Our AirBnB apartment was on this street.
The door to our apartment on the 2nd floor (3rd floor in America), is right behind Patricia.
This view of our apartment is taken from the castle walls, so you can see that a) we are close, and b) the telephoto lens worked well.
For no apparent reason, our building was decorated with colorful ribbons.
The interior of the apartment was nicer than the exterior would lead you to believe
The church of São Christovão was almost directly across the street from our apartment. The original church on the site (13th century) was destroyed by fire and…
Looking west from our apartment. As a reference, you can see the Convento just to the left of center.
Morning light from our apartment window.
A view of the rooftops of buildings in central Lisbon. We are here because elevators located in this building will save us many a hike up the 153 (or so) stairs…
Praça do Comércio (Commerce Square) or Terreiro do Paço (Palace Square) is where the royal palace stood until the 1755 earthquake and subsequent tidal wave. …
A view of the commercial center of the city from the castle walls.
The Castelo de São Jorge and previous fortifications going back to at least Roman times overlooked the city and its river approaches.
There are quite a few green areas in Lisbon. The strip of green running diagonally through the middle is the Avenida da Liberdade. It is about a kilometer…
Ruins of the Carmo Convent church from the castle walls. The Convent was started in 1389 and was ruined in the 1755 earthquake.
In one of the squares within the castle proper was a display of predator birds like this one.
I particularly liked this watchful owl.
Interior of the castle
The traitor's door of the castle. Supposedly, a traitor could slip out this door and let the enemy in This castle never fell, so perhaps it was never used.
The castle walls a very thick.
Patricia and our guide, Isabel Neves, on the castle walls.