Luckily this didn’t ruin our mood and we really tried to make the best of our first time in Lisbon. We bravely explored the city, walked from Alfama, where our B&B was located, to the city centre, along the river, to Bairro Alto, … we stopped for coffee and pastel de nata (1,40 Euro for both), had Sangria and ice cream and pretended it was summer, visited a flea market, bought ceramics, photographed a lot of tiles, went to an old-school Portuguese restaurant, rode around in an electric Tuk Tuk, checked out some hip coffee places, drank Ginja and ate more pastel de nata, … It was a lot of fun!

I’ll share some of the places we’ve been to below the photos.

Where we stayed:

• Mi Casa en Lisboa – beautiful B&B in a modern house in Alfama, overlooking the city. Breakfast is served on a long table and includes different sweet and savoury food every day

Where we ate:

• O Pitéu da Graca – traditional restaurant with fish and meat dishes
• Ao 26 Vegan Food Project – vegan burgers, salads, desserts and more
• Time Out Market – huge food court with any kinds of food and drinks
• Fauna & Flora – hip café with a delicious breakfast menu (try the pancakes!)
• Dear Breakfast – another hip and chic coffee place
• Bruta Flor – cosy, little restaurant with many vegetarian options (and the best chocolate cake)
• Several small, traditional places in Alfama which I don’t remember the names of … Just explore!

Where we went:

• LX Factory – an area with shops, cafés and restaurants, must be especially nice during summer