Hi everyone - My husband and I are visiting Lisbon for the first time. We plan to do each of the neighborhood walks (Alfama, Baixa, Bairro Alto/Chiado) outlined in Rick’s guidebook. How much time should we allow for each of the walks assuming that we are both very fit and enjoy walking but would like to take a somewhat leisurely pace? I tend to run around cities like my pants are on fire and have decided to take a slower approach this time around. Thank you for your feedback!
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🏝️ Hobe Sound, FL⛱️
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Depending on how speedily you want to mosey along, preferably on the slow side to ingest the flavor of the neighborhoods, I would say 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours without rushing. Stop, stare, absorb, have a drink, grab some street food, munch on a pastry. It’s a great, fun city.
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Peterborough, ON, Canada
1546 posts
We did all three on a port day stop from a cruise. We got off the ship first thing, took a taxi to the top (Castel) and headed downhill. We neither dawdled nor rushed, and had time for a coffee and pastry stop, a nice lunch, and some shopping while still returning to the ship in plenty of time.
That said, if I didn't have such a time constraint, I'd do one per day with a more leisurely pace and enter the various museums (we skipped them due to time).
Enjoy Lisbon - it far exceeded our already high expectations!