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04.2
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Chiado City

by yudaica2013 ·

Those who still do not know Portugal is about time that you planteeis you make a break of a few days to see the wonders of Lisbon, which has the advantage of leaving to the extranjerocomodamente from Spain at the wheel, easily and inexpensively. Even if we do not have own vehicle, the car hire in Lisbon will end up being the cheapest option and will allow pay off the travel time to the maximum. Lisbon, city that according to the legend, founded by Ulysses. Its name is of Phoenician origin and means charming port. Lisbon is a historic capital that loads behind him 800 years of cultural influences, because it was controlled by various peoples, including Arabic, Crucible that still today can be seen in monuments and customs which blend with the most modern trends and life styles.

It is a city of contrasts and can be easily visited by renting a car in Lisbon. Lisbon is the road of Extremadura or A-5, though, depending on which is the starting point will be necessary to seek more direct routes. Another alternative is to rent a car in Lisbon to traverse the country without ties and made with a cheap flight.Upon arrival, the visitor will discover on arrival the historic neighborhoods that offer endless possibilities, as travel history, know architecture or discover Lisbon identity. The Bairro Alto, one of the most significant and attractive is typical and popular at the same time that endowed with traits of modernity. It is the area bars, multicultural atmosphere full of narrow streets, or no output. Here, the visitor will find good restaurants, intimate bookstores, teahouses or design shops.

Then we descend by the Chiado, meeting point of young people, artists and intellectuals, and area of the emblematic coffee shops as A Brasileira. You can go up there to rent a car in Lisbon. Near Chiado is the zone of Carmo, which highlights the convent and the Church, the archaeological museum or the Largo do Carmo, which was the scene of the revolution of the carnations. If we climbed to the Baixa, we will do it mounted on the Elevador de Santa Justa, a Centennial lift of peculiar architectural style. The Baixa is the traditional shopping center, ideal for all kinds of purchases. Other unmissable places where to go after the car rental in Lisbon are Rua Augusta and the Rossio Square, the Castle or the Church, fair da Ladra or thieves, a flea market where you find everything fair and the monastery of S. Vicente de Fora, one of the most notable religious monuments of the city. Descending to Apolonia and along the waterfront, visit the Casa dos Bicos, which dates from the 16th century and has a facade carved in diamond point. Certainly a city that us astonished by the variety of Arts, piasajes and places offered to us, all of them readily recorribles thanks to the car hire in Lisbon.