Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Construction
D1
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Finalmente
D2
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Senhor Vinho
B3
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Trumps
C1
Shopping
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Espaço B
D1
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Loja Real
D1
Casa Museu de
Amália Rodrigues
( 213 971 896;
www.amaliarodrigues.pt
; Rua de São Bento 193; admission €5; 10am-1pm & 2-6pm Tue-Sun)
A pilgrimage site for fado fans, Casa Museu de Amália Rodrigues is where the Rainha do
Fado (Queen of Fado) Amália Rodrigues lived; note graffiti along the street announcing it
as Rua Amália. Born in Lisbon in 1920, the diva popularised the genre with her heart-
breaking trills and poetic soul. Short tours take in portraits, glittering costumes and
crackly recordings of her performances.
MUSEUM
Museu da Marioneta
MUSEUM
(Puppet Museum; 213 942 810;
www.museudamarioneta.pt
; Rua da Esperança 146; adult/child €5/3;
10am-1pm & 2-6pm Tue-Sun)
Discover your inner child at the enchanting Museu da Marioneta, a
veritable Geppetto's workshop housed in the 17th-century Convento das Bernardas. Su-
perstars such as impish Punch and his Russian equivalent Petruschka are displayed along-
side rarities: Vietnamese water puppets, Sicilian opera marionettes and intricate Burmese
shadow puppets. Tots can try their hand at puppetry. The museum also hosts periodic per-
formances and puppet-making workshops. There's also a superb restaurant,
A Travessa
213 902 034; Travessa do Convento das Bernardas 12;
12.30-3.30pm &
25)
, in the convent.
8pm-midnight Mon-Fri, dinner only Sat;
706,
Basílica da Estrela
CHURCH
