
Ireland’s largest-selling daily newspaper The Irish Independent featured Lisbon twice in May
[caption id="attachment_4195" align="alignnone" width="1145"]Is Portugal’s capital too hip for its own good? Not if you mix old and new, says Lorraine Courtney in her story: Lisbon like a local – The best of old and new in Portugal’s hipster capital in Saturday’s paper. Read it here
The two articles are among the better ones we’ve read recently. There are of course several repeats from similar stories in other news papers and magazines. We agree in most of the advices and recommendations and even have a few added to our own bucket list. Definitely worth reading before going. ]]>Could Lisbon be Europe’s most exciting city break destination? … Sarah Marshall asked herself the Saturday before (on the 20th). After reading about the city’s progress since her first encounter 14 years ago it’s not difficult to guess her answer.
For decades, Lisbon has been trapped in a wonderful time warp: specialist shops still sell products from behind wooden counters and weathered doorways reveal historic interiors untouched for years. But now change is happening at an accelerating pace, and there’s a palpable energy in a city that’s drifted aimlessly for so long Read her story here.