Lisbon’s historic Alfama district will once again host the Caixa Alfama Festival on 26-27 September 2025, celebrating Portugal’s most iconic musical tradition. Over two days, more than 40 artists will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lisbon at dusk is pretty much picture perfect. (Photo: Getty Images) Don’t wear your heels to Alfama, the charismatic, medieval ...

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It's nearing midnight in Alfama, Lisbon's oldest neighbourhood, when a lady in black steps into a taverna. The bar staff scurry to turn off the lights, leaving only the flickering tapers of candles to ...

Lisbon is having a moment. Once a sleepy secret with its back to Europe, Portugal’s sun-drenched capital has emerged from the global recession to become one of the world’s hottest destinations. In ...

Dusk falls softly on Lisbon, the narrow and cobblestoned streets of Alfama gleaming almost golden in the mellow light of the late evening. This old neighbourhood winds up and down one of Lisbon's ...

EXPLORE: The best introduction to Portugal’s capital is to get lost in the colourful labyrinthine streets of Alfama, its old quarter. This village winds down from the 14th-century Sao Jorge Castelo ...

The unique sound of Fado is part of Lisbon’s DNA, so embedded in society that it is included on UNESCO’s list of World Intangible Cultural Heritage. Born in the streets, houses and on the riverside of ...