#171 - Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa

Completely refurbished and redesigned, Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa is one of the most recognized icons in Lisboa. Its great location in one of the city’s most prestigious business districts allows you to explore and connect to our wonderful city. Fabulous shopping, theatres, art museums, and nightlife in the surrounding area are just a short walk away.

Only 15 minutes from Lisbon’s International Airport and the hotel is easily accessible by train, bus, subway, or car. [*]

#170 - Very small trip in Av. Almirante Reis

#169 - Small trip from Largo da Estefânea to Portugália

#168 - Detail of roof in Av da Liberdade

Avenida da Liberdade (Liberty Avenue) is an avenue in central Lisbon, in Portugal. It is located between Restauradores Square and the Marquis of Pombal Square.
The avenue was built between 1879 and 1882, modelled after the boulevards of Paris. Its creation was a landmark in the Northwards expansion of the city.
Many of the original buildings of the avenue have been replaced in the last decades by tall office and hotel buildings. Nowadays it boasts several interesting buildings that reflect Portuguese architecture from the late 19th through the early 21st centuries. Its pedestrian sidewalks and roundabouts are decorated with many monuments and statues. [*]


Here is where I drink my cofee and spend my one hour and a half time Lunch!

#167 - Trip over the Tagus River

"The 25th of April Bridge, also known as Bridge over the Tagus (Ponte sobre o Tejo), was inaugurated in 1966 with the name “Salazar Bridge”, the dictator who had it built. It was later renamed to commemorate the “Carnation Revolution” that happened on the 25th of April 1974. This was a day of "bloodless revolution." In the Carnation Revolution, the soldiers placed carnations in the muzzles of their rifles as they led the revolt against the world's longest dictatorship. This suspension bridge is very similar in appearance to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It is 2.278km long and leaves Lisbon at high level above Alcântara and makes landfall at Almada on the southern bank of the river. Particularly busy during weekends, traffic jams can be avoided by taking the recently-built Vasco da Gama bridge or leaving your car on a parking lot and taking the train that passes on the under side of the bridge since 1999. "
Font: Lisbon - The Complete Holiday Destination Guide

In the last photo you can see the missing Whell that Sailor Girl have been blogging about!

#166 - TMN Building

The tmn was founded on March 22, 1991 and is the operator of mobile communications, Portugal Telecom group. Company pioneer in the Portuguese market, first with an analog network and later with a GSM digital network, launched on April 21, 2004 the third generation UMTS mobile phone technology. Innovation and customer orientation are the main lines of action of tmn. Technological innovation, innovation in providing products and services and an attitude of the customer orientation achieved by the continuous diversification of solutions to the needs of each and every one, for all kinds of use of phone, personal or professional. The reward this attitude is the increasing number of customers. Since 1997, TMN is the market leader, a situation consecutively preserved and strengthened. With 16 years of activity, the TMN is now more than 5.7 million customers.

http://www.tmn.pt/

#165 - My Neighborhood XII

#164 - My Neighborhood XI

Sete Rios Railway Station.

#163 - My Neighborhood X

Today I took the adventure to go to the south side of the limits of the neighborhood where there are only viaducts and usualy we just pass by car. In the first picture you can see the Águas Livres Aqueduct, but I was a surprise that I could see Tagus Bridge from this poins of the city.

In the two following pictures you can see the neighborhood of Campolide and the Amoreiras Towers.

The Águas Livres Aqueduct (Portuguese: Aqueduto das Águas Livres, pron. IPA: [ɐkɨ'dutu dɐʃ 'agwɐʃ 'livɾɨʃ], "Aqueduct of the Free Waters") is a historic aqueduct in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is one of the most remarkable examples of 18th-century Portuguese engineering. The main course of the aqueduct covers 18 km, but the whole network of canals extends through nearly 58 km.
The city of Lisbon has always suffered from the lack of drinking water, and King John V decided to build an aqueduct to bring water from sources in the parish of Caneças, in the modern municipality of Odivelas. The project was paid for by a special sales tax on beef, olive oil, wine, and other products.
Construction started in 1731 under the direction of Italian architect Antonio Canevari, replaced in 1732 by a group of Portuguese architects and engineers, including Manuel da Maia, Azevedo Fortes and José da Silva Pais. Between 1733 and 1736, the project was directed by Manuel da Maia, who in turn was replaced by José Custódio Vieira, who would remain at the head of the project until around 1747.
José Custódio Vieira conceived the centerpiece of the aqueduct, the arches over the Alcantara valley, completed in 1744. A total of 35 arches cross the valley, covering 941 m. The tallest arches reach a height of 65 m, and many are pointed, reminiscent of arches in Gothic style. It is considered a masterpiece of engineering in the Baroque period.
In 1748, although the project was still unfinished, the aqueduct finally started to bring water to the city of Lisbon, a fact celebrated in a commemorative arch built in the Amoreiras neighbourhood. From this period on, construction was overseen by other architects, including Carlos Mardel of Hungary and others. During the reigns of José I and Maria I, the network of canals and fountains was greatly enlarged.
The Mãe d'Água (Mother of the Water) reservoir of the Amoreiras, the largest of the water reservoirs, was finished in 1834. This reservoir, with a capacity of 5,500 m³ of water, was designed by Carlos Mardel. It is now deactivated and can be visited as part of the Museu da Água (Water Museum).[*]

#162 - The new look of Glória Funicular

You can see it here, months ago when they erase an older grafitti.

#161 - Tagus view from Chiado

#160 - My Neighborhood IX

The first terrace you see is from "Petit Restaurant", a litle cafee that is open until late and is very pleasant in the summer. Next you have the Italian restaurant "Casa Mia" of very good quality. The wall you see next to Casa Mia belongs to "Corinthia Lisboa Hotel". This is one of the views I can get when I leave home.

#159 - My Neighborhood VIII

#158 - Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill ...

I'm not homophobic and I hope that they arent too! LOL

#157 - My Neighborhood VII

I like to leave home every day and see this advert :)