FROM LEFT: Tempelhofer Feld, home of the disused Tempelhof Airport, in Berlin, Germany; spinach with chickpeas, jamón ibérico, olives, bread and a glass of wine at a tapas bar in Seville, Spain; view across the old town at sunset in Lisbon, Portugal


PREVIOUS PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The Austrian capital of Vienna; in Scotland, hikers tackle Arthur’s Seat with Edinburgh Castle in the distance; walking through archways in the Plaza de España in Seville, Spain; Frogner Park in Oslo, Norway


B E S T FOR URBAN COLOUR STREET ART TOURS, LISBON : Hugging seven hills, filled with cobblestone alleyways and crowned by a Moorish castle, Lisbon is utterly captivating. But on top of these cinematic good looks, the Portuguese capital has developed a creative edge and a rebellious streak, earmarking it as one of Europe’s street art hotspots. Lisbon Street Art Tours zoom in on the city through a new lens, with three-hour guided wanders that will lead you deep into the secret graffiti-adorned corners of the city, weaving through alleys and squares and along calçadas (stairways) up to miradouros (viewpoints) with views over the red rooſtops. Most of the walks kick off at Praça Martim


Moniz in Mouraria, then swoop into Lisbon’s sky-high Graça neighbourhood. Rua Natália Correia, in particular, is a feast of giant murals, with the attention-grabbing anti-war Peace Guard by American artist Shepard Fairey (best known for creating the Barack Obama ‘Hope’ poster) depicting a woman holding a gun with a flower


in it — a symbolic reference to Portugal’s 1974 Carnation Revolution. Also, keep an eye out for Violant’s surrealist


tree design, and the vivid jewel-hued birds of OzeArv’s colourful Tropical Fado in RGB Tones. From here, the walk might head on to Alfama, revealing treasures like Bordalo II’s neon wonder Half Young Panda, and British photographer Camilla Watson’s Alma de Alfama, a permanent exhibition of black-and-white portraits of long- time residents mounted on limestone. Alternatively, you could swing by Santa


Apolónia train station, where Spanish duo PichiAvo have created a huge multi-storey Poseidon gazing wistfully across the Tagus River from the side of an apartment building. If the whole experience leaves you feeling inspired, you can try one of the longer tours, which conclude with a spray workshop to learn stencil techniques, and take away a graffitied tote bag. From £13. lisbonstreetarttours.com


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