hey there fellow travelers mark here
with walters wednesday we're in lisbon
portugal for the don'ts
of visiting lisbon and i want to start
off by talking about some of the
transportation don'ts when you do come
here one thing you need to realize is
don't freak out when you have your first
white knuckle taxi ride
look the drivers around here are a bit
crazy but the thing is you don't really
have to worry about when you cross the
street they're really good with the
the crosswalks and stuff but when they
drive here it is a bit little uh
a little bit of rally driver inside and
i've seen many of tourists that step out
of their taxes from the airport going
oh my god i cannot believe i just
survived that so that's one don't i have
for you
another donut i have for you is you know
that tram 28 you see that really cool
yellow tram going by
don't grab that there are other trams
you can take that have beautiful
tram rides to go on that one gets packed
because people are going to work on and
all kinds of stuff so do have a heads up
for that one
and the thing is though it is really
nice thing to do but it is
obviously you know a bit touristy and
they actually do charge more for it if
you are a tourist
so that kind of sucks so that's one
thing i will say a heads up to you
another donut i'll say to you is all
these tuk tuks you see around here
don't think those are traditional lisbon
those things are only been here for like
the last five to
seven years because we you know i lived
here for five years there was not one
took took out there all right so don't
think that that is a normal thing when
you are here now
it can make it easier because you do
have the seven hills of lisbon
so they can't help a tourist out but
just know
don't think that's a normal thing
another donut i have for you with those
hills
don't forget to prepare before you come
to lisbon you need to be walking a lot
because there's a lot of sites really
close to each other
and so you'll see one thing and they
want to go to some other place you have
a lot of really great architecture so a
lot of times it's just walking around
to see a church here going up to the
castle and stuff like that so you do
have that so don't forget to kind of you
know stretch out those legs
and get some walking in beforehand and
speaking of walking around
don't forget to bring some non-slipping
shoes or non-slick shoes
because you're going to see tons of tile
here in
portugal and general but especially here
in lisbon you'll see all this great like
stone work in the on the sidewalks of
the
pictures and stuff like that it looks
fantastic but the thing is when it rains
and yes it does rain occasionally here
in lisbon
it is slick as snot and you will slip so
just make sure you bring those um
bring those you know walking shoes a
little bit of grip okay and for women
i'm going to say this one
don't bring high heels look there's some
clubs here you could go to and stuff
like that where they might be helpful
but in general don't waste your luggage
space when you come here on high heels
all right
now i do have some other don'ts i want
to tell you about in terms of
transportation here in lisbon
one thing is don't run a car when you're
here i mean there's no point to it
you have very treat public
transportation which is awesome you got
taxes that are pretty affordable too yes
you get the ubers and
and things like that it's very easy to
get around you can walk a lot of places
too i mean i know it's
it's still tough with the hills but it
is worth it um but the thing is
when you're parking here in lisbon it is
insane because there is no parking or
there's very little parking out there
so if you're going to be driving around
portugal what i recommend
fly in explore lisbon and then when
you're going to go and visit the rest of
the country
then rent your car and take off um
another donut i have with transportation
with you
is when you come you're gonna see they
have uh their viva
viagen cards okay these are reloadable
cards my first don't for you is
don't forget to pick one up but also
don't throw it away
after you use it because you can just
reload it and go and
and what's great is it works on the
metro it works on that tram 28 and all
the trams and stuff like that
it also works on the buses and you can
take the buses a lot of places here
and it's all safe so that's really cool
so that's really helpful there so don't
get rid of this you need this
also don't forget you need to have your
aviva card your viva viation card
to get out of the metro as well to get
in and to get out
and uh especially one for you family
travelers uh if you have a baby carriage
or a big suitcase or something like that
i have a dome for you don't use the
normal exit in the metro
you want to go to a special exit door
that opens and closes
that's for you'll have a sign for
pregnant women and carriages and bags
and stuff like that
because that one stays open longer
because otherwise your baby's going to
get caught in the stroller in the middle
okay i've seen it a lot of times
so do have a heads up for that now in
terms of some tourism don'ts when you
are here
one don't i have for you is we're in the
baisha district right now okay this
lower level here
