Apartment in Lisbon

This is one of the only groundfloor houses still in existence in Lisbon’s historic Bairro Alto.The house was built by Marques de Pombal one of the greatest architectural geniuses of his time .The buildings were redesigned in 1936 to create inhabitable houses, one of which is this house, and it receives the most light and has the most beautiful view of all, over Santos-o-Velho and the Basílica da Estrela (EN), one of Lisbons most beautiful monuments.

Bairro Alto

Bairro Alto (literally upper quarter in Portuguese) is an area of central Lisbon, Portugal. It functions as a residential, shopping and entertainment district. Today, the Bairro Alto is the heart of Lisbon’s youth and of the Portuguese capital’s nightlife. Lisbon’s Punk, Gay, Metal, Goth, Hip Hop and Reggae scenes, all have the Bairro as their home, due to the number of clubs and bars dedicated to each of them. The fado, Portugal’s national song, still survives in the new Lisbon’s nightlife. The crowd is a mix of local and tourist, straight and gay, and almost anything else imagined.”