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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Lisbon has become increasingly modern tourist office in Restauradores. Visitors
and cosmopolitan, with the advantages seeking the old-world Lisbon can still find
and disadvantages that this brings. The it in the Alfama, or any of the city’s smaller
city is well equipped to receive visitors, areas. One of the best ways to appreciate
and has professional tourist services, Lisbon is on foot, using trams or elevators
particularly at the Lisboa Welcome Center for the steeper hills and pausing to enjoy
in the Baixa area and the Ask Me Lisboa the varied views.

from Spanish. Although English
is more widely spoken in
Portugal than in neighbouring
Spain, the Portuguese are
proud of their language and
appreciate visitors’ efforts to
communicate. A phrase book
can be found on pages 191–2.

Admission Prices
Most museums and monu-
ments charge an entrance fee,
which often increases in the
summer. Entry is usually free on
the first Sunday of every month.
Pensioners and children under
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, which is free to visit on the first Sunday of every month 14 are entitled to a 40 per cent
discount. Visitors under 26 with
Visas and Passports offices are generally the same as a Cartão Jovem (youth card;
EU Nationals need only a valid those of local shops. Those more www.geracao-c.com) or an
passport to enter Portugal; for centrally located, (Ask Me Lisboa ISIC card (International Student
stays longer than six months, and the Lisboa Identity Card; www.isic.
a residence permit is required. Welcome org) are entitled to
Americans, Canadians, Austra- Center), half-price entrance.
lians and New Zealanders may remain open Visitors can also buy
stay for up to 90 days without a throughout a Lisboa Card
visa. All travellers from outside weekends. (see p158), which
the EU should check with their Offices in the includes free or
nearest Portuguese embassy, as centre of Lisbon are Museum tickets discounted entry
regulations may change. indicated on the to many of Lisbon’s
UK passport holders should Street Finder maps (see pp172–9). museums, monuments and
note that lost or stolen pass- Other offices may be found at places of special interest and
ports can no longer be replaced Humberto Delgado airport (see discounted travel on the city’s
by the British Embassy in p156) and at Santa Apolónia public transport.
Lisbon; instead, you will need to station (Map 8 F3). Addresses of
apply to the British Embassy in offices in the Lisbon Coast area
the UK for a replacement. are given in the information at Opening Hours
the top of each sight entry. Most museums are open from
Tourist offices outside Portugal 10am to 5pm Tue–Sun, with
Travel Safety (see p149), can provide you with many closing for lunch from
Visitors can get up-to-date travel useful information before you noon to 2pm or from 12:30 to
safety information from the travel. 2:30pm. Smaller or privately
Foreign and Commonwealth owned museums may have
Office in the UK, the State different opening times. Note
Department in the US and the Language that state-run museums and
Department of Foreign Affairs Written Portuguese is fairly some sights close on Mondays
and Trade in Australia. similar to Spanish, so if you and public holidays. Major
know Spanish you should have churches are open all day,
little difficulty reading Portu- although some may close from
Tourist Information guese text. Spoken Portuguese, noon to 4pm. Smaller churches
The opening hours of tourist however, sounds very different may only open for services.
A typical yellow tram in the streets of Lisbon

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