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A SHORT WALK
ALFAMA

Distance 600 m (0.4 miles) Nearest station Graça bus stop
Time 15 minutes and work your way down. A wander through
EXPERIENCE Alfama Alfama comes to life in the late afternoon and the maze of winding alleyways will reveal
A fascinating quarter at any time of day, the
early evening; time your walk for this hour, when picturesque corners and crumbling churches,
the locals emerge at their doorways and the
plus panoramic views from shady terraces, such
small taverns start to fill. Given the steep
as the Miradouro de Santa Luzia. A new gener­
ation of younger residents has also resulted in
streets and steps of the neighbourhood, the
least strenuous approach is to start at the top
a small number of trendy shops and bars.
Largo das Portas do
Sol, on the east side
of the Santa Luzia
Statue of St Vincent church, with its own
terrace viewpoint

L . D A S P O R TA S D O S O L

Museu de Artes B E CO D E S A N TA H E L E N A
Decorativas, a furniture START
and arts museum
established in a
17th-century palácio by
the banker Ricardo R.DO CASTELO
do Espírito Santo Silva

The church of Santa Luzia, with
18th-century blue-and-white
azulejo panels on its south wall

Miradouro de Santa Luzia,
a pleasant place to take
in the view from the R U A N . D E A R A Ú J O
bougainvillea-clad terrace

An azulejo-lined
staircase at the Museu
de Artes Decorativas
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