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...

  PRAÇA LUÍS DE CAMÕES Lisbon’s historic Praça Luís de Camões — named for a great literary figure — plays prominently in another masterpiece...

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...

  LISBON CATHEDRAL Se de Lisboa.  From a different perspective overlooking Rio Tagus. Image taken from Museu do Aljube – Resistencia e L...

  WELCOME TO DAMAS – YOU ARE HOME NOW Live view from my customary window seat at the incomparable Damas. You must visit this restaurant, b...

  BASILICA DA ESTRELA Basilica da Estrela. The 1790 landmark anchors a park-filled middle class Lisbon neighborhood.

  ALFAMA ALLEYS Fresh air break from Restaurante o Canto do Poeta. The night belongs to Fado. Alfama Lisbon Portugal. Photo pure, no e...

  RESTAURANTE O CANTO DO POETA Fado time Alfama Lisbon Portugal. Restaurante o Canto do Poeta — almost there.  Teresa will have my favorite ...

 UNIVERSAL DESIGN -- BLESSED BY THE HEAVENS I’ve always said Universal Design is sustainable, durable, flexible and valuable. Here, at Museu...

  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...

  ESTRELA STROLL Long stroll through Estrela. Love this beautiful working class Lisbon neighborhood filled with parks, churches and fabulo...

  ELEVADOR DA GLÓRIA The colorfully painted and always graffitied Elevador da Glória is a funicular in Santo António, Lisbon, Portugal.  It ...

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...