{"id":1777,"date":"2023-10-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2024-05-09T11:24:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T11:24:00","slug":"sightseeing-lisboa-porto-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/sightseeing-lisboa-porto-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Tour Guide in Lisboa &#038; Porto &#8211; Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the end of September we had our first guests. We eagerly became their tour guides. We still had a lot to learn about what to see in Lisboa, so beforehand, we did research and made lists. It was a great opportunity to learn more about our city. We also planned a 5-day trip together to Porto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here is a summary of our itinerary, with links to blog posts for each day, with pictures. Some days we just wandered around discovering things. Other days, we had already identified particular target sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather got hot toward the end of the first week, and we got tired because of all the walking, so we slowed down a bit and added some outings further afield that had more leisure and less walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of this collection of posts is to make sure we remember the good stuff we discovered, so we can improve our tour-guiding for our next visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lisboa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Day 1  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/25-26-sep-2023-cascais-lisboa\/\">25 Sep: Arrival, lunch and afternoon in Cascais<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 2  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/25-26-sep-2023-cascais-lisboa\/\">26 Sep: Bel\u00e9m monuments, walking tour in Lisboa city center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 3  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/27-sep-2023-sintra-palaces\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2008\">27 Sep: Sintra: Pena Palace, Quinta da Regaleira, Monserrate<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 4  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/28-sep-2023-alfama\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2009\">28 Sep: Exploring Alfama on foot, Museu de Azulejos, dinner and fado concert<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 5  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/29-sep-2023-lisboa-cacilhas\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2010\">29 Sep: Eduardo Parque and Estufa Fria, ferry to Cacilhas, concert at Navy Planetarium<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 6  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/30-sep-2023-ericeira\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2011\">30 Sep: Another hot weather plan: Rideshare to Ericeira<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 7  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/1-oct-2023-parque-nacoes\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2012\">1 Oct: Parque de Na\u00e7\u00f5es: Vasco da Gama tower, gondola, Oceanario<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porto<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Day 8  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/1-oct-2-oct-porto\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2013\">2 Oct: Train to Porto: S\u00e3o Bento station, S\u00e9 &amp; Bishop&#8217;s palace<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 9  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/1-oct-2-oct-porto\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2013\">3 Oct: Porto &amp; Gaia: Palacio de Bolsa, riverfront, Dom Luis I bridge, Jardim do Morro<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 10  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/4-oct-douro-valley\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2014\">4 Oct: Douro Valley bus tour with visits to vineyards and a boat ride<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 11  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/5-oct-6-oct-porto-foz-and-back-to-lisboa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2015\">5 Oct: Porto &amp; Foz: Jardins de Palacio de Cristal, Foz lighthouse, concert at S\u00e3o Nicolau<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 12  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/5-oct-6-oct-porto-foz-and-back-to-lisboa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2015\">6 Oct: Train back to Lisboa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Back to Lisboa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Day 13  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/oct-7-9-2023-lisboa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2016\">7-Oct: Ajuda, Alcantara, Lisboa city center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 14  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/oct-7-9-2023-lisboa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2016\">8-Oct: Belem: Jeronimos, Tropical Botanical Garden<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 15  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/10\/12\/oct-7-9-2023-lisboa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2016\">9-Oct: Early departure to airport via train and metro<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of September we had our first guests. We eagerly became their tour guides. 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