Lisbon by campervan

Kiki
May 22, 2025
3 min read

From the beautiful Algarve, we continued our journey to Lisbon.

Luckily, we were able to return the campervan early.

Driving a campervan through Lisbon wasn't much fun.

To put it mildly, it was hell.

First, we went to our hotel,

Hotel Mondial (highly recommended)

to leave our luggage.

A very nice, clean, and stylish hotel with a rooftop terrace.

After that, we had to drive what felt like all of Lisbon to return the campervan.

Everything went completely smoothly; we double-checked everything, and then our Lisbon adventure began.

We originally wanted to take public transport, but we were so far out that neither buses nor trains were running.

So we called a taxi (BOLT is available there).

Very cool because they're cheaper than regular taxis. The taxi took us to...

"LX-Factory "

There we took a break and slowly prepared ourselves for the mass tourism in Lisbon.

This LX Factory is a must-see. Very colorful and vibrant, but absolutely beautiful.

Since our daughter had already loved and gotten to know Lisbon before us, she gave us a rather long list of things you absolutely should do in Lisbon.

Lissabon:

- Lx Factory

- Free Tour Lisbon

- Rooftop Bar/Restaurant Lumi

- Weinbude Quiosque do Carmo (Square in front of the Museu Arqueologico do carmo)

- Aussichtspunkt Graca (Near the castle, small wine kiosk, amazing sunset; when you go up, take the small alleys and down the stairs)

- Mini Restaurant Taberna da rua das Flores

- abends Bairo Alto (many bars with live music)

- Restaurant Ramiro (Fish)

- Sunset sailing tour

- Fado Bar

-Sunday flea market at the Church of Sao Vicente

From there, we took the train to the open-air market halls. That's an absolute must-see. The selection of fish, meat, and vegetables in one hall is truly amazing. In the second hall, there's a kind of street food festival set up—really cool.

From there, we went to the hotel to check in. After a short break there, we went out again to enjoy our dinner at "Taberna da rua das Flores".ßen.

We were lucky and got a seat for two hours later. Those two hours were definitely worth the wait. We spent the waiting time in a small street café, watching the activity in the streets and alleys.

After the pleasant and very good meal, we slowly walked through the streets to the hotel.

The next morning, after a very good breakfast, we plunged back into the hustle and bustle of Lisbon.

We decided to start by taking a city tour on Lisbon's oldest tram.

That was very impressive, because in some places the streets were so narrow we could practically touch the houses from the train.

After more than an hour's journey, we got off in Lisbon's old town and continued on foot through the narrow streets.

One thing to know about Lisbon is that no matter which attraction you want to visit, you always have to go up a hill. Some of the paths are quite steep.

Taking the elevator up the hill is a great idea if you're willing to wait in line for at least two hours.

We watched a very interesting video at home by Timo Nausch with tips on how to avoid the queues.

Towards evening we went to the very small, but very fine and good Taverna Alfacinha.

The next day, we started with another train ride, because we have to admit that we felt we'd already seen everything and weren't really sure what else to do.

But then we had a really cool idea: we hired a private tour guide, and it was truly fascinating and exciting.

Afterwards, we took the ferry to Lisbon's iconic landmark.