I loved the review, as a Portuguese citizen I was very grateful for the honesty. Cheers.

I was warned to train for the Portuguese hills but I thought "Not me, I walk in hills all the time at home". No. I was wrong. Porto and Lisbon are SERIOUS workouts. But OMG, I fell hard in love with Porto.

We went to Lisbon in February a few years ago. Temperatures daily were low 50's to low 60's; we never had to make a reservation at a restaurant; the tram 28 was not crowded nor hot. In general, a very pleasant and comfortable experience. One of the best European cities to visit.

I spent a month in Lisbon. I stayed in Sacavem, 8km to the north but it only took me 15 minutes by train to get into the city centre. The sidewalks are made out of chunks of Dolomite (manganese limestone). This makes them very hard wearing but slightly slippery even in dry weather. As a result, your feet are never getting a firm grip and it makes walking long distances arduous. Your feet will tire. Some hills are very steep so get a bus or tram to the top and walk down. Tram 28 is a bumpy ride. It's more comfortable getting the bus. The Belem seafront is much easier to walk because it's all flat. Go visit the technology museum and military museum on the Belem seafront. Hiring e-bikes and e-scooters are also an option. The best view of the city is from the Christ Statue on the opposite bank of the Tagus river. Get there by ferry boat and bus. Get the bus back over the 25th April bridge. Go eat at the ruined LX factory complex. Sintra is very hilly, so if you struggle with walking, I suggest Quelez Palace as an alternative. It's a Portuguese version of Versaille and it's all flat to walk around. You will see one of the earliest tennis courts in the gardens and it's where the Royal stables are located. The Oriente district is all modern with long cycling paths. Up towards the Vasco de Gama bridge you can see flocks of Flamingos. Central Lisbon is extra busy when the cruise ships come into dock. Nightlife is in Bairro Alto district. Pay a visit to the former Central Bank of Portugal. It's free to enter and you can touch a solid gold ingot behind bars in the vault. Carry coins on you. You will need them to use public toilets. And study how to order a coffee. The types of coffee they serve are not the same as in northern countries. A basic coffee from McDonalds in Lisbon is like a small expresso not a huge cup of watery coffee. If you really want to be adventuress, visit Thiep Senegal, a small but friendly African restaurant in the winding backstreets of Rossio.

Lisbon is one of my favorite cities!!! I’d visit again in a heartbeat, there’s not many places that I can say that.

Going there from May 5-9, very excited!

Day trip to Tomar - A gorgeous Knight's Templar enclave!

We go to Lisbon every year as my husband has family there. We stay in the Alameda area as it’s not so touristy and has some great local restaurants. I can recommend a trip to Queluz Palace which is lovely and without the crowds of Sintra. Also really enjoy the Expo area in the evening, a great place for a riverside stroll, and the mall there is handy as it’s open until midnight.

Developed a rash on the calf after a weekend of hot walking! My doc at home said: congrats! You’ve got what we call- Disney Leg! I’d still do it all over again anytime! Great city!

Great content! Cheers 🍻

Great video! Thanks for sharing

Awesome review! Comprehensive, unbias

We stayed in Alfama and loved the hills

nice video about Lisbon,can;t wait spring time to visit this city.Keep going.

Good point, thanks for showing us.

This is a very accurate and informative video

@woltersworld Great breakdown of Lisbon's charms and challenges.

Planning to visit Lisbon end of summer. Thank you for the heads up. I hope I can manage the tor elevations.

I wouldn't put the hills in the hate category. For anyone that visited for instance Barcelona like myself, I almost felt claustrophobic, you're always under shade, you can't see past the next intersection, sometimes it feels difficult to know where you are going. I had this idea that it would be possible to see la sagrada familia from everywhere but you can't even see the tip one street before. Hills are what make Lisbon (and Porto) special, sunny and spacious, the river and the sea is visible from pretty much everywhere, barely any shade. The cobblestone sucks, not going to lie, I'm always slipping. My girlfriend broke her arm 2 weeks ago because of it

I was in Lisbon as things were just opening up after Covid and there were no crowds, which was great.

Geat video. You have a beautiful family!.

We loved our recent trip to Lisbon. The hills almost killed me. I know I was warned, but it really seemed like you had to go up hill to go down. Can’t wait to go back!

If you really must have an early lunch or dinner, it is very easy to go to the restaurants in any Mall. Some of them have decent restaurants and even churrascarias!

Will be spending 2 weeks in June…can’t wait. It looks amazing!

due is living life...wonderful places with wonderful family

Yay will be there in May!!!!

Great and fun video ! Obrigado !

Great vlog! Love my forever home Lisboa! Pros far outweigh the cons!!! ❤Portugal

Hey Mark, great video

Visited Lisbon in December. Absolutely loved it

The food looks good here. As far as the hills, I don't think I would like that. This was a wonderful video!😊❤

Cant wait 2.5 months,ill be in Lisbon,good stuff.

