The arena of Lisbon is really beautiful from the outside. You can see a nice architecture. On the…read moreground, there is also a little shoppingcenter and some restaurants. When you already have been in the bullfight Arena in Madrid, this one is really *pequeno* ;) But who cares... the climate inside is good, you have some good view from all places and there are also some snacks you can buy. Doesn't matter if you like bullfights or not, Campo Pequeno is worth a visit.

Lisbon is a city on seven hills and they have viewpoints. This one, the Miradouro da Graça, is in…read morefront of the Church of Our Lady of Grace (Igrejal Paroquial da Graça) is not the best view. The best one is probably Miradouro da Senhora do Monte but I wouldn't have known that until I got here. On the plus side, this one has a small terrace cafe with snacks and drinks and coffee and even hot food. I got a beer and at €2.40, was overcharged. The view toward the harbor is blocked but the view of the city is great. It was overcast today, so no beautiful sunset. The city is building an escalator to the summit. While the climb through the graffiti alley is a good workout, I'll look forward to the completion of that before I return here.

We did a free walking tour throughout Lisbon and it brought us to this beautiful lookout. Located…read morein an area between homes and shops (we probably wouldn't have discovered it on our own), we were happy to stop by and soak in the view of the city from above. There isn't much space up at the lookout, so anticipate just stopping by for a few minutes if you're in the area. I'd highly recommend their city's free walking tour as this was just one of many awesome stops. Enjoy!

The biggest palace I have visited. This palace is build in rectangular shape with wide length that…read morecreates the long corridor to walk from one corner to the other. The first level is convent with all the living quarters. The cathedral also located on center of the palace. The second level is the living space for the royal. This dual use palace is the first I have visited. The visit will take minimum 1.5 hours to complete if you walk fast. The first floor cathedral has a lot of relic that to be use for the festival on the street. The cathedral is actually the Basilica of Our Lady and St. Anthony of Mafra. I like marble construction. It connected to the convent and living quarters of the nun. You can see the each quarter has the fire metal bowl. At very interesting is the first time I see the hospital in the convent for the sick people. The second floor is huge. The royal quarter, painted ceiling, games room, throne room, trophies room, royal prince room, music room, and more. The most spectacular is the library. The collection is by section. This library is very similar to the University of Coimbra library. The collection includes monster, magic, science and more for the books. Love it.

I enjoyed my visit here. I drove from Lisbon planning only to see the library, which is…read morehistorically important, if you're a big fan of libraries like me. But, I ended up pleasantly surprised by the added parts which included a museum and a "birds of prey" exhibit. The bird exhibit (and photo op) alone was 5 stars--I'm easily impressed by birds, I guess. The library, which I came for, was visually impressive. Yet, I was SUPER DISAPPOINTED that visitors couldn't actually go into the library. You can only take photos from one end and only about 3 meters into the space. So. Disappointed. Even so, it was a gorgeous space and seeing the rest of the palace sort of helped assuage my disappointment. If you're in the area (or an old library fan girl, I'd recommend it.