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Azulejo-tiled hills, yellow trams older than your grandparents, and the custard tart every bakery swears it invented.

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Three custard tarts and an almost empty espresso on a marble café table
Shredded salt cod with eggs and straw potatoes in a terracotta dish

Lisbon 8 places 4 min

Taxi from Lisbon airport to the centre, then where to eat at Rossio

What the fixed-price airport taxi voucher costs to the centre, then eight places to eat near Rossio, from a standing pork sandwich to a slow seafood evening.

Three custard tarts and an almost empty espresso on a marble café table

Lisbon 7 places 3 min

Best pastéis de nata in Lisbon and where to eat them

The best pastéis de nata in Lisbon: Pastéis de Belém, Manteigaria, Aloma in Campo de Ourique, a vegan nata at Moko, and bakeries locals go to.

Grilled sardines on bread with roasted peppers at an outdoor table

Lisbon 9 places 4 min

Food markets in Lisbon worth a visit, and where to eat beside them

Lisbon's Mercado da Ribeira is worth an early visit for its fishmongers, then eat at a tasca fed by Arroios market and at counters selling what they cook.

Shredded salt cod with eggs and straw potatoes in a terracotta dish

Lisbon 9 places 3 min

How much lunch costs in Lisbon and the tascas where locals eat

Lunch in a Lisbon tasca is cheap and often big enough for two.

Grilled sardines on bread with roasted peppers at an outdoor table

Lisbon 12 places 5 min

Where locals actually eat in Lisbon, from tascas to pastelarias

Twelve places Lisboetas go back to: neighbourhood tascas, shellfish beer halls, bifana counters, local pastelarias and fado vadio taverns in Lisbon.

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