LISBON PICTURES

Sunday, September 18, 2016

TO TAKE A WALK ALONG THE RIVER TILL BELÉM.


A major river, the Tagus is brought to mind in the songs and stories of the Portuguese. A popular fado song in Lisbon notes that while people get older, the Tagus remains young ("My hair getting white, the Tagus is always young"). The author, Fernando Pessoa, wrote a poem that begins: "The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village..




Les Lisboètes surnomment son estuaire mer de Paille (en portugais Mar da palha), à cause de sa couleur en fin de journée, lorsque le soleil couchant fait scintiller de jaune cette vaste étendue d'eau entre Lisbonne et Almada. 


THIS COURSE IS PARALLEL TO THE TRAM 15 ROUTE 














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AROUND "CAIS DO SODRÉ"






100 meters to the left of the train station "Cais do Sodré" and the metro station "Cais do Sodré", you can find the Time Out Market, "Mercado da Ribeira"

TIME OUT MARKET (MERCADO DA RIBEIRA)


















































1 - BETWEEN "CAIS DO SODRÉ" AND "SANTOS"






































2 - BETWEEN "SANTOS" AND "ALCÂNTARA"











YOU CAN CROSS THE RAILWAY AND CLIMB THE STAIRS IN FRONT TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE "MUSEU DE ARTE ANTIGA"













































DOCAS

































3 - BETWEEN "ALCÂNTARA" AND "BELÉM"















































 

MAAT








































TIP: TAKE A DETOUR TO PROVE THE FAMOUS "PASTEIS DE BELÉM"



 

A - FLUVIAL STATION ( ESTAÇÃO FLUVIAL ) - 
FERRIES ( TRAFARIA + PORTO BRANDÂO ) + PARKING

C - PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS





B - BELÉM TRAIN STATION





TICKETS AND VALIDATION

D- PRAÇA AFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE










E - PASTEIS DE BELÉM


PASTEIS DE BELÉM 

F - MOSTEIRO DOS JERÓNIMOS





BETWEEN TRAIN STATION OF "BELÉM" AND "TORRE DE BELÉM"