LISBON Portugal: Everything You MUST KNOW Before Visiting

LISBON Portugal: Everything You MUST KNOW Before Visiting

Welcome to Lisbon Portugal I just arrived here guys and it’s a beautiful city so far haven’t really walked around too much  the flight was smooth I took Air at Portugal   I got here in about 6 hours from New York like  I said besides the Customs line I don’t know you  

It’s like a line that I’m not used to usually  you get through them quickly but this one took   a longer time I don’t know if that’s normal but  anywh who we’re here now we’re here in Portugal  

I’ve been wanting to come here for a long time  this is my first time in this beautiful city   and so far I’m loving the aesthetic as I walk  around this beautiful city it’s my first time   so I’m kind of just taking everything in and  what I’m one thing that I’m really noticing  

Is the architecture is so beautiful here man um  it does have a similar vibe to other European   cities but it definitely has a charm of its own  because uh one thing about Portugal is it’s a   very very old country you know people have been  here since prehistoric times this country was  

Discovered before a lot of civilization so a  lot of the architecture here is very old and   just beautiful I can’t believe some of  it is still being held up so one thing   that I’m also noticing right here in the Metro  stations is they’re very clean very organized  

Very peaceful not like the New York City met  Subways that’s for sure the stations here look   a a little bit different now I have to buy a  ticket to go to Rossio station so I can go to  

This coffee place so let’s keep fig I don’t even  know how to buy a ticket basically you come here   put it in English and you get it with the card no  sorry you have to buy the card hold on guys it’s  

My first time doing this oh yeah you buy you buy  the card okay that cost 50.5 and then that costs   1.8 so I think total is 2.3 with that the card  but if you have a refillable card it would be

Cheaper so here we are guys I am inside the  Metro finally one thing that’s really weird   about the weather here in Lisbon is like  1 second I feel extremely cold and then   the next minute I feel like I’m sweating as  you can see I took my jacket off it’s a bit  

Peculiar but hey I’m getting used to it I just  got here guys I’m still jet lagging so excuse   me if my energy is not there but the inside of  the train is also really clean it’s smooth it’s  

A smaller train than I expected but it’s nice  now walking through here you definitely do get   the sense that it’s very touristy you know you  got tourists taking pictures there’s a lot of   tourist traps here like any typical European city  so don’t come to Baixa District expecting to get  

Like a raw Portuguese experience cuz that’s not  what it is but when in Lisbon you [Music] know   so I’m going to a place called Fabrica coffee  roasters apparently it’s supposed to be one of  

The most famous coffee places here in Lisbon and  there’s a few of them but the one I’m going to is   kind of like the OG one but I’m walking through  these little streets these little alleys no cars   Allowed no bikes allowed only pedestrian traffic  and it’s awesome it’s so peaceful to walk through  

Here even in the middle of the city you still  find some peace through these little Alleyways   and that’s quite nice cuz in some cities you  don’t get that peace all righty guys I think   I finally made it to the famous fabrica coffee  roasters so let’s go inside and see how it  

Looks on the inside and of course get a coffee  here it is on the inside what a beautiful place H Cafe [Music] cafeo okaya yes ah very nice so according to this   lady this is the best coffee in  Portugal so let’s see okay so

Uho pel okay so this is her the special  uh pastries so I’m going to try one pastel   dinata please hello good how are you doing  good how El you just enjoying Lisbon for   my first day where are you from I’m from  America okay how is your you like so far  

Very nice you like it it’s a beautiful  beautiful city yeah like cinnamon or   not um is it good uh Portugese more they put  cinnamon okay then I’m going to be Portuguese today so you’re making the cappuccino  H yes I’m not a professional too much  

I think you I think you’re being humble  I think you are professional no not so much look at the skills wow very nice thank you 4.7 so for a  pastry and a coffee at one of the most famous   coffee places 4.7 that’s actually pretty  reasonable compared to other places in  

Europe but now to taste the coffee so  here we go here is my first coffee in   Lisbon taste test I’m sure I won’t be let down  obviously I came to one of the best places so cheers wow the bean is bold you can taste  every single note of the coffee it’s amazing  

Wow now if you guys watch my videos you  know usually I don’t do cappuccino I’ll   go for like a cold coffee but here in Europe  that’s not really a thing you got to do hot   coffee so cappuccino it is very nice though  amazing and then this right here is called a  

