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- rafalski
I booked free tickets for an extended weekend flight to Porto in Ryanair's weirdest promo ever last week.
Any suggestions regarding where-to-stays, must-sees/eats/drinks or whatevers? We'll probably head right to Lisbon from the day one. Is there a good direct connection from Porto airport?
- chrisRG0
if you stay more than a day in Lisbon, u should visit the Oceanaruim, I´ve been there a month ago, it is gorgeous, u feel like u were inside the ocean..
- rafalski0
Thank you chrisRG, my gf will love the oceanarium!
- subversve0
i was really impressed by the collection at the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian in lisbon.
http://www.museu.gulbenkian.pt/m…
you can get a great view of lisbon from the Castelo de Sao Jorge.
- Witt0
hello. i know little of Oporto but:
don't forget to visit:
http://www.casadamusica.com/defa…this restaurant is very good, so i hear:
http://www.dtonho.com/get a taxi to Campanhã Train Station and catch the ALFA train to Lisbon. about 3 hrs journey i think.
+ stuff about Oporto:
http://www.portoxxi.com/index.ph…
- rafalski0
Thanks for the input!
- oldelpaso0
yo im portuguese.
check out the Bairro Alto during the day for the underground/trendy shops(+a plethora of design studios - as well as a million examples of sticker art)
and at night all the little cafes turn into bars and ppl all hangout outside.. really gd vibesfailing that check Mosteiro Dos Jeronimos (gd photos)
Chiado (cofee shops) and the best kept secret in lisbon (my favourite)Estufa Fria - its like the Eden Project from the UK but in the middle of lisbon.. totally hidden. its like a jungle inthe middle of the city.. photo oppurtunity galore!!
have fun
- rafalski0
great stuff oldelpaso!
anyone in Lisbon with some time to kill a nt-beer this saturday or sunday?
- frankiefido0
i'll actually be in lisbon and porto in the beginning of march, first time there, so thanks for the tips.
- Witt0
so rafalski, wha speakest thou fram yer travellin unto the land of the uncanny unkenst?
- rafalski0
Just returned from Portugal a few hours ago. The trip was good, really inspiring. I still hear the language in my head.
I am living now in a country that has some similarities with Portugal: catholic heritage, Atlantic 'western end of Europe' feel, deceiptively cold sea, rainy winters and last but _definitely_ not least, omnipresent mould.
I loved the trip. I only had really met 4 Portuguese people before in my life (3 girls, 2 stunningly and unforgettably beautiful, one quite a tad less, still impressive national stats anyway).
I liked Lisboa. The best idea me and my gf had was to get a daily ticket and jump onto trams, especially around Alfama. That was a rollercoaster! The ticket worked for the Santa Justa Elevator and those unbelievable steep trams as well.
We enjoyed walking around Barrio Alto, it must be a vivid area in the summer.
There were some nice situations in less touristy places. One time we got on a tram and went somewhere west (not sure where) and got hungry, so stepped out to get something to eat. Got into some caffeteria with waiters who looked like they were on a boat cruise in the 70's. When we tried English on a waitress, she would run scared for someone speaking it.. (a lot of people do to be fair) And I had just asked if she spoke it so I could point a cookie with a finger..
Other time a granny who saw us looking at a city map on a bus stop took us 100 meters further to show us where a tourist info point was. She didn't ask if we wanted to follow her, she was one of those grannies who tell you how things are, no questions asked. I tried my Spanish on her, but she said something that sounded that Portuguese was the language to speak.Oporto was great - we had no preconception of it and the bridges blew us off - amazing views and a lovely town.
We neither had porto nor bacalhau in Portugal, so that we have a reason to go back there.
Overall.. it was great time there.
- Witt0
ahahah. loved the granny part. they're actually like that. glad you enjoyed it.
off from the touristic routes... that's when you start feeling the place.