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A SHORT WALK
BAIRRO ALTO

AND CHIADO

EXPERIENCE Bairro Alto and Estrela The Bairro Alto (high quarter) is a fascinating plot of R U A D O N O R T E
Distance 1 km (0.6 miles) Nearest station
Baixa-Chiado metro Time 15 minutes

cobbled streets adjacent to the Carmo and Chiado
areas. Since the 1980s, this has been Lisbon’s best-
known nightlife zone, with countless small bars and
restaurants alongside the older casas de fado.
While more modern buildings have also
sprung up in recent years, the quarter remains
a lively, authentic part of the city to wander.
In contrast, the Chiado presents a more
manicured façade, filled as it is with elegant
shops and old-style cafés that extend down
from Praça Luís de Camões towards Rua do R U A DA S G ÁV E A S
Carmo and the Baixa. Major renovation
work has taken place here since a fire
in 1988 (p97) destroyed many of
the original buildings.

Praça Luís de Camões

Tavares, at No 37 Rua da
Misericórdia, first opened as a
café in 1784 and is today an R U A D O A L E C R I M
elegant restaurant with fine
early-20th-century interiors.
Largo do Chiado,
This statue of realist novelist flanked by the
Eça de Queirós (1845–1900), churches of Loreto L . D O C H I A D O R U A G A R R E T T
by Teixeira Lopes, was and Nossa Senhora T R AV E S S A D O C A R M O
erected in 1903. da Encarnação

Chiado
A Brasileira,
a historic café on
Largo do Chiado adorned
with gilded mirrors

Rua Garrett,
the Chiado’s main
shopping street

Diners seated along the
patterned walls of the
Cervejaria Trindade
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