6th reason to love Lisbon, Portugal🇵🇹 NFKRZ moved there

Love the video, can share similar experience we encountered when we visited Lisbon March, 2023. We were also approached by a guy asking about drugs, we said no thanks and moved on, no harassment of any kind. The hilly streets were also challenging for those not fit. The narrow streets were also something we aren’t used to.

Boys are really growing 👏

Just got back from 4 nights in Lisbon...we loved it. I should have gotten a fado restaurant recommendation from you. The one we went to was good...but certainly a tourist trap. I can verify that spring break is a great time to go. The weather, while it was predicted to be rainy, was actually sunny for us and around 65 degrees. And, I imagine much less tourists than the summer. I didn't mess with taxis at all. Uber & Bolt were awesome and so reasonably priced.

Was there for a week last month. Walked all over. Nobody tried to sell me drugs (maybe because I'm in my 70s). Coming from a place that is flat, I loved the hills. Had no trouble getting on-line reservations for dinner at 7:30. I understand that Lisbon is not cheap for locals, but for tourists from the US, it is inexpensive, especially compared to the US and many European cities. That includes lodging, excellent food and good public transportation. Hoping to return.

I liked the sense of history and the friendliness of the people as well as the great weather. I loathed the “blind” accordion players on the metro. Those guys are not blind at all they “accidentally” barge into likely targets on the metro and then tap their white stick on something metal to summon their fellow gang members. Lucky for me the transit staff were already chasing them and I worked out what was going on before it was too late. You are correct about the hills and those tiled pavements. If you want to avoid the super crowded regular tram there is a more expensive restored tram that only does booked tourist trips of the city.

I will travel over there for the next months ☺️😁😁 after that I will tell you about my experience 🎉🎉

I love the love and hates ❤

I love lisbon. I have a house in Sesimbra and an apartment in the Alfama one block away from the Pantheon. Im from Washington state. i will say the only "hate" ive had that you shared is the hills and slick cobble streets. ive never ran into the "cocaine" peddlers there. I have seen while driving around the legal prostitutes on the side of the roads. but, i absolutely love Portugal. I recommend seeing as many castles as you can. From Sao Jorge to Pamela to Obidos to the Moorish castle, they are all spectacular! ...Ill be going back for the summer next month and i cant wait!

Food looks tasty

I love Lisbon.

We thought the exact same about the packed trams! We enjoyed the bus a lot more, especially to go to the castle/Alfama. Check out our videos about Lisbon for our perspective, we found probably the best Portuguese pastries (and it's not Pasteis De Nata) Thanks for the great video Mark! Cheers

Do you have a video on just the food in Portugal? We are headed in May and cannot wait!

Every major city in the world has the same problems as Lisbon, except maybe for the hills 😅. Amazing city though 🎉😊

I love Lisbon! :)))

Doing a 6 day trip between Porto and Lisbon for my girlfriend’s birthday in a week. This video could not be better timed lol

Hey Wolter, thanks for an interesting talk. What is that sort of open-standing cable car you're showing in between? Never heard about it. Is it in Lisbon? Thanks a lot!

Welcome to Lisbon

3:11 Great video! Can please you tell me the name of the meal @ 3:11 and restaurant ? - It looks delish 😋 Cheers!

As a portuguese I'm proud of this video 😌

The hills, and the slick pavement tiles are what I don’t like about Lisbon, and other parts of Portugal. Walking up the hills is okay because I’m fit, but walking down hills is very hard on my knees, coupled with the slippy tiles is nerve wracking, as are the taxi rides with crazy drivers. Other than these, it’s my favorite European country.

Do you have a video of your recommended restaurants? Thank you so much.

Go try the few but amazing Goa food restaurants in Lisbon. Cheap yet delicious and spicy!

Hey, the Cocagne brand of Sardines are delicious! 😝

1:50 wise words

I don’t know if it was the same district you talked about in the first dislike, but I remember going to Cafe Klandestino in an Uber. All the males on the street wore the same exact thing: sneakers, jeans, black “leather” jacket

Mark the worst thing about Portugal is the cobblestones and the hills. I have limited mobility so if it rains sometimes I cant leave my hotel just in case I slip which has happened before.

I had almost a great time when I visited there. The city was nice, the weather was great, transportation worked great with a Navegante card. The only thing that made it less than great was another tourist that accused me of taking photos of someone I could't even see from where I was standing. I'm not I violent person but I had to walk away so I didn't clock him infront of his family. 🤬 Edit: He didn't even apoligize when I showed him my photos which clearly wasn't of what he accused me of photographing.

Hi, I looked that up and it’s a neighborhood but I can’t find that ride (the thing that’s going thru the trees) is it at a park?

