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Walks in Baixa.
2 editor-picked walks through Baixa. Each one has been walked — stops, distances, and a paragraph on what to notice.
Walks in Baixa
Baixa: the Pombaline grid and the arch
The downtown rebuilt after the earthquake — the river square, the triumphal arch, and the iron lift.
Ribeira das Naus: the city's front porch
Stepped lawns where the shipyards stood, the marble steps into the Tejo, the river at dusk.
Nearby
Other walks close to Baixa.
Sorted by distance from the start of baixa: the pombaline grid and the arch. Good for stitching together a longer day.
Alfama: fado and the miradouros
The cathedral, the two great river terraces, the fado lanes, and the climb back down to the water.
Chiado and Bairro Alto by day
The oldest bookshop in the world, a roofless Gothic church, and the grid above before it wakes up for the night.
Cais do Sodré: Pink Street and the Ribeira market
The food hall, the painted-pink lane, the riverfront, and the lawns by the Tejo — by daylight.
Cacilhas: the ferry, the seafood, and the view back
Cross the Tejo for the seafood row, the cliff lift, and Lisbon seen whole from the far bank.