Trolleys and Tuk Tuk

Trolleys and Tuk Tuk
“Trolleys and Tuk Tuk” — Trolleys, tuk tuk,, and crowds near Miradouro das Portas do Sol, Lisbon.

We walk a lot when we visit cities, and on this Lisbon day we had walked to and then through portions of Alfama. This neighborhood is full of very old streets and buildings. It is built on a hill rising above the water, so many of those lanes are quite steep. Overall it was a slow and mostly quiet walk… until we emerged on this busy street!

This bend in the road is occupied by two sets of trolley tracks where the famous Lisbon trolleys pass by. compared to the most of the streets of Alfama, it was extraordinarily busy and crowded here, perhaps in part because the area is right next to a famous overlook, the Mirdouro das Portas do Sol.


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