I was in Lisbon earlier in the month and before I even got from the Marques De Pombal metro station to my hotel was approached 4 or 5 times by the fake drug scammers in the space of about 15 minutes. I got used to ignoring them throughout my trip but it was an minor annoyance - the Avenida da Liberdade was pretty bad for it. Apart from that I really enjoy Lisbon and I actually really like walking up the hills to the various miradouros (viewpoints) and just wandering about in general. Weather when I was there was awful in terms of periods of torrential rain but was still enjoyable. Managed day trips to Cascais and Sintra without getting drenched. Went inside the Pena Palace in Sintra but it wasn't really enjoyable due to the sheer numbers of people and that was on a Weds in March and and with a timed appointment slot. The Moors Castle and The National Palace of Sintra were much more enjoyable as was the walk from the station up to the castle. But Lisbon itself is a great city and hopefully I will be back soon and hopefully the weather will be better.

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I just visited both Porto and Lisbon during spring break! Loved Porto, the people were warm and friendly unlike those in Lisbon. In Lisbon the weather was miserable and there weren’t as many locals who spoke English. Anyways I hope to return to see the areas I didn’t have a chance to visit. And hopefully the weather will be better.😊

Well now I’m a bit worried about falling. Anyone have a good grippy shoe recommendation? I’m pretty clumsy and had hip replacement last year (not from the clumsiness lol, just arthritis).

Affordable only for tourists :(

Oh dear I come from a Coal Miner's family and eat by 5:30 pm at the latest lol.... This usually works out well for me when traveling as I never have to make reservations- but if the kitchens are closed until 9pm in Lisbon that won't work. Are a lot of the authentic restaurants open for lunch and what time range is lunch usually? Thanks.

Love Lisboa ! I would move there if the opp. came. Def music lovers get to see some live FADO music. Get lost and find your way back to your lodging. Obidos is cool & sintra is a short ride

Peri peri chicken 😋

I’m planning to go to Lisbon with my mom. I would like to know if there is a driver service. If you can help me with the info I’ll appreciate it.

Would Lisbon be similar to San Francisco hills going up California street to the top of hill and down to fisherman’s wharf and back up? Can I train for Lisbon there

Hates: the hilliness and dirt/run down parts. Likes: everything else

Good tips. Correction on pronunciation though at 14:02 the City of Setubal is not pronounced as you read it in English, its pronounced "Shtoolbal". Also with thank you - Obrigado - the O at the end is pronounced with a U - so like "Obrigadu" (male).

I went there in 2019 and everything you said is true especially the drugs part. Nonetheless, it was one of my most memorable trips ever.

Are you related to Mario Batali? 😊

Portugal may be affordable from a tourist point of view but not for the locals that live on a Portuguese salary. Plus the people who live in Lisbon don’t go to tourist areas, they go to work. They have to pay rent, electricity, taxes and they also have a family to feed. 04:35.

Had a great trip to Lisbon. I was concerned about the warnings I saw concerning falling on the cobblestones. I walked about 8-10 miles a day, lots of hills, lots of wet weather. I don't think falling is inevitable if you pay attention to where you are going! I am a clumsy person and I had no mishaps.

Lisbon Disneyland...born and bred in Lisbon. City is unrecognisable. I get it things cannot remain the same and progress is needed. But the whole tourism thing pushed locals away...expensive, unaffordable, chaotic..well..

once someone approached me in cologne if I want to buy some of his "gutes Zeug"

Oh wow, that first point reminds me of the time me and my brother were accosted by a cocaine dealer on the strip in Albufeira. Indeed, that's something to watch out for throughout the country, though this particular case occurred late in the evening. Just keep walking and you'll be fine

I love Lisboa! Lived there for 4 years but this city lost its authenticity! Some parts full of tourists and all signs in English language! And many restaurants are not selling authentic food ! Other parts just full of Asians ! Such as Martim moniz , which gives you a feeling that you are in India or Nepal

Hi, that thing that you’re riding in with your kids in trees that looks like you are in Quito Ecuador - where is that? 22 seconds into video…

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I feel bad as a tourist in a coastal country as I hate fish and seafood

Talking like a real Lisboeta Even calling it Expo, instead of Parque das Nações, as it oficialy is... The Haxixe thing happens to everyone all the time, but is realy no problem, more weird than bad, Just dont buy from them

😮WEED, OMG! Which Neighborhood did you say???

Tourist Restaurants are the worst in Lisbon. Not easy to find smth good in the city centre, definitely research!

Portugal sold its country to foreigners 😢 affordable for tourists and unaffordable for locals.

Nearly killed by our Uber driver. Rides are cheap though. I know they are trying to make a living, but Tuk Tuks are quite annoying.

I think you have already done a video on the love & hates of Portugal some years ago.

Is there a lot of wallets on the floor

Huh, never had anyone try to sell me drugs---way less than in many other places. I guess they really don't approach women that much? Still surprising, I was actually just thinking about that last week, wondering why it *didn't* happen considering how relatively lax Portugal's drug laws are compared to many other European countries.

Also for the last 25 years or so they have been in European Union which uses English as the common language of communication so since that time English is taught in schools

I haven't been to Lisbon for some years, but what I hated the most was the powerty, that made people come to you at an outdoor restaurant and beg for the left overs from your plate.

It's not cocaine, it's flour. And Portuguese hates tuk tuks

Please dont come. Too many, now.

Not real drugs? Noted!

Porto > Lisboa