Who would have guessed? Just an hour north of Lisbon, in the countryside, is a beautiful managed garden intended as...
A new spot in the trendy Chiado neighborhood of Lisbon is an ideal place to meet friends, relax after a day of shopping, and try some delicious wines made in Portugal. By the Wine is the first “flagship store” of famed Portuguese vintner José Maria da Fonseca. Wines by the glass and ...
Every significant city in the world has an impressive collection of Art. In Lisbon, the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga...
At Lisbon’s Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian (CAM), artist Carlos Bunga transforms cardboard, paint, and tape into a monumental meditation...
The Casa das Historias Paula Rego is one of the newest museums in the ever-developing Lisbon-area culture scene. Opening in 2009, the “House of Stories” provides an ideal showcase for the works of renowned Portuguese contemporary artist Paula Rego.
Visiting Lisbon? It’s hard to miss Castelo de São Jorge (St. George’s Castle) high on a hill overlooking the city....
After 40 years of collecting, de Brito amassed a significant and respected collection. And now, 105 works, covering a period from1914 to present, are on exhibit at the Center of Art Manuel de Brito.
The Chalet was originally built between 1864 and 1869 by King Ferdinand II for his second wife, Elise Hensler, Countess d'Edla. It is modeled on Alpine chalets popular at the time, and it sits in the large Pena Park facing the grand Pena Palace. It was intended as a private recreational house for the Countess.