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Portugal

Lisbon

The city's best tables, markets and bars, chosen by the writers who live there.

Coffee & sweetCustard Tart Crawl: Lisbon's Pastel de Nata Pilgrimage
The Lisbon featureLisbon's Sweet and Salt: Custard, Seafood and the Markets of the TagusA custard tart recipe that's been a guarded secret since 1837, a market that's literally half of a 19th-century building, and the seafood that explains why Lisbon eats the way it does.

Street food

  1. Street foodLisbon in June: Sardines, Saints and a City on FireSanto António festival with street food and sardines

Tables

  1. TablesGrilled Fish and Cold Atlantic in Ericeira, an Hour from LisbonEriceira day trip with seafood kitchens and beaches
  2. TablesThe Flat Atlantic Day Trip from Lisbon to CascaisDay trip with seafood and coastal dining in Cascais
  3. TablesHow to Walk Lisbon's Mouraria After DarkNight walk with fado and Mozambican food highlights
  4. TablesThe Tasca Table: Lisbon's Tiny Taverns That Still Feed the CityLisbon's tascas with booking and seating advice
  5. TablesSlow Lunches and Old Trams in Lisbon's Lapa and EstrelaSlow lunch and tram ride through quiet Lisbon districts
  6. TablesSlow Lisbon Days, Seafood Lunches and Easy October EscapesSeafood lunches and easy day trips in Lisbon
  7. TablesGraça on Foot for Lisbon's Highest Views, Gardens and LunchLunch and garden views on Lisbon's highest hill
  8. TablesThe Factory Under the Bridge: Lisbon's LX Factory and the Creative Quarter That Refused to QuitLX Factory creative quarter with honest restaurant reviews
  9. TablesHow I Spend a Rainy October Day in LisbonRainy day Lisbon food and museum options
  10. TablesLisbon Marathon Weekend Along the TagusMarathon weekend with riverside dining suggestions

Bars

  1. BarsLisbon's Oldest Conversation With ItselfWalk through Lisbon's fado houses with group advice
  2. BarsThe Best Rooftop Bars in LisbonBest rooftop bars in Lisbon with practical details
  3. BarsLisbon Kiosk Evenings From the Viewpoints to the RiverLisbon kiosks for casual outdoor drinking and music
  4. BarsThe Viewpoint Ritual: Lisbon's Sunset Miradouros and the City at Its FeetSunset viewpoints and rooftops for evening drinks

Coffee & sweet

  1. Coffee & sweetCustard Tart Crawl: Lisbon's Pastel de Nata PilgrimagePastel de nata bakery crawl with top local picks

Where to sleep in Lisbon: the Lisbon hotel directory

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