DESTINATIONS LISBON SPAIN & PORTUGAL


with its honey-coloured stone cloisters, tree-like columns and gargoyles (entry £8.40). Harder to spot, the Berardo Collection Museum is tucked behind the Belem Cultural Centre, on your right when heading to the underpass. This private collection is free to enter and boasts works by Andy Warhol and Francis Bacon. en.museuberardo.pt


14.30: Return your bike and walk 15 minutes north up Rua do Alecrim to hit Principe Real. Chefs at tiny A Cevicheria (129 Rua Dom Pedro V) prepare ceviche and seafood dishes behind the bar, under the tentacles of the giant octopus suspended from the ceiling. Feast on gazpacho with scallops, roasted octopus and confit codfish, with mains around £10.


15.30: Walk five minutes north to Embaixada (26 Principe Real), a hip shopping emporium housed in a lavish art nouveau building. After browsing ceramics, jewellery and toys, courtyard bar Gin Lovers serves an encyclopedic selection of spirits in head-sized goblets (from £4). ginlovers.org


17.00: Walk five minutes to Sao Pedro de Alcantara for the Gloria Funicular, (£4.20 return), in service since 1885. The trams creak down to Restauradores Square in the city centre.


17.30: A 10-minute walk south brings you to the blue swinging doors of A Vida Portuguesa on Rua Anchieta. Inside is an old perfume warehouse selling hand-bound notebooks,


sardines and exquisitely scented soaps. avidaportuguesa.com


19.00: Enjoy an aperitif at teensy bar-cum-shop Wine Up (49 Rua do Alecrim). There are no menus - the friendly owners suggest wines, from £3 a glass, according to your mood.


20.00: In Praça do Município, the AlmaLusa hotel’s restaurant Delfina is the spot for traditional Portuguese fare with a tasty twist. Seasonal ingredients go into dishes such as bacalhau meia cura – crisp-skinned salted cod with puréed chickpeas and quail eggs (£14.50).


21.30: Walk 10 minutes back to Rua do Alecrim and turn right at Rua do Arsenal for a nightcap at Pensão Do


11.30: Pastéis de Belem


10.00: The 25 de Abril Bridge


14.30: Seafood lunch


12.30: Jerónimos Monastery 78 travelweekly.co.uk 1 September 2016


15.30: Gin Lovers


PICTURES: TURISMO DE LISBOA; ANTONIO SACCHETTI; JOSE MANUEL; ARLINDO CAMACHO


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