Lisbon is known as a city that was built on seven hills. There are other cities claimed to be built on seven hills: Roma, Athens, Kiev, Budapest, Vilnius, Plovdiv, Barcelona and more. I was surprised to find a big article about seven hills cities on Wikipedia. Anyway, I mentioned hills just because if there are any — there should be nice views over the place!

7 hills views, Lisbon

There is a castle of Sao Jorge in the heart of the city, we were really happy to explore the area around it. It is the oldest part of Lisbon.

Two museums to visit in Lisbon Art is important if you want to understand country’s history. An experience of visiting museums and national art galleries is almost like watching an interactive movie: you are basically pathing by the most important events, influential figures, beautiful spots of that country — you can learn almost everything you have to know about the history of the place. 1.The first museum to learn about 12–19 century of Portugal is National Museum of Antique Art. Enjoy the view from the garden of the museum!

The view from National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon

Some names of painters that could be interesting: Nicolas de Largilliero, Antonio Pereda y Salgado.

Two painters that I was happy to find for the first time in my life: Albrecht Durer and Hieronymus Bosch.

2. The second museum is Berardo Collection Museum. A story about this place surprised me very much: previously the entire collection was private. Actually it is still private but everyone is able to enjoy it for free. It is one of the most representative collection of the 20th centuries art I have ever seen. Here you can find Picasso, Miro, Mondrian, Magritte, Warhol etc.

Places with good wi-fi and working atmosphere During my stay I discovered two great places, where I was able to work comfortably. I did not visit any coworkings because all of them were either full or I did not like pictures of their interiors. That is why I was looking for an alternative and I found it in a Berardo’s Museum of contemporary art cafes and a cafe hidden in Alfama. 1.I did not take pictures inside of the museum’s cafe, but you can be sure that there are lot of tables, chargers, comfortable chairs and good wifi. The place is also quite in case you need to concentrate.

2. The second place with good wi-fi and working atmosphere is Cafe Cultura Portuguesa, located in Alfama (the central districts). Welcoming staff, good coffee, biscuits, fresh salads and pizza. It was also quite, usually just a few people sitting with their laptops.

Four places near by to travel from Lisbon First of all, you should visit Cascais, Sintra, Carcavelos and Cabo da Roca. Those are the closest destinations from Lisbon. We were staying in Lisbon less than a week and visited only Cascais and Carcavelos, but I am going to narrate you about Sintra and Cabo da Roca as well because I explore everything about these places too. Almost all of them you can reach by train in around 20–40 min. Only to get to Cabo da Roca you have to take a bus from Sintra. 1. Cascais is a village, where Taho river enters into the Atlantic ocean. Mixing of the river and the ocean make this place special. Cascais is good for walking and relaxing, food is great too and cheaper than in Lisbon.

2. Sintra is a small town too. The main reason to visit this place is a beautiful castle. You will recognize Sintra’s landscape with the castle on a huge number of Portugal painters’ pictures. We visited Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon where we were surprised by similar fairytale-like landscape occurring on different paintings, after all, the landscape turned out to be really existing in Sintra.

Sintra 2015, Portugal

3. Carcavelos is one of the most famous beaches close to Lisbon. It is a great idea to visit it at night :)

Carcavelos beach, Lisbon (The pictures of the beach are not mine, I was here always per night, so I took some from the Internet)

4. Finally, Cabo da Roca — the most western point of Europe. As I have already told you, to visit this place you have to take a bus from Sintra. Cabo da Roca is a pure nature. It is a very powerful place, here you can see how ocean loves the earth:

Cabo Da Roca, Portugal

- What can I say in the end?!

- Enjoying Lisbon was really enjoyable :)