A Brasileira
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Ready-made walk · Lisbon

Chiado to Cais do Sodré: Cafés, Beer and the Market

5 stops · ~35 min · 1.4 km

Food & Drink

An appetising downhill stroll from a beer hall set in a former convent and Chiado’s famous A Brasileira café, past the steep tracks of the Bica funicular. You end by the river on the brightly painted Rua Nova do Carvalho and in the covered hall of the Mercado da Ribeira.

The stops, in walking order

  1. A Brasileira
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    Stop 1: A Brasileira

    ~3 min here

    A Brasileira is the café before you, with a narrow decorated frontage and an interior shaped by Lisbon’s long coffeehouse tradition.

  2. Cervejaria Trindade
    iJoão Carvalho (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    Stop 2: Cervejaria Trindade

    ~3 min here

    Cervejaria Trindade is a restaurant housed in a former convent complex, and its atmosphere comes from that layered past.

  3. Rua Nova do Carvalho
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    Stop 3: Rua Nova do Carvalho

    ~3 min here

    Rua Nova do Carvalho is the narrow Lisbon street widely recognised by its vivid pavement, linking Travessa do Corpo Santo with Praça de São Paulo in Cais do Sodré.

  4. Mercado da Ribeira
    iOsvaldo Gago / Osvaldo Gago (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    Stop 4: Mercado da Ribeira

    ~3 min here

    Mercado da Ribeira is a public market for food and other goods at Cais do Sodré in Lisbon, with about 10,000 square metres of covered space.

  5. Ascensor da Bica e meio urbano que o envolve
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    Stop 5: Ascensor da Bica e meio urbano que o envolve

    ~3 min here

    The Bica Funicular is the historic rail vehicle running through this steep street, linking Rua de São Paulo with the heights around Largo do Calhariz.

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