- Touted as a modern metropolis to rival London and packed with places of interest, Lisbon is a city that is really going places.
- Boasting a terrace, a restaurant as well as a bar, TURIM Boulevard Hotel is set in the centre of Lisbon, less than 1 km from Rossio.
- The most famous dessert in Lisbon is the traditional Pastel de Nata (custard tart), made in a former factory in Belém, better known as Pastel de Belém.
- Lisbon’s most iconic monument rises from the river, where it served as a beacon to the many explorers who departed from this site in the 15th and 16th centuries.
- Lisbon is one of those destinations blessed both by nature and by civilization, a city which knows how to make the best of its endowments.
- Pass beneath the triumphal arch, a tribute to the city’s reconstruction, and on to Rua Augusta to another of Lisbon’s great squares, the Rossio.
- The Castle was freed from the Moorish in 1147 by king Alfonso Henriques thanks to the help of the crusaders, during an episode known as the Siege of Lisbon.
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- Opposite the river is the “Door to Lisbon” – Arco da Rua Augusta, the huge arch leads to the shopping boulevard and absolute center of Lisbon.
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