it's got really cool architecture
there's tons of shopping you can do here
and there's tons of restaurants
what i will tell you is don't think that
this is the only place to shop and the
only place to eat in lisbon
if you've got the main street at rue de
agusta there's plenty of shops there i
mean you could do all your tour shopping
right there if you wanted to you'd be
fine
but you get some really better deals if
you explore a bit more out
the next street over is the big tourist
street for eating okay it's just a bunch
of tourist restaurants that are there
i'm going to say is if you got a chance
don't eat there go out and see some
tashkas
the kind of mom and pop places go eat
those throughout the city
they're going to give you a much more
authentic experience when you're here
now the thing is you can do your
shopping and eating there no problem but
if you want to get a little bit more
realistic lisbon that's where we want to
go
but the thing is i'm not going to say
don't ever go there because my next
stone for you
when you're here in lisbon is don't
think you're going to be able to have
dinner
early you've got to have dinner sometime
after like 8 o'clock at night sometimes
after 7 o'clock at night
because in portugal the restaurants
might not close
but their kitchen will probably close
between three and seven pm
and for a tourist if you're coming from
northern europe or the u.s you're used
to eating at five or six pm in the
afternoon in the evening
a lot of things are closed then except
if you go to the tourist places like
here in baisha
they will be open so you can get your
your segregator your secrets of
blackport or your
pork or your bakaya the cod fish and
stuff like that you can have those
things when you're here no problem
and that's where you're going to go for
that if you want to be eating earlier
otherwise
just wait till eight and there'll be
plenty of places open they're gonna be
really great that art is touristy and
you can eat with some of the locals okay
another couple of don'ts i have for you
if you go to the belain district
and the belain is where you see the
tower of belay and the the monastery
there the
monsters are just gorgeous with the
mandolin architecture it's just
fantastic so
don't don't skip out going there okay
because it is beautiful
now when you're in belain you're going
to see this big huge line okay and it's
going to go to the precise to bolan
restaurant cafe kind of thing where they
make the pashtai stabile though famous
custard pastries from here in lisbon
that's where they make them okay
and the thing is when you go there
you'll see this big line and you'll
think oh i've gotta wait in the line to
go in no no
that long line don't wait that long line
that line is for the takeaways
if you want to go inside just walk in
the side door to the left
walk in it's like the biggest restaurant
in portugal okay you'll just keep
walking back and walking back to try to
find a table
you can see yourself or someone might
seat you but that's where you're gonna
go
and you're gonna have the posterize to
blend and don't forget to put the
cinnamon and powdered sugar stuff on top
because oh my god it's so good
another donut i have for you when you're
down there uh in belain
don't feel you have to go into the tower
of the land the tour de blind
this beautiful beautiful tower that's
there you'll see go oh my god they must
be so fantastic
inside because so fantastic outside look
inside there's not really much to see
and do it's kind of cramped it's
it's kind of a it's it's not really
worth it to go in the thing is it's much
more beautiful just taking it from the
outside
and going to explore more and belaying
than wasting your time going up there so
don't feel like you have to go in the
tower when you're there so another thing
i want to tell you about for the don'ts
if you look over my shoulder
you'll see kind of some trees up there
and that's where the castell de sao
georges
the st george castle it is a beautiful
view from up there
but i do have a couple don'ts for you if
you're going to go up to the castle
one don't expect to see historic stuff
when you're up there
it is just the ruins the walls you can
go on but the thing is you'll get
fantastic pictures from up on the walls
it is just gorgeous up there beautiful
views of the city like oh our hotel is
over there old apartments over there
liam was born over there you have these
kind of really cool views from up there
but but don't think it's going to be
like that historic going to versailles
walking through and seeing
all those things okay if you want that
you're going to go to central to see one
of the palaces there okay
another don't with the castle when
you're looking for the ticket office
don't think that the ticket office is
inside the castle it's actually outside
the castle
down the hill a little bit so you
actually pass by it on your right when
you're walking up the hill and the door
to go in is on the left you're like no
no turn around walk down about 20 meters
it's down there okay so pick up your
tickets there and then come up
and with that i will say is don't forget
to bring your discount cards
if you have student cards or if you have
you know under 26 cards or whatever
