What to see on a weekend in Lisbon – Podcast

In this travel podcast, you’ll hear the sights and sounds of my weekend in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal that I visited with my husband. In the podcast you’ll hear about the gorgeous boutique hotel where we stayed, our sightseeing at the Monastery of Jerónimos and Castelo de São Jorge, the delicious local specialties we tried and the mournful Fado music we heard.

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This podcast about our weekend in Lisbon is Episode 5 in my series and you can check out all my other podcasts here.

Weekend in Lisbon Podcast – Show Notes

In this Lisbon podcast you’ll hear about our weekend including:

• How we easily and cheaply got from the airport into the city centre using the aero bus service. Read more in my article about transport in Lisbon.

• A description of the welcoming boutique hotel Hotel Heritage Av. Liberdade, where we stayed for 2 nights during our Lisbon city break. At breakfast in the hotel, we enjoyed local specialties like Pasteis de Nata, air-dried ham and local cheese with a slice of quince preserve, with exotic teas served from an old apothecary’s counter.

You can read my review of Hotel Heritage Av. Liberdade here.

• The dinner we ate at Casa do Alentejo a restaurant set in a Moorish Mansion that serves as a Cultural Centre for the Alentejo Region of Portugal.

• In the podcast we talk about why you should wear your most comfortable shoes for your Lisbon weekend break and the Elevators that will help save your aching legs.

• We visited the Monastery of Jeronimos and the nearby Monument to the Discoveries, commemorating those who sailed from Lisbon to the Indies and Africa.

• Be sure to try the delicious custard tarts called Pasteis de Belem that you can buy at the famous cake shop near the Monastery.

• We visited Castelo de São Jorge perched on the top of the hill with a view over the roofs of Lisbon and the River Tegus, although as it was raining we couldn’t see as much of the view as we would have liked!

• Hear about our meeting with local designer Sergio and his partner Marco for tea in their apartment near the castle and their recommendations on what to see in and around Lisbon.

• We spent an evening in a Fado restaurant where we enjoyed the music but found the meal a little disappointing and had to have a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream on the way home to make up for it.

• On Sunday morning we visited the church of Sao Domingo where the walls are still blackened from a fire in the 1950s in contrast to some of the other highly decorated churches you find in Lisbon

The signature music on this podcast was Venus as a Girl by Andy McKee on MusicAlley.com. All other music was recorded in Lisbon.

More Lisbon articles to enjoy

5 cool neighbourhoods in Lisbon
Conserveira de Lisboa – discover this Portuguese sardine shop in Lisbon
Pasteis de Belem in Lisbon – the delicious taste of Portugal
Visiting the Monastery of Jeronimos in Lisbon
Review of Hotel Heritage Av. Liberdade in Lisbon Portugal
A weekend in Lisbon – Podcast

Where to stay in Lisbon – Heritage Avenida Liberdade

Read my review of Heritage Avenida Liberdade – a boutique hotel in the historic center of Lisbon with a view over the heart of the city | Book for Heritage Avenida Liberdade | More hotels in Lisbon

Plan your trip to Lisbon

Visit Lisboa – Official Tourism Website

On this trip I used the DK Top 10 travel guide to Lisbon which is a pocket sized guide that’s ideal for sightseeing if you’re there for a short time.

This article is originally published at Heatheronhertravels.com

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