Best Sunset Spots in Lisbon and the rest about "Almada"
One Saturday I left the house completely without plans, took the train and went to the centre. After going to the ferry pier from there, I asked the ticket office if the cart I had was valid here. Since my card was monthly, I could use everything in Lisbon, bus, metro, train, ship, the monthly price for now was 40 euros. The attendant asked me where I were going, I told him it was completely spontaneous and he told me to take the ferry to "Cacilhas". The ferry is like our Istanbul island catamarans, 2 storeys. I immediately went inside with emotions and sat on the top floor. Of course, there was no Istanbul sea pleasure, but it was okay.
Almada is a city on the south bank of the Tagus River in
Portugal, on the opposite side of the river from Lisbon, and it is also a
municipality. The two cities are connected by the "25 de Abril"
bridge, which is very similar in design to the Golden gate bridge in San
Francisco.
Following the bridge and the river, in 10 minutes I was
across to the "Almada" side, i.e. to the south of Lisbon. This was
the first time I had been to this side in such a long time. First of all, I
went to a cafe quite spontaneously, sat down and drank my galao. In the
meantime, while I was trying to draw a road map on Google map, I saw that there
was a tourist office nearby. Well, my favourite thing is to collect a map and
talk to a guide.
Before going to the tourist office, I went to the gate of the sailing ship named "Frigate D. Fernando II and Glória", seeing its appearance from afar, and examined its story a little. I read that it was the last warship of Portugal, which sailed first in 1843. In 1865, it became the training ship of the navy's reserve Artillery School and continued this duty until 1940. I did not visit the museum inside today, I observe it a little from the outside, it looked really splendid. There was a submarine next to it, which is currently closed to visitors, it was under restoration. I couldn't see much about the "NRP Barracuda Submarine", after more than 40 years of service for Portuguese marines, it was decided to restore it instead of leaving it to rot. The tourist office said it would be inaugurated this year.
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| Streets that I like |
When my friend from Canada came here last weeks, he told
me that he was going to a restaurant on this side but he didn't go, and when I
passed by that restaurant, I sent him a voice recording and told him how quiet
and beautiful the restaurant he was looking at was on a beautiful street 😊 The name
of the restaurant is "Cova Funda" for those who are interested, its
reputation has gone to Canada 😊
I finally arrived at the tourist office at around 15:00,
was delayed because taking photos and
swaying. First he condemned me for living here for 1.5 years and not coming
here before,I can not agree more. Then he started to show me the map...
After an effective tour guide lecture, I set off to go to
"Jardim do Castelo". Lisbon is famous for its slopes, Almada was
worse. The person in charge motivated me by saying "you are young, you
will make it" but in vain. I swear I rested halfway up. Finally I reached
the castle garden and the view was really marvellous! I rested for a while with a panoramic view of
the 25 de Abril bridge, Cristo Rei and Lisbon. I called my family from that
view, it was a perfect viewing point!
I was going to skip the museums today. I hit up the road
to see "Casa da Cerca". I wandered a bit inside this art centre,
there was a legendary panoramic view outside again. I had a coffee and a
"queijada" here.
There was a Naval museum on the way back, so I passed it
for today and continued on my route aiming for a view. I went to the panoramic
lift. There were Rio gardens below. If you have seen Portuguese having a picnic
on social media, they might be having a picnic here. The secret is that they do
their shopping at the market in the centre of Lisbon just before crossing to
Almada and come here. You can spend a whole day with your wine, fruit and ready
meals and then witness a magnificent sunset. It is a local thing to watch the
best sunset in Lisbon here !
Then, before returning to the harbour again, you go down
the stairs next to the lift, on the way there is the famous touristic Ponto
Final. It is a tourist trap and the view is of course magnificent. But it must
be the same place where you have a picnic for cheaper!
The way back is completely by the ocean and there are
graffiti covered walls. Old ramshackle and somewhat dangerous looking
buildings. There were antique shops in some of them, a really interesting
choice of location.
To get back to Cais do sodre, I took the 17:45 ferry from
TTSL company and reached the centre. Afterwards, I arrived home by train and
looked at my photos, there are some nice pieces, I wanted to share them with
you 😊
I think it's a good day plan to give yourself a day off
to explore a new area in your new (or old) city. I'm glad I visited, I was
tired but it was a good distraction.
I share the places you can visit in Almada:
Frigate D. Fernando II e Gloria - Sailboat and submarine
next to it
Medieval Museum
Naval Museum
Church of Nossa senhora do bom
Casa da Cerca - Art centre
City museum (Here you can learn a little history and
traditions)
Panoramic lift
Rio garden
Botanical garden
Church of São Sebastião
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| Almada sunset |
Located a little away and popular destinations :
Medos National Wood
Paz Park
Capuchos Monastery
Cristo Rei - Bus 3001 from Almada
What are your plans for the day? Let's meet in the
comments 😊
You can check out my Almada pictures for your home decoration taste :)
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