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Restaurante do Forte

The fort of São Tiago is a fabulous setting for a restaurant, and the food lives up its expectations. The decoration is sophisticated but warm, a mix of both contemporary and historic features.

Summertime

National Portuguese cuisine with a very friendly and helpful staff.

Estrela da Bica

This café / restaurant / bar has a pretty relaxed setting, quirky decor and great food at low prices. They have 3 traditional dishes with a Mediterranean twist, one of meat, another for fish, and a vegetarian option. The starters are tasty too, with bruschettas, guacamole and other fusion elements on the menu, [...]

Insulíndia

A Manteigaria apresenta a sua primeira exposição da autoria de Leonor Amaral Dias e Mariana Dias da Cunha. Intitulada ‘Insulíndia’, esta obra explora a formação de continentes através da pintura, instalação e performance, sob uma práctica colaborativa. Aqui não existem fronteiras e limites. Uma nova identidade é estabelecida através de um movimento orgânico [...]

Parc Diderot

A beautiful little park and a very creative solution by landscape architect Alain Provost, in response to a sloping site near La Defense. The ground is sculpted into a series of waves, creating a literally rolling hillside. The central cascade with Zen-style rock formations, and the impeccably maintained rolling hedges and flower beds.

Centre Pompidou

One of Europe’s leading cultural institutions, with cinema, theatre, and contemporary arts collections housed under one roof. The landmark building designed by Renzo Piano and Sir Richard Rogers has iconic color-coded ducts on the outside of the building are not only aesthetic, but symbolize blue for air, green for fluids, yellow for electricity [...]

Mary’s Fish Camp

This tiny, sunny spot in the West Village is hugely popular for its world-class lobster rolls and other delicious dishes like oysters and Canadian steamers- well worth waiting the long time to be seated!

Galeria António Prates

Created in 1996, the gallery dedicates itself to contemporary art, presenting shows by young or acclaimed artists who already have some recognition in the art world both nationally and internationally. All its solo exhibitions are accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue in at least two languages (usually English and Portuguese). The Gallery has held two [...]

Mude – Museu do Design e da Moda

Ricardo Carvalho & Joana Vilhena Arquitectos were hired to renovate the dilapidated, five storey neoclassical building in Lisbon’s historic centre, which would be home to the new Mude. Most of the 1.4 million euro budget was spent on structural improvements, and the top floors are still not complete. Taking inspiration from projects [...]

Museu da Electricidade

Lisbon’s former electricity plant is an architectural landmark, built in the European industrial style of the time. Located on the Tejo river front in Belém, it has been open since 2006 as a museum dedicated to the evolution of energy technology, also featuring a varied program of contemporary arts and culture, such as [...]