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Walks in Avenidas Novas.
2 editor-picked walks through Avenidas Novas. Each one has been walked — stops, distances, and a paragraph on what to notice.
Walks in Avenidas Novas
Gulbenkian: the garden and the two collections
An oil tycoon's art, a modernist garden, and a lake you can lose an afternoon beside.
Saldanha & Avenidas Novas: the planned city
An Art Nouveau house-museum, the early-1900s avenues, and a neo-Moorish brick bullring.
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Sorted by distance from the start of gulbenkian: the garden and the two collections. Good for stitching together a longer day.
Águas Livres: the great aqueduct and the water cistern
Thirty-five arches across a valley, and the cathedral-like cistern they fed.
Príncipe Real: the cedar, the palace shop, the view
A vast spreading cedar, a concept store in a Moorish palace, and the tropical garden behind the university.
Arroios and Anjos: the everyday city
A market, the food of a dozen countries, the street art of Anjos, and a tiled façade to finish.
Alameda: the monumental city and the great fountain
The 1940s stepped fountain, the Estado Novo campus, and the tiled metro stations beneath.