Walking and Eating around Lisbon
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walk & eat around LISBON
by Paul and Denise Burton
This new 2nd edition of Walk & Eat around Lisbon has been carefully revised just a few months prior to publication. One of the walks has had to be omitted because of city development, but there is a splendid new alternative on the coast. But the restaurants are all unchanged – a reflection of their consistent quality. The topo maps now show waypoints, and free downloadable GPS tracks are available for all the walks.
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This pocket-sized full-colour guide is designed for short-break walking holidays in Lisbon and around the capital using the excellent public transport network. Even ‘non-walkers’ will appreciate the large-scale city plans and maps, descriptions of the sights, and recommendations for restaurants in Lisbon and other tourist centres like Sintra and Cascais. For each suggested restaurant there is a photograph of the décor and one of their dishes, sample menu, price guide, opening times, and a recipe for one of their specialities. Other sections include: planning your trip, logistics on arrival, local markets and specialities, glossary of local food terms, and a restaurant mini-vocabulary. A special feature is the emphasis on natural local foods suitable for those with food intolerances. All recipes have been made by the authors and are known to ‘work’.
Area covered: The book describes one walk in the city centre, five in the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park and other walks further afield but easily reached by public transport. There are two excursions — one to the Tagus Estuary Natural Park, the other to the medieval walled town of Óbidos.
The best months for walking in Lisbon and around are April-June and September/October, although it is usually mild enough to walk in this area right through the winter months. Only in July and August would it be far too hot — but one can still enjoy the restaurants in Lisbon and the other popular centres covered!
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)
Your choice of where to look for accommodation will be governed by several factors. For instance, if you intend to hire a car you will benefit from a much wider choice. On the other hand if you plan to rely on public transport, you will need to choose a centre offering good access to the walk routes or excursions you plan to do. There is also the factor of what type of accommodation you plan to use, for example whether you plan to stay in a hotel or in a self-catering apartment or villa. The author provides useful advice on the various options in the Where to Stay chapter which will be found in the introductory pages of the book.
10 walks and 2 excursions
144 pages + plan of central Lisbon; area map; large-scale (1:35,000) topo maps for the countryside walks
2nd ed, 2019; ISBN 978-1-85691-513-7; UK retail price £8.99 / USA retail price $14.99
Table of 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
The following is the index of places; the book also contains an index of recipes (which is not shown here). Page numbers shown in bold are where photographs appear; those shown in italics are where maps appear.
Adraga 74, 76, 79
Alcochete 128, 129, 131 Arroz (Museu do) 100
Azenhas do Mar 62, 64, 66
Azóia 56, 60
Cabo da Roca 58, 76, 81
Capuchos Monastery 48, 49
Comporta 94, 95 Cruz Alta 36, 40
Ericeira 107, 108
Lisbon
Alfama 25
Belém 28, 29, cover
Castelo S Jorge 23, 24 Lourinhã 119, 121
Lourinhã (continued)
Mafra 106, 112, 114
Palace 105, 106, 112, 114 Mercado da Ribeira 18, 19, 31
Monserrate Palace 47, 48, 50 Moors’ Castle 34, 36, 39, 42
natural parks
Arrábida 85
Sado 97
Tejo 129, 130
Óbidos 132, 133, 135
Pai Mogo, Fort 121, 125
Pena Palace, 36, 39, 40
Peninha 54, 55, 56 Praia da Areia Branca 118, 121, 124
Praia da Ursa 76, 80
Praia das Maças 64, 67, 75
Praia Grande 64, 69, 76, 77
Parque das Nações 4, 28
Praça do Comércio 27
Rossio 21
Sado Estuary 87, 93, 94 Santa Luzia 23
museum 119, 120
São Luís, Serra de 85, 86, 88
Setúbal 85, 89, 90
Sintra 35, 37, 41
Tapada 107, 114
Torres Vedras, Lines of 111, 112
Várzea de Colares 63, 64, 65, 70
Zambujal 109, 111
LISBON, 2nd edition (2019); updated 2/11/2020
Updates for the walks and restaurants around Lisbon given below supplement those provided in the guidebook. It is vital that this Update is read in conjunction with the text of the book, but note that the Update applies only to the edition stated and not to any earlier editions. (If you have an older edition of this book, you can “upgrade” to the latest edition at half price.)
Information has been forwarded to us by users of the book, and Sunflower Books offers the data in good faith but cannot be held responsible for any misleading or inaccurate content in the Update. Unless indicated otherwise, what appears here has not been verified by the author or publisher, so please allow due caution when new or amended routes are suggested. Each piece of information is dated; bear in mind that some of the older observations may have since been overtaken by events or further changes. If, during your holiday, you are using the current edition of the guide and are able to provide any additional updating to add to this page, we will be pleased to hear from you. Please send information, preferably by e-mail, to info@sunflowerbooks.co.uk.
Walk 3: we found they’d locked a gate, thus blocking one of your routes. This was at waypoint 2. I can’t tell you we found a good substitute route for Walk 3 because we were heading north for Galamares rather than going back to Monserrat. (User, 11/20) [Sunflower: The map in the book is accurate; we hope users will be able to get back on track by using it – if the gate is still locked.]
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