european union your ids and stuff like
that any kind of discounts that you can
get
have your id for that because portugal
does offer some really good discounts
for
for different people so that is
something to check out okay
the thing is lisbon has got so many
great things to do and see what you are
here that
it's really tough to always come up with
bad tones and sometimes it's good don'ts
like
don't forget there's more museums out
here than just seeing the tower of lane
and going up to the castle
you've got the museum of water to check
out you've got the gulbanka museum
which is a great private collection that
became a museum that you can check out
i like the museum of art antigua or like
ancient art there's
all kinds of really great museums to
check out here and i'll give you a list
of some of them
that i do like but you do have that um
the thing is when you're here in lisbon
you'll see like i said that great
architecture and one of those things to
see
downtown actually if you go down road to
augusta you're walking down to razoo
where the train station is that you'll
go to sintra you look on your left and
you'll see the santa justa elevator
this amazing elevator like oh my god
that is so amazing
i want to go up it you can go up it but
my don't for you is
don't feel that you have to pay to take
the elevator up or down
because you can actually walk onto it
from the top so when you're going
exploring barrio alto and things like
that
there's actually a walkway that goes to
the top of it you can walk around for
free and do that instead of paying to go
up and down
because you'll see there's a line of
people waiting like dude you can just
you'll walk up and see some cool shops
on the way up there
so just do that instead of paying the
money to go up you can still get the
great view anyway when you walk up
around it
without having paid to go up there okay
um there are some other don't want to
talk about
you know i talked about the rozio
station you're going to go out to sintra
right
well my next stone for you is don't just
stay in lisbon i mean don't get me wrong
i love lisbon i lived here for five
years
but there are some really amazing day
trips you can do from here
probably the most popular one is going
to sintra that's where you see like that
disneyland castle looking stuff
but it's not just the disneyland the
palacio de pena it's not just that
there's another two castles there one's
the moorish castle that's in ruins
there's a national palaces there you can
go through that's where you'll see the
historic stuff in there that's a really
cool one
and so you have that day trip another
one if you want to go see one of these
old walled cities
it's my favorite cute little town to go
see when i'm here you got to take a bus
to it so you have that or you can go to
tamar there's a unesco world heritage
site there and spend your day there
or maybe you want to see the bone
champion evra you can take the train or
bust there
so there's a lot of really nice day
trips you can do when you are here and
that's really cool
and it kind of makes you think that you
know what make sure you use lisbon as a
base
to explore more of portugal around here
and the thing is though a lot of people
do come here
and one thing i do want to say is don't
think that your airbnb you're staying in
hasn't affected the city because i lived
here for five years and i can see the
differences
and i talked to my friends how hard it
is for them to afford to live in the
center now because everything's getting
turned into airbnb so
one thing i'll say is don't think that
your airbnb isn't affecting the local
population but
the thing is you're probably gonna use
when you're here um but you don't have
to
um one thing i will say is for the
hostiles when i say hostile
don't think hostile when i think when i
say hostile here in lisbon
lisbon has some of the best hostels in
the world and no they're not like eight
people in a bunk kind of stuff i mean
you can find that
but they're like fancy kind of themed
hostels and stuff and that's one of the
things that really helped lisbon kind of
pop up on the tourist map is they had
all this great affordable accommodation
in their hostels
that were cool hostile so don't be
scared to stay at a hostel when you are
here
the thing is lisbon has really become a
very popular tourist destination i know
for a number of years it was like
the best weekend destination in europe
and so the airlines have really made a
big push for here so you've got the
ryanairs and the easy jets
delta flies here united flies here heck
if you fly with a national carrier tap
they'll let you do a little layover here
for a few days you can do that and
explore
and then go see some other parts of
europe so don't think it's not
don't think it's hard to get to portugal
anymore it is pretty easy
to come here to lisbon okay um some
other don'ts i'm going to tell about you
some of them are kind of a little
annoying
don't let the people asking to sell you
drugs and buy show or in barrio alto
don't let them get to you okay you'll
see them like oh cocaine marijuana
hashish
sunglasses whoa there's a lot of
different stuff you're selling there
don't let it get to you okay there and
don't think they're actually selling you
