Europe

Three slow days in Lisbon

A yellow funicular climbing a steep cobbled Lisbon street, seen through a window with soft reflections
Photo by Agustin Diaz Gargiulo on Unsplash

Lisbon rewards people who slow down. The city is built on seven steep hills, and every time I tried to cram in “one more sight” my calves filed a complaint. So on my last trip I gave myself three days and a simple rule: one neighbourhood per morning, nothing planned after lunch.