Recommended stay time

Two nights and three days. Staying both nights in Lisbon

Currency (Euro)

EUR	USD
1	1.12

Transport

Lisbon is not the type of city that has everything in the same you would want to see in the sae area. Also, it has a lot of hills, which makes walking harder but not impossible. I used a mix of public transportation, uber/cabify, walking and even rent a scooter of Lime.

To go from Lisbon to Sintra, we rented a car which was cheap and perfect for what we needed.

Accomodation

The accomodation in Lisbon is very budget friendly. There are a lot of hostels and most of them include breakfast. We stayed in a Hostel private room for three near the Alfama neighborhood. It was B. Mar Hostels & Suits.

Activities

Enjoy the views in the different viewing points that this city has to offer. I can recommend:

• Santa Luzia
• Gracia
• Santa Catalina
• Senhora do Monte
• Das Portas da Sol

Visite the cathedral of Lisbon, called La sé. Go to Praça do Comércio, one of the most importants squares in Lisbon because it was where the royal palace was located for many years. There you can see the arch of triumph. After that you can go to the neighborhood Belem and enjoy the sunset at the Belem Tower.

In Sintra we went directly to the Pena Palace, which is more than just a palace because there’s an huge park before getting to the actual palace. The views are incredible and diverse.

Food tips

Since we had breakfast included in our hostel, we were only looking for lunch and dinner. In my personal experience I couldn’t visit as many restaurants as I wanted because we arrived on the 25th of december and almost everything was closed. So we ate kebab once and went to two restaurants. One in the city center near the Plaça do Comércio and the other right next to our hostel. The first one was big but the food was really basic and expensive. The second one, A Tasca do Poeta, was tiny, but the service and the food were awesome and had good prices. In both we tried typical food that is pretty much based on seafood. When we went to Sintra we brought snacks and didn’t eat there.

Packing

Depends a lot on the season but I highly recommend comfy sneakers due to the hills of the city and the castle in Sintra.