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8 Miradouro
de São Pedro have now moved to more
spacious premises west of
de Alcântara the city.
The view is most attractive at
Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara.
Map 7 A2. @ 758. v 28. sunset and by night when the
castle is floodlit and the terrace
This belvedere (miradouro) becomes a popular meeting
commands a sweeping view point for young Lisboetas.
Comfortable setting for sampling port at of eastern Lisbon, across the
the Solar do Vinho do Porto Baixa. A tiled map, conveniently
7 Solar do Vinho placed against the balustrade,
helps you locate the landmarks
do Porto in the city below. The panorama
extends from the battlements
Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara 45.
Map 4 F2. Tel 213 475 707. @ 758. of the Castelo de São Jorge
v 28, Elevador da Glória. Open 11am– (see pp40–41), clearly seen
midnight Mon–Fri, 3pm–midnight surrounded by trees on
Sat. Closed public hols. the hill to the southeast, to the
18th-century church of Penha
The Portuguese word solar da França in the northwest. Trellis supporting a magnificent cedar
means mansion or manor The large monastery complex tree in Praça do Príncipe Real
house, and the Solar do Vinho of the Igreja da Graça (see p39)
do Porto occupies the ground is also visible on the hill, and 9 Praça do
floor of an 18th-century in the distance São Vicente de Príncipe Real
mansion. The building was Fora (see p36) is recognizable
once owned by the German by the symmetrical towers Map 4 F1. @ 758.
architect Johann Friedrich that flank its white façade. Laid out in 1860 as a prime
Ludwig (Ludovice), who built Benches and ample shade residential quarter, the
the monastery at Mafra (see from the trees make this terrace square still retains an air of
p98). The port wine institute of a pleasant stop after the steep affluence. Smartly painted
Oporto runs a pleasant bar in walk up Calçada da Glória from mansions surround a
the mansion’s stylish interior the Baixa. Alternatively, the particularly pleasant park
for the promotion of port. yellow funicular, Elevador da with an open-air café, statuary
Nearly 200 types of port are Glória, will drop you off nearby. and some splendid robinia,
listed in the lengthy drinks The memorial in the garden, magnolia and Judas trees. The
menu, with every producer erected in 1904, depicts branches of a huge cedar tree
represented and including Eduardo Coelho (1835–89), have been trained on a trellis,
some rarities. Unfortunately, founder of the newspaper creating a wide shady spot
many of the listed wines are Diário de Notícias, and below for the locals who play cards
often unavailable. All but the him a ragged paper boy beneath it. On the large
vintage ports are sold by the running with copies of the square, at No. 26, the eye-
glass, with prices ranging from famous daily. This area was catching pink-and-white Neo-
€1.50 for the simplest ruby to once the centre of the Moorish building with domes
€22 for a glass of 40-year- newspaper industry; however, and pinnacles is part of
old tawny. the modern printing presses Lisbon university.

View across the city to Castelo de São Jorge from Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara

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