LISBON- 2025
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Basic information about Portugal:

Official Language: Portuguese
Capital: Lisbon
ISO code: PT
Currency: Euro
Population of Portugal: About 10 Million
Dialing Code: +351
Electricity: 220 volts, 50 Hz, with round-prong-style plugs
 
The Portuguese Language is the sixth most spoken language in the world and is spoken as official language in nine countries: (Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde and São Tomé and Principe). It is also spoken in the Chinese autonomous territory of Macau.
 
Emergency Number: 112.  You can then ask for Police (Policia), for an Ambulance (Ambulância) or for the fire department (Bombeiros) 

Public Holidays: 
1 January: New Year's Day (Ano Novo)
25 April: Freedom Day (Dia da Liberdade)
1 May: Labour Day (Dia do Trabalhador)
10 June: Portugal National Day (Dia de Portugal)
13 June: St Anthony's Day (in Lisbon only)
24 June: St John's Day (In Porto, Braga, Figueira da Foz and Almada only)
15 August: Assumption of Mary (Assunção de Nossa Senhora)
5 October: Republic Day (Implantação da República)
1 November: All Saints' Day (Todos os Santos)
1 December: Restoration of Independence Day (Restauração da Independência)
8 December: Immaculate Conception (Imaculada Conceição)
24 December: Christmas Eve (Banks are closed)
25 December: Christmas Day (Natal)
 
 
It varies: 
Good Friday (Sexta-feira Santa). Friday before easter Sunday
Corpus Christi (Corpo de Deus). Second Thursday after Whitsun

Good Friday, Easter and Corpus Christi for the next years:
2026: 3+5.April  ;  4.June
2027: 26+28 March. ; 27.May
2028: 14+16.April. ;  15.June
2029: 30.March + 1.April ;  31.May
2030: 19 + 21.April. ; 20.June
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RESTAURANTS: 

• Pap’Açôrda: On the first floor of the Time out Market. Av. 24 de Julho, Mercado do Ribeira, 47. 1200-479 Lisboa. www.papacorda.com
• The Decadente: R. São Pedro de Alcântara, 81. 1250-238 Lisboa. Tel: 21 346 1381. www.thedecadente.pt . 
• Conqvistador: Castelo de São Jorge, Lisbon. Tel: 21 881 0463
• Pão de Canela: praça das Flores, 27.  1200 Lisbon. Tel: 21 397 2220. www.paodecanela.com . Great for breakfast and brunch
• Delfina: Praça do Municipio 21. Tel: 21 269 7445. www.almalusahotels.com/delfina
• JNcQUOI Avenida: Avenida Liberdade, 182. Tel: 21 936 9900. www.jnxquoi.com
• Il Mercato. Páteo Bagatela. Tel: 21 193 0941. www.ilmercato.pt
• Solar dos Presuntos: www.solardospresuntos.com
• Cervejaria Ramiro: Avenida Almirante Reis, 1. Tel: 969 839 472.  www.cervejariaramiro.com
• Tapisco: Rua de D. Pedro V,81. Tel: 21 342 0681. www.tapisco.pt
• A Cevicheria: Rua de D. Pedro V, 129. Tel: 21 803 8815.  www.acevicheria.pt
• Boubou's: Rua do Monte de Olivetti, 32A. Tel: 21 347 0804.  www.boubous.com
• Bairro do Avillez: www.bairrodaavilez.pt
• Galeto: Av. da Rebulica, 14. Tel: 21 354 4444. Open until 2am
• Time out Market (Mercado da Ribeira): Av. 24 de Julho. Tel: 21 060 7403. www.timeoutmarket.com/lisboa
• Grenache:  Patio de Dom Fradique. About 30 m from the Castelo walls. Nice quiet place behind the big Red doors with very good French cuisine. Tel: 218 871616. www.grenache.pt . They change menu once a month.
• Este Oeste: Praça do Império 1449. Inside the Centro Cultural de Belém. Nice terrace


• Café no Chiado: Largo do Picadeiro, 10-12. Tel: 21 346 0501. From Monday to Thursday they have life Fado in the evenings. 
• Café A Brasileira: Rua Garrett. 120. Tel: 21 346 9541. One of the oldest cafes in Lisbon but always crowded with tourists.

Jazz Bars:
Groove Bar, R. da Rosa 148, Lisboa, Portugal +351 21 346 1417
Jamaica Bar, R. Nova do Carvalho 6, Lisboa, Portugal +351 21 342 1859
Páginas Tantas, R. do Diário de Notícias 85, Lisbon, Portugal +351 966 249 005
Alface Hall, R. do Norte 96, Lisbon, Portugal +351 213 433 293
Hot Clube de Portugal, Praça da Alegria, 39, Lisbon, Portugal +351 21 346 03 05
 
BARS:

• Portas Largas, R. da Atalaia 105, Príncipe Real.  +351 21 346 6379
• Casa da Praia. Rua de D. Pedro V, 5. +351 913 738 899. Wine and Tapas Bar.
• Uva Livre: Rua de São Bento, 106. +351 968 072 024. Wine Bar
• Bali Bar, Rua do Norte, 117, Bairro Alto. +351 918 576 490
• BA Wine Bar do Bairro Alto, Rua da Rosa, 107.  +351 21 346 1182
• Hot Clube Portugal, Praça da Alegria, 39. +351 21 346 03 05
• Old Pharmacy Wine Inn, Rua do Diario de Noticias 73-81. , +351 920 230 
• Artis Bar, Rua Diario de Noticias, 95.  +351 213 424 795
• Tasca do Chico, Rua do Diário de Notícias, 39.  +351 961 339 696
• Terrace BA, Bairro Alto Hotel, Bairro Alto Hotel, Praca Luis de camoes, 2. +351 21 340 82 88​

