JNcQUOI Avenida
Grand brasserie of altitude inside a centenary Avenida theatre
Lisbon's grand boulevard of flagship boutiques, mosaic pavements and shaded kiosks.
The Avenida da Liberdade is Lisbon's broad, tree-lined boulevard, laid out in the nineteenth century and now the city's address for the international fashion houses and its grander hotels. It runs uphill from the Baixa to the roundabout of Marquês de Pombal, where the statue presides over traffic and the green slope of the park beyond. The pleasure here is the walk itself: mosaic pavements, kiosks under the trees, the occasional palace-turned-embassy. It is Lisbon in formal dress, best taken slowly on foot.
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Grand brasserie of altitude inside a centenary Avenida theatre
Joachim Koerper's Michelin-starred room above Parque Eduardo VII
Michelin-starred Portuguese tasting menus at the Four Seasons Ritz
1947 beer-hall marisqueira for shellfish straight from the tank
Nuno Mendes back in Lisbon, inside a converted convent
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Mid-century landmark hotel above the park with a serious dining stable
1933 grand hotel anchoring the avenue's luxury axis
Fifteen-room townhouse hotel with a garden-fed kitchen
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