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DRINK

Pavilhão Chinês
This quirky bar is
packed with a bizarre
array of collector’s
items, from dolls to
model planes, and also
features a strong
cocktail list.
 L6 ⌂ Rua Dom
Pedro V 89
§ 213 424 729
Cinco Lounge
Credited with making
cocktails cool in Lisbon,
this smart and very chic
bar offers over 100
options, ranging from
classics to the more
experimental.
 L6  Rua Ruben
A. Leitão 17a
∑ cincolounge.com
Statue of Fernando Portas Largas
4 -- Pessoa outside the café
A buzzy, traditional
Chiado A Brasileira tavern with live music
and well-priced
 M7 @ 758 v 28
q Baixa-Chiado drinkswhere the
depicts Fernando Pessoa, revelry spills out onto
Statues of literary figures can Portugal’s great Modernist the street.
be found in this area, known poet, sitting at a table outside  M6 ⌂ Rua da
for its intellectual assoc­ the café A Brasileira, once a Atalaia 103–105
iations. A bronze statue by favourite rendezvous of the § 218 466 379
sculptor Lagoa Henriques city’s intellectuals.
Rua Garrett, named after
the author and poet João
THE CHIADO FIRE Almeida Garrett (1799–1854),
On 25 August 1988, a descending from Largo do de São Carlos was built in
disas trous fire began in Chiado towards the Baixa, is 1792–5 by José da Costa e
a store in Rua do Carmo, known for its cafés and shops. Silva. Inspired by the design of
the street that links the Devastated by fire in 1988, the great Italian theatres such as
Baixa with the Bairro former elegance of this quarter La Scala in Milan and the San
Alto. Fire engines were has now been restored. Carlo in Naples, the build ing
unable to enter this has a beautifully proportioned
pedestrianized street façade and an enchanting
and the fire spread into 5 ' Rococo interior. Views of the
Rua Garrett. Important exterior, however, are spoiled
18th-century buildings Teatro Nacional by the car park that occupies
were destroyed. The de São Carlos the square in front.
renovation project,  M7 ⌂ Rua Serpa Pinto 9 The opera season lasts
headed by Portuguese @ 758, 790 v 28 q Baixa- from September to June, but
architect Álvaro Siza Chiado ∑ tnsc.pt concerts and ballets are also
Vieira, preserved many staged here at other times of
original façades. Replacing a former opera the year. The opera house is
house that was ruined by the also home to the Portuguese
earth quake of 1755, the Teatro Symphonic Orchestra.
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