Lisbon, Portugal is a city of hills. (It is sometimes called the “City of Seven Hills.”) Deepening upon which direction you go, even short walks can involve some significant climbs. There’s a reason for the Elevador de Santa Justa, the famous elevator structure, and for cable cars or funiculars. A positive result of all of this climbing is that there are some spectacular views.
One day we walked along the waterfront (thereby avoiding hills!) to the Alfama neighborhood, where we climbed up sometimes-steep and always narrow lanes, eventually arriving at the Miradouro das Portas do Sol before we continued on to the grounds of the St. George Castle. Here the view looks back over the Tagus River, past the tightly spaced white buildings of Alfama.
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