Mysterious, melancholic, colorful, and romantic, Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is one of the most unique cities in the world. Vibrant, rich in music and art, it is at the same time a major economic center that played a fundamental role in the history of trade and geographic exploration. Its immense and layered past still lives today in the streets of its neighborhoods, each embodying one of its many souls. Set off then with us to discover 6 Neighborhoods to See in Lisbon to get to know it and fall in love right away!
La Baixa
The journey through Lisbon’s neighborhoods begins in La Baixa, or the lower town, the true historic center of the Portuguese capital. Its history is closely tied to a terrible event that forever changed Lisbon’s fate: the 1755 earthquake.
The event was extremely violent, with an estimated magnitude of 9. The tremors were then followed by several tsunamis that destroyed much of the city, and whose marks can still be found almost everywhere today!