Pastel de nata this is actually one probably  one of the most famous pastries that come   from Portugal it’s kind of like a custard  tart kind of thing so let’s try it [Music] out m wow that’s really good I’ve tried these in  America but they didn’t taste like this this is  

Amazing shout out to this place fabria man even  the Ambiance is really nice as you saw like nice   place to come sit down have a coffee chill out  a lot of people here I think this place is open  

Till like 5:00 p.m. too so you know sometimes  you go to places that you look up on Google or   Yelp and it’s all about hype and then you go to  the place and the food or the coffee or whatever  

Doesn’t end up being as good as they said it  was but this one I got to be honest I’m very   impressed man it was uh the coffee was amazing so  oh look at this man this is really cool they have  

A bookstore they have a bookstore everything to  one year old film inside the shop you can’t film   okay no problem so every country I go to I get a  sense of how people are about the camera and how  

They feel about you know people filming so far  here I do get the that people are a little bit   weary about it kind of like in Ethiopia when I go  everybody gets a little bit skeptical about being  

On camera which I understand I don’t blame people  but hey we’re in a public place if you don’t want   to be filmed just stay inside your house I  guess so here we are guys this is known as  

Praca de figueira I’m sorry if I’m not saying it  right but this right here is a little Monument   this is kind of a good Central Point to start cuz  you got the castle over there you got this whole  

Baixa Mercado which I’m going to go inside in a  second you got monuments so this is like a good   starting point if you’re trying to explore Lisbon  so this is the Marcado de B and people over here   basically sell all different kinds of things you  got jewelry handmade crafts voila you got people  

Selling cheese for my voila ah wow beautiful look  at this cheese man I’ve never seen cheeses like   this green pepper wow oh my God green pepper black  pepper cheese how long how long does this cheese   last like let’s say I take it in vacuum five  months shelf life five months shelf life okay  

Cuz I want I would like to take some back for my  family they love cheese so but the cheal and the   famous Portugese cheese or another one it’s which  one is that is exists to like this this is the  

Name is the uh Iceland cheese okay 3 years old 3  years old and this is the mountain cheese is very   very creamy inside can I can I tell oh wow yeah  it almost doesn’t feel like a cheese but but when  

You cut it it it stays in one piece ah very nice  and this is very traditional traditional ah okay   can I have one of this yes okay and this one is  okay for 5 months because months no problem I go  

Home after like maybe four problem problem okay  what’s the name of your shot brotheru K ah okay   and English what cheese uh what is it what what a  cheese very and what’s your name Josh Josh thank  

You so much and how much is one s 7 so I’m going  to get some cheese for the people back home man   you got to get some when you’re here in Portugal  this Market actually reminds me a lot of markets  

That I’ve seen in Southeast Asia obviously in  Europe the street food culture is not really a   thing here it’s more like indoors you go inside  of restaurants but here you do definitely get a   sense of the outdoor Street Markets so it’s  quite nice hola wow look at this my man’s  

Busting up some sausage that’s what’s this  T I don’t need pork brother or else I would   love to try it it looks really good though very  nice oh and there’s some dried fruits here too hola can I try one yeah what’s this Sal honey  

Don’t worry yeah don’t worry Al you  look great which one is uh which one   is I should coconut lime strawberry or  Melon okay let me try some melon thank you yeah not bad all right typical dried fruit  so it looks like a bunch of small vendors  

Basically come here open up their shop and try  to make business nice though all right guys so   that castle that I saw at the top of the hill  castelo de sao jorge I need to figure out how to get  

There so I think you can take a trm I’m trying  to figure out where the tram is the tram will   take you up the hill and then from there we’ll  be going to that beautiful castle before the sun

Sets you know what forget it I’m just going  to take the there’s like escalators that go   up and then there’s also like stairs  or you could just walk the tram had   a huge line and I’m not trying to wait on  that just a reminder Lisbon is very hilly  

And there’s no escalators here it’s all  stairs this is not for the weak-hearted I   finally made it in the ticket to get in cost  about €15 uh for a tourist so it’s not too bad castelo de sao jorge is actually has really  ancient Origins we’re talking first century BC  

The site of this Castle suggests that people have  been here since since back to 6th Century BC you   talk about the Romans the visot and the Moors  most importantly the Moors and that’s what I   want to get into so let’s get into a little bit  bro history today so one thing that’s forgotten  

