Lisboa Hello Shannon, So here goes some info on Lisbon, I hope it helps you.

When you get to Lisbon, youll have to get a cab to go to your hotel. They dont have trains or subways at the airport. Other than that, all the touristic area can be accessed easily by subway. Here is their metro map. When I list the places of interest, Ill write the subway station next to it. About the tickets, I guess the cheapest way to go around is to buy their one day ticket (Bilhete 1 dia Carris/Metro rede (24 h)) that costs 3,95 euro and you can use buses and subway. Here go some places of interest which I particularly like.
Expo 98 e Parque das Naes / Oceanario de Lisboa red line (Oriente station)This is a new area made for a world fair they hosted in 1998. The idea of the fair was also to celebrate 500 years since Vasco Da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, arrived in India. The Portuguese are veeeeeeeeeery proud of their great navigation era!!! While I feel that the British are a bit ashamed of having explored so many countries and their population. But the Portuguese are very proud haha Anyways, the area is really nice. There is a small shopping mall (on the top floor, in the food court, theres a balcony, you can have nice views from there), you walk through it and you are in a vast open space with gardens, cafes, its really nice to walk there alongside the Tagus River. They have a pavilion for concerts and also one for exhibitions. There might be something on when you are there. The whole area of the expo, or Parques das Nacoes (new name after the expo) you can also find the OCEANARIO, which is an aquarium. There are lots of sea animals, pity Elliot is not coming. He would love that. Take pictures for him ;) Bairro Alto this is the bohemian area of Lisbon. So once Elliot will be sleeping soundly at night in the UK, you can go to the bars there and enjoy. I dont know if youre interested but they might have fado nights there. Fado is the Portuguese kind of music (I hate it! Haha) but its interesting to see them singing it. Ive been to a restaurant several times where they had these fado nights (Alex has an uncle who is a fado singer, not professionally, but its a hobby he takes very seriously). At some point, they will turn off the lights and light candles and one guy plays the guitar and any of the people in the house can go and sing a fado song. Everyone seems very concentrated because for them, its a rather spiritual/emotional experience. It is kind of sad and mournful. (totally the opposite of Brazilian cheerful music) Needless to say, never say anything bad about fado to a Portuguese person LOL They are very proud of fado and Amalia Rodrigues is the greatest ever fado singer. Nowadays, Mariza is the most famous fado singer

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Alfama You can get the subway to Baixa Chiado and walk there. The other way would be to take a tram (28). But I guess you like walking, so stick to the first option. There are 3 main places you have to go there. Saint George's Castle is a must, from where you can have the best views from the top of the city, the maze of those pitoresque little houses and the tagus river. Also theres The Cathedral on the way to the Castle, its the citys oldest building. I dont know about you, but coming from the new world, I get fascinated by any building that has been constructed before my country was found. We dont have anything that old back home. This Cathedral is indeed so old, when they started to make some repairing in it, they found remains of an old roman city underneath it, so theres some archaeological work being carried out in one side (well, at least there was the last time I was there). Oh by the way, very comfy shoes when you go to Alfama. Its a steep hill. Also, theres a small church just on the way up, thats St Anthonys church. He was actually born there and lots of Portuguese are devote to him. You can go to the underground where they say it was his house. Also, there was a big earthquake in 1755 that destroyed most of the city, and they say his house was one of the few buildings that resisted it without a scratch.