Lisbon
Lisbon
A ‘soon to expire’ TAP travel voucher is taking the whole family to Lisbon for a few days in early April. (Porto was vetoed!)
Any advice on family friendly (boys aged 13 & 11) things to do or places to eat.
Bonus point if it is somewhere that will also satiate my thirst for port!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Any advice on family friendly (boys aged 13 & 11) things to do or places to eat.
Bonus point if it is somewhere that will also satiate my thirst for port!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Ben
-------
Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
-------
Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
Re: Lisbon
Ben - Send me a PM with your mobile number.
Re: Lisbon
Ben
-------
Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
-------
Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
Re: Lisbon
I have only been to Lisbon for one afternoon but can highly recommend a trip to Pasteis de Belém for the best custard tart experience on the planet
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
-
- Warre’s Otima 10 year old Tawny
- Posts: 654
- Joined: 13:22 Wed 17 Feb 2021
- Location: Douro Valley
Re: Lisbon
Beware, though, the queues can sometimes be daunting!DRT wrote: ↑10:48 Sun 20 Feb 2022 I have only been to Lisbon for one afternoon but can highly recommend a trip to Pasteis de Belém for the best custard tart experience on the planet
But I concur, absolutely worth a visit. I used to live quite near.
- Alex Bridgeman
- Fonseca 1966
- Posts: 15004
- Joined: 13:41 Mon 25 Jun 2007
- Location: Berkshire, UK
Re: Lisbon
I'm going to be in Lisbon later this year. If anyone has any restaurant recommendations for anything other than Pasteis de Belém (which is at the top of the list) then please be encouraged to put them in a reply.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Re: Lisbon
Time Out market for casual dining, drinking and possibly even dancing. If you don’t know of it, it’s a bit like Spitalfields now is but more covered and with communal tables such that you can each eat from a different caterer. We loved it, as did the boys who had burgers to our Portuguese options. I then followed it all with cheese and Port from another caterer.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Ben
-------
Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
-------
Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
-
- Warre’s Otima 10 year old Tawny
- Posts: 654
- Joined: 13:22 Wed 17 Feb 2021
- Location: Douro Valley
Re: Lisbon
I might have some. Let me put a list together and I'll post it here later.Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑18:27 Thu 04 Jan 2024 I'm going to be in Lisbon later this year. If anyone has any restaurant recommendations for anything other than Pasteis de Belém (which is at the top of the list) then please be encouraged to put them in a reply.
-
- Warre’s Otima 10 year old Tawny
- Posts: 654
- Joined: 13:22 Wed 17 Feb 2021
- Location: Douro Valley
Re: Lisbon
I sent them to Alex via WhatsApp (forgot I said I'd post them here), but I can retrieve them and post here if it's useful to more people.
- Alex Bridgeman
- Fonseca 1966
- Posts: 15004
- Joined: 13:41 Mon 25 Jun 2007
- Location: Berkshire, UK
Re: Lisbon
The Time Out Market was chaotic but great. We loved it.
Our one night of up-market dining was at Canalha, which was fabulous but make sure you book at least a week ahead.
We stumbled across Tabernha da Baixa on Rua dos Franqueiros by accident, but loved it. We got away with not having a booking by turning up at 6.30pm and looking hungry but by the time we left they were turning people away at the door.
Make sure you visit all three branches of Garrafeira Nacional to see what they have in their enomatic machines. They always have some rare and interesting things available by the (quite expensively priced) glass.
Avoid eating anywhere on Praça do Comércio. I had the most revolting Tosta Mista imaginable from one of the tourist trap cafés there. At least in St Marks Square in Venice you get served decent quality food at eye-watering prices. Not so much in Lisbon’s main square.
Our one night of up-market dining was at Canalha, which was fabulous but make sure you book at least a week ahead.
We stumbled across Tabernha da Baixa on Rua dos Franqueiros by accident, but loved it. We got away with not having a booking by turning up at 6.30pm and looking hungry but by the time we left they were turning people away at the door.
Make sure you visit all three branches of Garrafeira Nacional to see what they have in their enomatic machines. They always have some rare and interesting things available by the (quite expensively priced) glass.
Avoid eating anywhere on Praça do Comércio. I had the most revolting Tosta Mista imaginable from one of the tourist trap cafés there. At least in St Marks Square in Venice you get served decent quality food at eye-watering prices. Not so much in Lisbon’s main square.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
-
- Warre’s Otima 10 year old Tawny
- Posts: 654
- Joined: 13:22 Wed 17 Feb 2021
- Location: Douro Valley
Re: Lisbon
I'm having a hard time imagining what a revolting tosta mista even looks/tastes like.
But yes, avoid Terreiro do Paço/Praça do Comércio (except for sightseeing).
But yes, avoid Terreiro do Paço/Praça do Comércio (except for sightseeing).
- Alex Bridgeman
- Fonseca 1966
- Posts: 15004
- Joined: 13:41 Mon 25 Jun 2007
- Location: Berkshire, UK
Re: Lisbon
That was the trap I fell in to. How can you get a toasted cheese and ham sandwich wrong?
Oh boy, they managed it. It was not just inedible, a bite of it made my stomach churn. Very slightly toasted bread (on the outside) with what tasted like melted margarine poured on the top. Jeez!
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
-
- Warre’s Otima 10 year old Tawny
- Posts: 654
- Joined: 13:22 Wed 17 Feb 2021
- Location: Douro Valley
Re: Lisbon
Good god.