About in this region of Europe is the influence  of Moors so you might be wondering who are the   Moors me I’ve never heard of these people  well that’s because their history was long   forgotten for many years nobody really spoke  about the Moors in history we talk about the  

Roman Empires we talk about the Ottoman the  Turks but nobody talks about the mo people   who came from North Africa and basically settled  into these regions specifically here in Portugal   they had a big influence including in this in  the architecture and building of this   

Castelo de sao jorge the Moors you can call them basically  like the rock stars of the medieval Century they   were the early influencers of City branding  basically right so they were good marketers   and they knew how to design and they were smart  smart people but the Moors weren’t all about  

Conquering they were actually artists they were  Artisans they were Architects they rolled into   Lisbon and said let’s build a fortress so epic  that it’ll make the Game of Thrones look like   a high school play and that’s what they did  with this Castello de Sorge as far as water  

Management is concerned the Moors had it down  they turned Lisbon into the Vegas of aqueducts   and sists before the Moors came in there was big  shortage of water and droughts especially here   in Lisbon in Portugal but when the Moors came in  they had the knowledge of building aqueducts and  

Water Systems highly Advanced water systems that  were able to supply water to the whole population   and that was something that was pivotal in the  finding and conquering of this region and let’s   not forget about the cultural game the Moors were  basically like the OG influencers of knowledge as  

Far as libraries medicine astronomy all of these  things that most people at that time did not   have any understanding of the Moors had a pretty  good grasp of so as they spread around they were   able to spread this knowledge and when it came to  trade and commerce Lisbon was basically like the  

Medieval Wall Street you can call it you know and  the mo were rocking the Silk Road before it was   cool I can almost hear the mo saying tagas River  viws prime location easy access to spice markets  

The value is going through the roof they had a  good eye for real estate for sure it was around   the 12th century when the Christians rolled in and  kind of basically told the Moors like Hey listen   it’s time for some rebranding and basically what  we’re going to do is slap crosses on everything  

And we’re going to keep the aqueducts so it’s  kind of like a mix between Christian and moish   architecture and culture and influence you can  call it like The Real Housewives of alush bua   meets the kns of reconquest and the reason why I  share this history with you is one because it’s  

Forgotten a lot and two people don’t realize how  pivotal the Moors advancements and Technologies   were to Bringing these cities in Europe to what  they are now and I don’t understand why they don’t   get the credit and that was your quick bro history  lesson from Meer travels for the day I hope you  

Guys enjoyed it so right now I’m on a street known  as Rua de Augusta which is actually probably one of the   most famous streets here in the Baixa district not  just for food but as you can see people are eating  

Food people are just walking around there’s also  a lot of places to shop here like stores and stuff   but mostly as you can see it’s restaurants it’s  food and people come here to just try different   Portuguese mainly local Portuguese Foods oh look  I found another photographer hello hello how are  

You good good are you taking photos yes what kind  of camera is this oh it’s magic camera it’s a old   camera huh yeah very old what year is this from  maybe 16 16 wow oh my 16 just it’s very old look  

At this I’ve never seen anything like this like  let’s make can I take a picture yeah okay great   all right awesome look at that wow that’s so  cool it comes out like a newspaper yep that’s   so awesome what’s your name NASA NASA thank  you NASA let me give her a donation cuz that  

Is just too cool I have some money okay all right  guys so if you come to bisha area you got to come   support NASA NASA are you here every day or maybe  some days some days okay all right thank you so  

Much pretty awesome but as you can see there’s  just a lot going on here like I said a lot of   it is touristy stuff but sometimes you got to  be a tourist why not you know why the heck not So as you exit through this gate  you get to a place known as praca do comercio I think   which is basically means like commercial square  but the cool thing is it’s right on the water so  

I’m going to head over here so I can show you  the views and see for myself as well but over   here you can see there’s a lot of people a lot  of tourists I think this is a good time to come  

To Portugal because like I said it’s not too hot  it’s not too cold it’s kind of like the perfect   weather this square has like a monument uh all  of these monuments that you’re seeing throughout  

The video are all people who were pivotal in the  kind of finding of Portugal for what it is now   I mean Portugal has a deep history and we’ll get  into it but you know uh all of these squares have  

