Full Description
Pocket-sized, full-colour guide to Lisbon and the surrounding area. Ideal for an active short break.
Around Lisbon Sunflower Walk and Eat pocket guide is designed to add another dimension to your walking holiday in Portugal. It's ideal if you want an easy stroll or a longer walk and is also suitable if you just want recommendations for things to do in Lisbon and restaurants in Lisbon.
In Around Lisbon Sunflower Walk and Eat guide you'll find:
Detailed, easy-to-follow descriptions of 10 fairly straightforward walks with large-scale maps. There is one walk in the city centre, five in the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park and other walks further afield, easily reached by public transport
Excursions to Tagus Estuary Natural Reserve and Óbidos, the medieval walled town, suitable for all holidaymakers
Recommended restaurants en route serving local dishes with sample menus included
Essential holiday information including planning your trip, logistics on arrival, local markets and specialities, glossary of local food terms and a restaurant mini-vocabulary
Advice on natural local foods suitable for those with food intolerances
Street map of Lisbon
Additional recommendations included - information on markets, Portuguese wines and locally produced food
Whether you fly out for a weekend, week or a fortnight, with this book you'll have in your hand enough walks, excursions, restaurants and recipes to last throughout -- so you can choose the most appealing. For each suggested restaurant there is a photograph of the décor and one of their dishes, plus sample menu, price guide, opening times and a recipe for one of their specialities. All recipes have been tried, tested and enjoyed by the authors so we think you'll enjoy them too!
This is not a city guide, but it doesn't pretend to be — it's a walking guide with Lisbon as a base. I really enjoyed using the book and doing the walks. Non-specialist guidebooks like Lonely Planet/Rough Guide don't give details of any walking routes outside the city, so a book like this is great... (ESS, Amazon)
I spent four entire days in and out of Lisbon with this book as my guide during Easter. (HH, Amazon)
Contents
PLAN OF CENTRAL LISBON inside front cover
INTRODUCTION 4
the walks 6
the excursions 6
authors' note 7
the restaurants 8
the recipes 9
portuguese food 10
portuguese wines 10
planning your visit 12
when to go 12
where to stay 13
what to take 14
planning your walks 15
on arrival 17
tourist information 17
city transport pass 12
shopping for self-catering 19
markets 19
Walk 1 · lisbon city 20
alternative visits: belém, parque das nações 31
restaurant: comida da ribeira 31
recipes: salt cod brás-style, leite-crème 32
Walk 2 · sintra castles and palaces 34
restaurant: restaurante regional de sintra 43
recipes: goan-style curry, coriander soup with poached egg 44
Walk 3 · monserrate and capuchos 46
restaurants: café de paris, sintra 51
recipes: chicken breast stuffed with spinach and nuts,
marinated horse-mackerel 52
Walk 4 · peninha circuit from azóia 54
restaurants: pão de trigo, azóia 60
recipe: turbot and prawn kebab 61
Walk 5 · azenhas do mar 62
restaurants: ribeirinha de colares, restaurante da várzea,
azenhas do mar 70
recipes: rabbit stew, prawn bread soup 72
Walk 6 · westward to cabo da roca 74
restaurant: casa da galé, praia grande 82
recipe: pork with clams, Alentejo-style 75
Walk 7 · arrábida peninsula 84
restaurant: restaurante bombordo, setúbal 90
recipes: rodizio de peixe, orange roll 91
Walk 8 · sado's rice paddies 92
restaurants: museu do arroz and ilha do arroz, comporta 100
recipes: razor-shell and cockle rice, sweet rice pudding,
duck rice, cockles bulhão pato-style 102
Walk 9 · cabo espichel 106
restaurant: I love espichel, cabo espichel 116
recipe: drunken pears 117
Walk 10 · lourinhã's dinosaurs 118
restaurant: restaurante foz 126
recipe: fish stew 127
excursion 1 · alcochete 128
restaurant: solar do peixe, alcochete 131
excursion 2 · óbidos 132
costa de lisboa area map 134
restaurants: cozinha das rainhas, ilustre casa de ramiro 135
choosing bacalhau 136
EAT GF, DF 138
eating in restaurants 138
self-catering 139
gf, df shopping 139
TRANSPORT 135
GLOSSARY (menu decoder, shopping items, conversion table) 140
INDEX 143
IN the restaurant (pocket vocabulary) inside back cover
