TOUR DEL PORTOGALLO - Partenza da Milano/Roma

Lisbon

Lisbon is the European capital most in the West, as well as being the only one to look out over the Atlantic Ocean. This gives the city a particular light and beautiful skies tendentially always blue and dark. The most characteristic view of the city is surely that of its many alleyways crossed by the typical yellow tram, one of the symbols of the city. The houses seem to climb one over the other and the ocean breeze brings in ancient air stories of fishermen and sailors. It is no coincidence that Vasco da Gama left Lisbon for his trip to the Indies discovery. Lisbon offers many things to do and to see: in the common imagination is a city always associated with melancholy, the famous 'saudade', but in reality it is a very lively and full of things to see. Located on the slope between the Castelo de Sao Jorge and the Tagus River, the Alfama is Lisbon's oldest neighborhood and this is perceived in the fa