Some kind of major or figure from army or somebody  who is very important in Portuguese history so I’m   approaching the water now as you can see hello my  friend what’s up brother how you doing let’s huh  

Let’s make a vlog in a Tuk nah man how can you  make a vlog in a Tuk Tok you got to be outside   exploring you know Tuk Tuk is the best way to  explore the city man nah man trust me I don’t  

Think go on the high hills I’ve been I’ve been in  Tuk TS man you get stuck inside you know I like   to be outside like a free man no I’ll give you  time to go out and take a pictures nah no need  

Brother I appreciate you though I appreciate you  what’s your name rames rames are you from Nepal   nice man I’ve been to Nepal really yeah I made  videos in Nepal I’m from America but originally   my family is from Pakistan Pakistan perfect  okay dude Nepal the Nepali people Nepal the  

Country everything about it is so nice also they  really showed me a lot of support for my YouTube   channel exactly exactly like I was here when I  went to Nepal I became here really so the Nepali  

People really put me on yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah  yeah that’s going to be cool if you go to to us   you will have nice blog just think about it n man  nice blog comes from your a your audience waiting  

To see the new places new you know High Hill look  guys these guys are really good salesman man it’s   hard to say no but thank you brother audience  it’s up to you guys you ask him uh you want  

To see the new views or not yeah so guys if you  want to see the views you let me know and we’ll   come back here and we’ll get the Tok to ride from  you thank you brother thank you guys so you can  

Come right right here to the edge of Lisbon and  you can stand right by the water if you want as   you can see everybody’s comes here sits down to  just be right on the coast of the water and you  

Can walk to the edge here you got to be careful  though cuz literally as soon as you walk to the   end here you can see the water is right next to  you the Eastern side of Portugal is pretty much  

Empty so 70% of the population actually lives on  the coast because obviously that brings jobs and   opportunities so the whole other side of Portugal  is kind of empty another great thing about this   city is most of these tourist attractions most of  these places that you would want to visit when you  

Come to Lisbon there’s a metro station uh close to  most of them so like I said probably the best way   to get around the city and cheapest is taking the  metro do not take the taxis Ubers bolts it’s going  

To cost you too much also they do have these bird  scooters as well so if you want to take a little   scooter and ride around the city they do have the  availability to do that but me I prefer to use my  

Legs I get exercise and I get to see the city in  the best way possible another thing I’m noticing   here in Lisbon is there are a lot of people from  different places not just visiting but people who  

Actually live here and started a life here a lot  of immigrants from Nepal and Bangladesh countries   that I visited countries that showed me a lot  of support as you saw so it’s quite nice and   they’re actually integrated into the society you  know they doing the jobs probably a lot of the  

Jobs the locals would want to do but um it seems  they’re pretty happy with the the situation here   so I wonder if it frustrates the locals I don’t  know I guess I’ll feel the sentiment as we go  

Along but it’s always nice to see the diversity  when you go to a city as all this walking around   this beautiful city and talking to you guys has  gotten me hungry I’ve worked up an appetite so  

We are going to head over and the evening is  upon us as well so we are going to head over   to find some local Portuguese food I’m going to  get out of this touristy area and go somewhere   a little bit less touristy because honestly Foods  in touristy areas first of all they’re overpriced  

Second of all they’re not the best foods you got  to go somewhere a little bit more local another   great Viewpoint right here by this ordem de Malta  you can kind of look over and a lot of people  

Hang out here as you can see and it’s a great  Viewpoint by the water so if you ever want to   just hang out by the water and you don’t have to  really there’s no restaurants you can just bring  

Your own beer as people have and kind of just  hang out there’s people playing music here and   also look at this view wow that is amazing  not only is this Alfama neighborhood a great   place to get local traditional foods but it’s  so beautiful like the viewpoints that are here  

Cuz it’s higher up in the city it’s just amazing  so I think I found a restaurant that I want to try so there’s a place here called Seher  Palace they off for a lot of local dishes uh

Like … a lot of different kind of dishes this  is a nice place to eat cuz you get the view and   then you can just sit right here where I  am and literally look out and just have a  

Beautiful view outside as you saw I mean what  better than that that’s why I think coming to   the alfama district to eat is a much better  option than going to bisha you get the view   it’s a little bit more local obviously there’s  tourists here as well you’re not going to run  

