How to plan the duration of your trip to Lisbon?

Lisbon is the westernmost capital of the European continent: we land at the Lisbon airport terminal in less than 2 hours from practically anywhere in Spain.

Visit the surroundings of the Portuguese capital: you can see the Baixa neighborhood and the Plaza del Comercio.

Usually it is professional imperatives that coordinate the length of a trip.

With 5 weeks of vacation a year, you can choose between 3 days, a week or 15 days, but rarely more.

However, students, the unemployed, telecommuters (especially those who are self-employed) and retirees, can travel for longer.

Therefore, your desire to visit the different Portuguese itineraries (between Porto, the Douro Valley, the Alentejo, the Algarve), your vacation budget and what you want to do there (pub crawl, visit the must-see places see, beaches, etc.) will determine the dates.

So how long does it take to visit Lisbon ?

5 days are enough to see the must-sees of Lisbon:

• São Jorge Castle ( Castelo São Jorge ).
• Alfama, Baixa, the many bars of Bairro Alto, Chiado, Belém, Ajuda …
• Cross the narrow streets with tram line 28 (the famous yellow trams).
• Commerce Square.
• Lisbon Cathedral.
• The Arch of Triumph of Augustus (Rua Augusta).
• The Carmelite Convent.
• The museums.
• Eduardo VII Park.
• The 360 ​​° panoramic view of Amoreiras (great panoramic view of the city).
• The botanical garden of Lisbon.
• The Tower of Belém.
• The Monument to the Great Discoveries (representing the great navigators of the 15th and 16th centuries, including Vasco da Gama).
• The elevator of Santa Justa.

These mandatory stops are in the center of Lisbon, but there are many more!

To enjoy the other attractions of Portugal, get out of the city and explore the surroundings (Sintra, Estoril, Cascais, up to the Vicentine coast), it will be necessary to stay longer in Portugal, maybe 15 or 20 days.