​MUSEUMS:

• Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Avenida de Berna 45a, https://gulbenkian.pt/museu/en/welcome/. (Closed until July 2026)
• CAM (Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian): Rua Marquês de Fronteira. Tel: 21 782 3474. www.gulbenkian.pt 
• Museu Coleção Berardo, Praça do Império, Belem. www.museuberardo.pt. Open daily, 10:00- 18:30 . Modern & Contemporary Art
• Mosteiro dos Jerónimos: Praça do Império, Belém. Tel: 21 362 0034. www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt 
• Museu de Marinha: Praça do Império, Belém. Tel: 21 097 7388. www.ccm.marinha.pt 
• Museu National do Azulejo: Rua Madre de Deus 4, http://www.museudoazulejo.gov.pt
• Medeiros  e Almeida Museum, Rua Rosa Araujo 41,  http://www.casa-museumedeirosealmeida.pt
• Fundação Arpad Szenes-Vieira Da Silva. Praça das Amoreiras, 56. www.fasvs.pt  
• MACAM (Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins). Rua da Junqueira, 66. Tel: 21 872 7400. www.macam.pt 
• MUDE (Museu do Design e da Moda): Rua Augusta, 24. Tel: 21 817 1892. 
• Archaeological Nucleus: Rua Augusta, 76. Tel: 808 203 232. www.cm-lisboa.pt 
• Museu do Fado: Avenida Inf. D. Henrique, 34. Tel: 21 882 3470. www.museudofado.pt 

Food:
The Main Bigger Supermarkets are: Continente (www.continente.pt) , Pingo Doce (www.pingodoce.pt) , El Corte Ingles (www.elcorteingles.pt ), Auchan (www.auchan.pt ), Intermarche (www.intermarche.pt , Lidl (www.lidl.pt ), Aldi (www.aldi.pt )
The Pingo Doce next to the Elevador do Castelo: They deliver from 09-11; 11-13; 13-15; 15-17. Open from 09:00-21:00. Tel: 808 204 545.
 
Other places good to know:

• El Corte Ingles: Av. António Augusto de Aguiar 31. It  has the best gourmet selection on the top floor and a huge supermarket on the bottom floor. https://www.elcorteingles.pt  

• Mercado da Ribeira (Time Out market). Av. 24 de Julho s/n. Open from 10:00-24:00. Thursdays to Saturday until 2am. Mainly a high class Food court with lots of restaurants and also market 
• Mercado da Figueira. Praça da Figueira, 10.  Nice quality foods and wines.
• Mercado de Campo de Ourique. R. Coelho da Rocha 104. They have gourmet food stalls. Open from 10:00-23:00. Friday and Saturday until 01am.
• Mercado 31.Janeiro: Rua Engenheiro-Vieira da Silva. Open from 07:00-14:00, Tuesday to Saturday. They have fresh Fish, vegetables, flowers and more. 
• Celeiro: www.celeiro.pt They have mainly “Healthy” Items, (Bio, Vegan etc..)
• The G.B. Store: Avenida das Comunidades Europeias 415, Cascais , Tel: 214 662 453 / 918 674 996 ;  www.gb-superstore.com  
• Liberty American Store: Largo São Sebastião da Pedreira, 9D. Tel: 213 545 243. www.island-import.com  They have American Food items. 
• Praça Martim Moniz: In this square, you will find several Asian and Indian stores/ingredients.
• Queijaria Francesa Maître Renard: R. Ferreira Borges 30, Tel: 967 482 689. Big choice of also French cheeses.
• Queijaria Cheese Shop: Rua do Monte Olivete, 40. Principe Real. Tel: 213 460 474. They have 60 different types of cheeses. Portugues and Europeans.
• Queijaria Nacional: Rua da Conceição 8, Tel: 912 082 450. Local Cheeses
• OliStori: Rua Madalena, 137. www.olistori.com. Tel: 21 886 2788. They sell all kind of olive oils from Portugal
• Manteigaria Silva: Rua D. Antão de Almada 1C/D. Tel. 213 424 905. Open from 09:00-19:30, closed on Sundays. They exist since 1890 ! and they have an amazing selection of cheeses, Ham and much more- They also have a shop inside the Time Out market.  
• Bettina & Niccolo Corallo: R. da Escola Politécnica 4. Tel: www.claudiocorallo.com . Very special chocolate from Sao Tome e Principe.

 
 
Beverages:

• Manuel Tavares: Rua da Betesga 1AB.  Tel: 21 342 4209.  www.manueltavares.com .A nice gourmet store that offers wines, Portos and several regional Portuguese products like cheeses.
• Garrafeira Nacional: Rua da Conceição 20. Tel: 21 885 2395. Open daily from 10:00-21:00. Big Wine Store
• Garrafeira Imperial: R. do Alecrim 47A. Tel: 21 152 1753. Open from 10:00-02.00. Closed on Sundays. Big Wine Store.

 

Hospitals in Lisbon
·       Dona Estefania Central Hospital
·       Instituto Portugues de Oncologia
·       Hospital da Luz
·       CGC Genetics
·       CUF Descobertas Hospital
·       Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental
·       Hospital de San Louis
·       Clinica Das Conchas
·       Clinica CUF Alvalade 
·       Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte
·       Clinica CUF Belem
·       Clinica CUF Torres Vedras
·       Hospital de Sao Sebastiao
·       Clinica CUF Mafra
·       Lusiadas Saude
·       Hospital de Egas Moniz
·       Hospital de Sao Francisco Xavier
·       Hospital Pulido Valente EPE
·       Hospital Curry Cabral
·       Hospital Julio de Matos
·       Hospital dos Capuchos
·       Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil
·       Hospital de Sao Jose
·       Hospital Done Estefania
·       British Hospital-Lisbon XXI SA
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