Away from that this is a touristy capital city  but this definitely has more of a local Vibe   and a local Essence so definitely try to come  here to Alfama out of these two which one do  

You think is better okay which one is more tasty  this I sest I suggest for this bakalo BR I will   take your suggestion brother thank you so much so  we’re going to try some bakala which is actually  

A bacalhau a bras sorry you corrected  me bacalhau a bras which is a very typical and   popular dish here in Portugal it’s like a codfish  it’s actually like their local fish that they get   from here so star fried with potato straw and  bacalhau a bras cot fish cfish onions uh and everything  

Like Star fried together stir fried together  okay okay thank you so much so a lot of people   had told me you have to try bacalhau a bras so  I’m glad that I ran into a restaurant that  

Their specialty is that so let’s try it out the  codfish is inside of the inside of the stir fry almost m M wow so one thing that you have to do in  Portugal is you have to put some oil and vinegar  

They always give you oil and vinegar with your  meal you got to throw some oil or some vinegar on   there a little bit of just a little bit cuz this  is a bit strong but I noticed that the Portuguese  

People do it so why not when in when in Portugal  you know it’s really good the fish is it’s not   too salty and it’s actually a little bit crispy  and you know what’s crazy is you would think that  

This right here you would think that this is rice  but it’s actually shredded potatoes so it’s not   really rice if you look closely it’s actually  shredded potatoes but man it is good good good   um the food here is not spicy it’s not based off  seasoning it’s more so just the way it’s cooked  

And that’s what makes it special so you know the  meats that they use the potatoes that they use   the vegetables inside of it the oils the way they  cook it that’s what makes the food good here it’s  

Not about the seasoning or spices they actually  give you pepper and olive oil and vinegar on the   side to give it a little bit more but like the  food itself is not that it’s more of like a carb  

Heavy kind of food but I like it man it’s a good  change of pace for me so guys one thing I want to   say also about this restaurant is not only is  the food great but the guys who work here they  

They’re gentlemen very very nice people so also  um what’s your name brother uh so if you guys   come here you’re going to meet Ruel he’s such  a nice guy he’s going to make sure that you’re  

Taking care welcome okay if you take his name  we’re going to give you discuss yeah yeah yeah if   you use my name you’re going to little bit thank  you brother thank you so much here in Portugal  

You have to end the meal with the espresso  and it looks really good o smells strong too cheers hopefully you get sponsored by tofa  yeah yeah it’ be nice hopefully tofa will   sponsor me guys sure so far I haven’t gotten a  sponsor yet I I I drink coffee in every video  

But no coffee sponsor yet the meal was amazing  the service was awesome and the coffee at the   end you got to have the espresso at the end  it’s a part of Portuguese tradition so from   the views to the culture to the history to  the foods to the people I hope you enjoyed  

This first impressions of Lisbon and if you  ever have a chance to come visit this city   I mean as you can see look how Majestic it  is you definitely got to come check it out   when you have the chance with that being  said guys I’m going to wrap this video up  

I’m very tired it’s been a long day um remember  continue to learn continue to grow and there is   no growth until you leave your comfort zone  I’ll see you guys on the next one peace out

LISBON Portugal: Everything You MUST KNOW Before Visiting. In this Portugal travel vlog I am in Lisbon and it is my first day in this amazing historical capital city of Portugal. You can look at this as a travel guide and vlog in Lisbon as I tour the Baixa district, Sao Jorge Castle, praca do comercio and Alfama district of Lisbon, Portugal. Lisbon is such a beautiful city, with so much history, food, culture and nightlife to explore.

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TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
2:00 Metro Rail
3:00 Fabrica Coffee Barrio Alto
7:50 Baixa Mercado
11:00 Sao Jorge Castle
15:00 Exploring Baixa District
17:00 Praca do Comercio (commercial square)
19:00 Waterfront of Lisbon
21:00 Alfama District
22:00 Dinner In Alfama (Seher Palace)

Who am I?

A man from the USA trying to discover the world one place at a time, while sharing the experiences through my lens. I like traveling to places that are usually not first on most people’s itinerary and showing everyone that these places are worth the journey. I want to experience all the countries I visit as a member of the society but at the same time learn about the culture, food and beautiful people. Growth is not achievable without leaving your comfort zone, so just do it!

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