EXCITE - Clube de FadoThe Restaurante "Clube de Fado" is in the heart of Alfama and close to the renowned Sé de Lisboa (Lisbon Cathedral). If you enjoy excellent Portuguese traditional cooking, the sound of a Portuguese Guitar and to hear the greatest portuguese Fado voices, go to"Fado Club". Different atmosphere: Warm, Romantic, almost Mystical!
www.clube-de-fado.com+351 218 852 704
ACQUIRE - Colombo Shopping CenterMore than 420 stores open daily from 10:00 to 23:00
www.colombo.pt+351 217 113 636
ADMIRE - National Museum of Ancient ArtThe Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, located in Lisbon is the most important art museum in Portugal as well as being among the most important in Europe.The museum collection includes painting, sculpture, metalwork, textiles, furniture, drawings, and other decorative art forms from the Middle Ages to the early nineteenth century. The collections, especially those for the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, are particularly important regarding the history of Portuguese painting, sculpture, and metalwork.
www.mnarteantiga-ipmuseus.pt+351 213 912 800
INDULGE - Pasteis de BelémAt the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, in Belém, next to the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (the Heironymite Monastery) there was a sugar cane refinery linked to a small general store.
As a result of the liberal revolution of 1820, all convents and monasteries in Portugal were shut down in 1834, the clergy and labourers expelled.
In an attempt at survival, someone from the monastery offered sweet pastries for sale in the shop; pastries that rapidly became known as 'Pasteis de Belém'.
At that period the area of Belém was still far from the city of Lisbon and could be reached by steam-boats. At the same time, the grandeur of the monastery and the Torre de Belém (the Belém Tower) attracted visitors who soon grew used to savouring the delicious pastries originated in the monastery.
In 1837, the baking of the 'Pasteis de Belém' was begun in buildings joined to the refinery, following the ancient 'secret recipe' from the monastery. Passed on and known exclusively to the master confectioners who hand-crafted the pastries in the 'secrets room', this recipe remained unchanged to the present day.
In fact, the only true 'Pasteis de Belém' contrive, by means of a scrupulous selection of ingredients, to offer even today the flavour of the ancient portuguese confectionary industry.
www.pasteisdebelem.pt+351 213 637 423
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