Nicknamed the city of the seven hills, Lisbon can be discovered by strolling along its esplanades lined with cafés, restaurants and kiosks. You will be intrigued by the strange benches where the natives meet up sometimes to tell each other the most secret things. Its small streets, like a maze, go up and go down to offer you a view of a succession of prestigious buildings from the era of the kings and navigators. In the evening, the Barrio Alto (the city’s bohemian district) opens the doors of its designer bars and other traditional taverns where fado, the music of Cape Verde and Angola, can be heard, arousing even the most hidden passions of locals and visitors alike. Eager for modernity, Lisbon’s young people meet up on the docks, opposite the River Tagus and stay there until the early hours of the morning. Lisbon is a city which changes in atmosphere and colour according to the light of day. Welcome to this city, a colourful sentinel of Western Europe, whose pulsating rhythms give its inhabitants an innate sense of welcome and hospitality.
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