Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility

MUSEU NACIONAL DO AZULEJO Casamento da Galinha is one of the most enigmatic tile panels at Lisbon’s Museu Nacional do Azulejo.  A chicken is...

FÁBRICA DE CERÂMICA VIÚVA LAMEGO The Viúva Lamego Ceramics Factory was founded in 1849 by António da Costa Lamego. This was the workshop of ...

FÁBRICA DE CERÂMICA DA VIÚVA LAMEGO  Viúva Lamego Ceramics Factory was founded in 1849. This was the showroom, on Largo Intendente. It fea...

LARGO DE INTENDENTE  Rounded corner building adorned with Portuguese tiles hosting a modest cafe with apartments above on Largo de Intendent...

THE COOLEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE WORLD Arroios, Lisbon, in Portugal was recently named the coolest neighborhood in the world by Time Out.  Th...

  MOURARIA LISBOA It would not be Lisbon without tons of laundry draped over small balconies, drying over tiled facades in 300 days of suns...

IGREJA DE SÃO DOMINGOS  Igreja de São Domingos is a church in Lisbon, Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument. The church was de...

  PANTEAO NACIONAL Daybreak over Baroque dome of Panteao Nacional on Alfama hill Lisbon. The 17th century Church of Santa Engrácia holds t...

  LARGO DA GRAÇA Largo da Graça is far from famous.  But this little hilltop oasis near Lisbon's highest point is one of my favorite tow...

CITY OF SEVEN HILLS Lisbon is so hilly that when I walked 13 miles per day, I felt like I was getting 20 miles worth of workout.  The inclin...

ELÉCTRICO 28 HISTÓRICO Be it poem, novel or short story — Pessoa, Saramago or a contemporary author — the historic trams of Lisbon figure pr...

  BAIXA TÍPICA Rua dos Fanqueiros, a typical narrow, azulejos-lined facades, low-rise, level street in the Baixa — the downtown of Lisbon, P...

  STREETSCAPES OF LISBOA Arroios’ mid-rise buildings feature ground floor retail, tiled facades, Juliet balconies, dormers and laundry hangi...

  LARGO DA GRACA Moon over Largo da Graca. This is not a famous plaza. It is not glamorous.  But we find it to be one of the most perfect ur...

  GRAÇA, OUR FAVORITE PART OF LISBON Graca's Le Joyeux Gourmet Mercearia tradicional e biológica is a traditional and organic grocery st...

  STREET ART This scene combines Portugal’s tradition of intricate tile facades with Graca’s love of street murals on a grand scale.  Lisbon...

RIO TAGUS  Heavily graffitied abandoned warehouses along Rio Tagus riverfront in Almada await redevelopment.  Ponte 25 de Abril, modeled aft...

  TEATRO NACIONAL D. MARIA II Teatro Nacional D. Maria II is located in the Rossio Square, in the center of Lisbon.  The Neoclassical theate...

  STAIRS OF LISBON Lisbon streets, especially in Alfama, often turn into staircases.  This is Escadinhas das Portas do Mar 4 at Rua Afonso d...

  PINK STREET  Pink Street in Lisbon, Portugal.  Yep, it’s literally painted pink and expressed on English, not Portuguese.  It used to be t...