Visiting Lisbon on foot

Friday was a day of exploration. I took advantage of the hostel  offering of free walking tours around certain parts of the city based on tips.

We visited the city district called Alfama, our tour guide was native to Lisbon and provided great detail and history lessons. Alfama, the oldest part of the city  as it is the only surviving district of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Walking the streets quickly bring you back in time. The streets are very narrow and winding. Architecture influence from centuries ago can be seen everywhere on the building facades

Preperations for the festivities scheduled to begin next week had already begun. Temporary stages and patios were being built and streamers hanging event decorated with Sardines.

After the tour, another hostel patron and I decided to visit the mediaeval Castle of São Jorge for the rumoured panoramic view of the city. The 6.50€ we paid enter was no disappointment. The view was simply breathtaking. After some time making use of our camera, we continued to explore the site. As we walked through we and create our interpretation of what it was like to live in the castle.

When we finished exploring the castle grounds we made our way back down through Alfama to the port where our tour guide had informed us we could do some free wine tasting and learn about the different Portuguese wines.

Of course time flies when your having fun and we realized that it was almost super time and we were exhausted from walking the San Francisco like hilly streets. So we parted ways and went to our respective hostels.