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                           such as football stadiums, or   while eastwards along the
                           indoors at MEO Arena or   river, near Santa Apolónia
                           Coliseu dos Recreios.  station, is Lux, the cream of
                                               Lisbon’s current club scene.
                                                 Details of recommended
                           Nightclubs
                                               bars in Lisbon, Estoril, Cascais
                           Bairro Alto remains a lively    and Sintra can be found on
                           area for Lisbon nightlife,   pages 134–5.
                           although its mostly small bars
                           don’t usually have dance floors   Spectator Sports
                           or keep very late hours.
                           However, there are a few   Lisbon’s main football stadiums,
                           exceptions, such as the   built for the 2004 European
                           imaginative Incógnito, a   Football Championship, are
                           veteran of the early 1990s    Estádio José Alvalade and
       Jazz trio performing at the Hot Clube    that accommodates both a    Estádio da Luz.
       in Lisbon           bar and a club.       The Portuguese football cup
                             Among the larger and    finals as well as other events,
       for as long as anyone can   more mainstream dance   such as the Portugal Open
       remember, and has the right   venues are K Urban Beach and   tennis tournament, are held at
       intimate atmosphere. Hard   Main; the former is a nearly   the Estádio Nacional-Jamor.
       Rock Café on Praça dos   historic house club, while the   The MEO Arena is also used for
       Restauradores has live music   latter is an up-market club   indoor sporting events such
       and is decorated with all    right by the river.  as tennis, volleyball and basket-
       sorts of rock memorabilia.      Ministerium is located    ball. Estoril’s Autódromo
       Large rock and pop concerts    close to the river too, in Praça   Fernanda Pires da Silva is a
       are held at outdoor venues    do Comércio, and Station,   motor-racing venue.
                               DIRECTORY
        Booking Tickets  Classical Music,   Hard Rock Café  Ministerium
                      Opera and Dance  Avenida da Liberdade 2.    Terreiro do Paço, Ala
        ABEP                         Map 7 A2.      Nascente 72–3.
        Praça dos Restauradores.   Centro Cultural    Tel 213 245 280.  Map 7 C5.
        Map 7 A2.     de Belém                      Tel 218 888 454.
        Tel 213 470 768.  Praça do Império.    Hot Clube  Station
                                     Praça da Alegria 48.
        FNAC          Map 1 B5.      Map 4 F1.      Cais do Gás, Armazém A.
        Colombo Shopping   Tel 213 612 400.  Tel 213 619 740.  Map 4 F4.
        Centre, Avenida Lusíada,   Coliseu dos Recreios  Tel 210 116 546.
        Benfica. Tel 707 313 435.  Rua das Portas de Santo   MEO Arena  ∑ station-club.com
                      Antão 92.      Parque das Nações.
        Cinema and    Map 7 A2.      Tel 218 918 409.   Spectator Sports
        Theatre       Tel 213 240 580.  ∑ arena.meo.pt
                                                    Autódromo Estoril
        Chapitô       Fundação Calouste   Nightclubs  Alcabideche.
        Costa do Castelo 7. Map 7  Gulbenkian       Tel 214 609 500.
        C3. Tel 218 855 550.  Avenida de Berna 45.   Incógnito
        Cinemateca    Map 5 B2.      Rua Poiais de São    Estádio José Alvalade
                                                    (Sporting) Rua Francisco
                                     Bento 37.
                      Tel 217 823 000.
        Portuguesa                   Map 4 E3.      Stromp 2.
        Rua Barata Salgueiro 39.  Teatro Camões  Tel 213 908 755.
        Map 5 C5.     Parque das Nações.  ∑ incognitobar.com  Tel 707 204 444.
        Tel 213 596 262.  Tel 218 923 477.          Estádio da Luz
        Espaço Nimas  Teatro Nacional de   K Urban Beach  (Benfica) Avenida General
        Avenida 5 de Outubro   São Carlos  Cais da Viscondessa, Rua   Norton Matos 1500.
        42b. Map 5 C3.   Rua Serpa Pinto 9.    da Cíntura, Santos.    Tel 707 200 100.
        Tel 213 574 362.  Map 7 A4. Tel 213 253   Map 3 C4.    Estádio Nacional-
        Teatro Nacional Dona   045 or 213 253 046.  Tel 213 932 930.  Jamor
        Maria II                     Lux            Cruz Quebrada.
        Praça Dom Pedro IV.    World Music,   Avenida Infante Dom   Tel 214 146 030.
        Map 7 B3.     Jazz, Pop and   Henrique. Map 8 D5.
        Tel 213 250 800.  Rock       Tel 218 820 890.
        Teatro da Trindade   B.léza  Main
        Largo da Trindade 9.    Cais da Ribeira Nova,   Avenida 24 de Julho 68.
        Map 7 A3.     Armazém B. Map 4 F4.  Map 4 E3.
        Tel 213 423 200.  Tel 210 106 837.  Tel 961 553 745.


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