Azores Easter Cruise March 26th - April 11th 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal Page

Tuesday 7th April 2015

Lisbon & into the Alcântara Dock, alas but in the berth near the Praça do Commerce, a “troop ship” was moored. There was a free shuttle bus to the bottom of the Avenida, which took agesto wriggle through the lethal Portuguese traffic.

Buildings in the Avenida	Fountain in the Avenida	Theatre MariaVitoria
1st World War Memorial	Marques Pombal	Foot of the Pombal statue

We walked up the Avenida, a long-seeming way uphill to the Marques Pombal Statue, then through the Edward VII Park & stopped for a coffee as soon as we could (€2.40).

Grand building by Edward VII Park

From the top of the park to the Tagus

Fountain at the top of the park

Then, we found the Guggenheim Museum, which had local art (& Paula Rego is local here), Arshile Gorky & Bernard Frize, a poser. (€5 for both).