Operating since 1840, the oldest tavern in Lisbon, whose story was sung in fado, attractive for its typically Portuguese savory snacks.

The first botequins [a shop selling groceries and beverages] in Lisbon were opened in the 18th century by Italians, the very first being the Botequim do Nicola. Famous for being Bocage’s home away from home (a very popular poet from the 18th century, still there in sculptural form), the Nicola was also a meeting place for other writers, artists and politicians, so much so that it gained the nickname the “Academy”.

Inaugurated in 1846, on the same place as Palácio dos Estaus used to be, the court and the headquarters of the Inquisition.

Built in Neo-Manueline style, a 19th century revivalism of the unique Portuguese late-gothic Manueline, this remarkable station and monument, from 1891 has been listed as a building of public interest since 1971. It’s the city most central train station and connects Lisbon to Sintra a stunning protected natural park with fairy tail palaces "popping out" of the forest.

Officially named Praça D. Pedro IV, a king that runned away from the French invasion to Brasil, where he setled the "new portuguese capital", asking his people to "be nice to the french ones". An emblematic square, since the Roman period in Lisbon, a place for fairs and markets, it was a hippodrome, bullring, seat of the inquisition, eventually a meeting place for poets, writers and politicians. Nowadays it remains one of the busiest places in the city, where you can find some historic cafes, the traditional florists and the National Theater D. Maria II. It was here that the "Calçada Portuguesa" pavement, made with basalt and limestone was used for the first time in 1848. (Tip: visit at night to see the fountains illuminated.)