Insight Guides Pocket Algarve (Travel Guide eBook) by Insight Guides

Author:Insight Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Portugal
Publisher: Apa Publications
Published: 2019-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

Igreja de São Vicente de Fora

Lydia Evans/Apa Publications

Just beyond the dense quarters of the Alfama is São Vicente de Fora D [map] (St Vincent Beyond the Walls; Tue–Sun 10am–6pm), an Italianate church and monastic cloister. The latter is the true highlight: its walls and courtyards are lined with blue-and-white azulejos, and the views from the roof are among the best in the city.

Down towards the river is the Museu Nacional do Azulejo E [map] (National Tile Museum; www.museudoazulejo.pt; Tue–Sun 10am–6pm), devoted entirely to the art of painted and glazed ceramic tiles, a national art form. About 12,000 azulejos are on show here, from 15th-century polychrome designs to 20th-century Art Deco. A prized possession is the Lisbon Panorama, a 36-metre (118ft) long tile composition of Lisbon’s riverside as it looked before the Great Earthquake of 1755.

The Bairro Alto F [map] (upper city) is a hilly area full of evocative houses decorated with wrought-iron balconies usually occupied by birdcages and flowerpots. At night the district is loaded with an exciting atmosphere and is famous for its fado (folk music) clubs. It’s a quiet, local-feeling area by day, dotted by cool boutiques and cafes, but comes alive by night as the city’s major bar-hopping hub. The cobbled streets are fill with people spilling out of the small bars, clutching drinks, creating a party atmosphere.

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