The view from our hotel window, looking across Avenida
da
Liberdade; Castelo de São Jorge on the hill |
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Old Lisbon tram in Praça do
Comércio |
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Praça do Comércio |
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The comfortable hotel library in the lounge |
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The Elevador de Santa Justa - now just a lift to a
café, but in the past it gave access to the Bairro Alto |
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Towers of the Cathedral façade |
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Romanesque arches at the Cathedral transept |
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Ruins of the old Roman theatre, under excavation |
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Balconies near the Roman theatre |
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Praça do Comércio and the view
across the Tejo |
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Entrance to the Castelo de São Jorge |
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Portuguese flag at the top of the castle tower |
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Praça da Figueira, with the tram terminus
for the line to Belem |
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Building corner with Azulejos (the tiles) |
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Museum cat, outside Museo Arqueológico in
Chiado district |
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View over the Tejo to Ponte 25 de Abril from Alto de
Santa Catarina |
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Cat near Elevador da Bica, Santa Catarina |
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View down from Parque Eduardo VII to Avenida da
Liberdade |
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The town of Sintra, with the Castelo dos Mouros on the
skyline |
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The Palácio Real in Sintra, with amazing
kitchen chimneys |
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Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point on the European
mainland |
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Looking south from Cabo da Roca |
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South door of the Igreja de Santa Maria,
Bélem |
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In the cloisters of the Mosteiro dos
Jerónimos, Bélem |
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Another view of the cloisters - unusual in having two
levels |
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The Torre de Bélem, built to defend the river |
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The keep terrace of the Torre de Bélem from
the tower |
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The Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument to
the Discoveries), Belém |
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Mosteiro dos Jerónimos from the
Praça do Império, Belém |
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Refreshments for tired and thirsty tourists, Rua Augusta |
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