the real deal
all right um just just don't let it get
to you because a lot of tourists will
say
what's going on here now the locals will
say oh that doesn't happen
well it's because they asked the
tourists they don't they don't ask the
locals okay so you do have that
now i know i mentioned about the later
eating times here in lisbon before but i
have some other don'ts
for when you're eating here and drinking
here one thing is
don't think that port wine is the
end-all be-all here in portugal
um here in lisbon you'll see a lot of
shinjina places or ginger
it's a it's a cherry liqueur you'll have
and actually one of those day trips if
you go to obidus that's where you have
it in little chocolate cups that's the
place to go one of my favorite places
but gingini is a drink you want to have
here
another donut i have for you as caleb
just made me here
one thing i'll say is if you do order
the green wine the vegan verde
don't let the server serve it to you
unless it's really cold
because you serve it really cold and it
should have a sleeve on it to keep it
cold keep it chilled so you can enjoy
every single drop because the green wine
here is fantastic and affordable
and that's my next don't for you don't
worry about your budget when you are
here in lisbon now
i'm not going to say lisbon is super
cheap okay portugal overall is a pretty
affordable destination
and lisbon even though it has all these
tours has still been a very affordable
place
for accommodation for going out to eat
and having a good time and partying and
stuff like that
and you'll see that in the summertime on
weekends it does get pretty full
so what i would say is don't be scared
to come to lisbon off season
we're here it's the end of november here
the kids had off for thanksgiving
so we came back to visit and it's just
such a wonderful place
and there's very few tourists here and
the thing is though if you're going to
be coming here
don't forget to bring some layers okay
because it's not
hot all year round yes the summer yes
it's hot i'm not going to lie to you
about that one
but the thing is it definitely chills
off at night so if you're coming in the
summer make sure you bring an extra
layer or two just in case okay
also another thing is now that i think
about going out at night here
don't go out and listen before 10 or 11
o'clock at night
in barrio alto because there's nobody at
the bars at that time
the portuguese they eat late they party
late and they stay out late okay so
don't think you're gonna be starting
early here because i know when i first
came here i went out like at nine ten
o'clock i'm like where is everybody
i thought this was like the party in
place oh no it gets partying like 11 12
1-2 things like that all right so so
don't start early
start later if you're going to be having
a good time when you are here
oh also don't be afraid to buy a big
bottle of beer and go look at one of the
miradors
and have a drink there to take in the
views and then go out the bars because
it's kind of a common thing
is you sit around have some drinks with
your friend outside and then go to the
bars
or the clubs and stuff like that now
when you are in butter outside you do
want to go a bit early around
you can go to a photo show up there what
i would say is don't feel that you
have to pay to go to a photo show when
you are here
in lisbon i lived here for five years i
heard fado
a lot and i never paid one time you'll
find bars that'll have a photo singer
singing every so often it is kind of a
cool thing so don't get suckered in to
go into the photo shows i mean you could
do them
is a nice experience but you don't have
to do that when you are here
another thing is when i start thinking
about it is don't forget to bring your
whole family i've been here
with the grandparents i've been here as
a college student i've been here
as a father i've been here as a uh you
know as a young student
this has got stuff for everybody there's
great stuff for kids so don't forget to
bring them
the lisbon zoo one of the best zoos
we've ever been to
you definitely want to go there the
oceanarium don't forget to take the kids
there whether they're young or old
you can have a really good time with
that all right and another thing i want
to say is if you're if you're traveling
you're where you're going to get sick or
stuff like that
they've got all kinds of clinics here
what's cool is the healthcare isn't that
expensive at all it's actually
quite affordable i mean it was so cheap
we actually had a kid here yeah i'll
show you this
this is our our portuguese baby here
he's gotten a little bit bigger since he
says he popped out in 2011 but uh dr
patricia thank you very much for helping
us with this little guy
and the thing is there's great things
for kids there's great things for
families all kinds of stuff
young old anybody that wants to come
that's what's really nice is lisbon is
very accepting of all
people all genders all sexualities all
everything and it's just a really great
place
and that's why i love living here for
five years and that's why it's really
hard for me to find bad don'ts about
this place
because there's so much you will love
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