You’ll see four statues, they represent
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Nuno Alvares Pereira
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Sebastião José de Carvalho e
Melo
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Marquis of Pombal
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Vasco da Gama
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| Who wants to take a picture? |
Before the earthquake, Praça do Comércio was home of royal buildings. But today it is a square which is located near to Tagus River where people meet.
So in the middle of square a king welcomes you. Don José was the king of Portugal at the time of 1755 earthquake.
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| Long Live The King |
The Square was also main scene of political acts; in 1908 King and his was killed in there and in 25 May 1974 with Carnation Revolution the regime of the Estado Novo was overthrew. Billions of people gathered there during the Revolution.
You'll love the view which seen from square. Tagus River, 25th of April Bridge and Jesus Christ monument. If you like take pictures of the sunset Praça do Comércio is the right place.
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| Love |
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| More Rua Augusto |
