Lisbon, Portugal

Bairro Alto

Bairro Alto, Lisbon

A sixteenth-century grid of narrow lanes above central Lisbon, first planned in the 1500s as Vila Nova de Andrade. Quiet and laundry-hung by day, after dark it becomes Portugal's most famous concentration of bars, restaurants and fado houses.

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Location

Coordinates: 38.71222, -9.145

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