Date: 26th August 2019
Travelled: 55 kms by bus from Ericeira to Lisbon in the Province of Lisboa
Visited: Lisbon
Stayed: Ericeira Intermarché aire, free with services. N38.96691, W09.40879
Budget: 78 days @ €75 per day
Other than the late comers once again jockeying for a non-existence parking spot it was another quiet evening in this Intermarché aire.
We do actually get up a little early this morning. We plan on a bus to Lisbon, once again to avoid the city traffic and parking in some dodgy car-park overnight. There is an express bus from Ericeira to Lisbon at 8.45 so we walk down the hill again to the bus depot. We purchase return tickets (€11.40 pp) and our bus departs on time, arriving in Lisbon’s Campo Grande terminal 50 minutes later.
Lisbon or Lisboa is Portugal’s capital, it’s a huge sprawling city of some 5.5 million people. There are no signs to Lisbon, it’s Lisboa and that’s how the Portuguese pronounce it.
We decide to focus our visit on the Castelo and Alfama districts of the city, as we really only plan on one day in the city.
Map of Lisbon, the icon on the Alfama.
Don José looks particularly magnificent. 
From the Plaça looking across the Rio Tejo.
From the Plaça we walk up the hill a few blocks to find the No28. Our guide book describes this classic old tram line as the best way to get to know Lisbon and save your legs walking up the hill to the Castelo district. It’s included in our transport day pass so we ride the tram both ways.
From the tram we continue up toward the Castelo de São Jorge that looks down on the Alfama
We discover the Castelo district requires lots of steps and steep walking. 
But you do get some good view points.
We decide not to go inside the Castelo (€8.50) as we have seen several already through Portugal and secondly the line is 50m long and don’t have an hour to waste.
I took this photo looking up a laneway as we walked down from the Castelo. 
5 minutes later, we walk into a little church with a photo exhibition and see this photo. It’s the same laneway only 60 year’s ago.
Bus chaos ! 
Lisbon Cathedral or Sé de Lisboa comes into view. We thought it was some old Castelo until we saw the sign.
The Sé cloisters are one of the top things to see in Lisbon, but they are currently closed. Still looks like a Castelo ? 
Inside the Sé from the crossover towards the alter.
We continue down the hill into the Alfama district. Our guide book highlights ‘Pátio 13’ where BBQ sardines are on offer. 
So here we are with our octopus salad and fries waiting for the sardines to land. Another wonderful lunch, €26.
After lunch we spend the next couple of hours wandering the Alfama taking in the moorish architecture and the imperfections that are Lisbon.
We return to our bus, via Campo Grande and make our way back to Ericeira. Thankfully we noticed a bus stop nearer the Intermarché and our Hymer, hence saving our sore feet walking up the hill from the depot. So that was our day in Lisbon…
Michael and Pam
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Geezz when have you booked in for the knee reconstructions 🙂 🙂