Restaurante
do Hotel Fortaleza do Guincho
Estrada
do Guincho, Praia do Guincho, Cascais
There's
absolutely more than meets the eye in this Michelin starred
restaurant slash hotel with a Atlantic Ocean panorama. Superlative
french nouvelle
cuisine
with a slight portuguese flavour, a seasoned top chef of the tops and
an array of wines of excellence, multiple awarded, all to discover in
a amazing bunked fortress of the 17th
century, a step from the surf aficionado personal favourite, the
windy Guincho beach.
Restaurante
Estoril Mandarim
Avenida
Doutor Stanley Ho, Estoril, Cascais
One
could immediately pinpoint Mandarim as an unique chinese restaurant,
just to quickly underline it as quintessential in the following of
the ancient tradition of the Guangdong cuisine. Disciplined service
in an almost religious fashion, exquisite decoration that offers
taylor made environs and private salons, all under the guidance of an
awarded chinese chef. The delicatessen served stand above as the
purer of the sino-gastronomy outside it's cradle.
Restaurante
Pap'Açorda
Rua
da Atalaia 57, Bairro Alto, Lisboa
Under
the guise of a bakery in a central street of the infamous nightlife
neighbourhood of Bairro Alto, stands this entrenched reference of any
restaurant enumeration and a long favourite of the portuguese
gastronome. Albeit the menu star being the dish that lends the name
to the restaurant, the flawless and imperative Açorda, there's a
plentiful offer with more than thirty choices, ranging from meat to
fish, from must to must more.
Pastelaria
Bénard,
Rua
Garrett 104, Chiado, Lisboa
The
heart of the city has a spot of exquisite pastries named
Bénard, a tea house in the shopping district of
Chiado since the end of the 19th
century. Firstly standing out as a place to gather and collect the
sun, while entering one can fill but invigorated by the offerings of
sweetness and cosiness. First of all the croissant, subject of a long
kept secret recipe and eaten almost ritualised, warm, simple or
chocolate filled.
Confeitaria
Nacional
Praça
da Figueira 18B, Baixa Pombalina, Lisboa
A
charismatic and original bakery founded in 1829 in the city core of
the portuguese first city, the oldest in Lisbon downtown. The kings,
queens and kins where immensely keen to their delicacies, and it
would eventually cater to the portuguese royal family for a broad
agreeable and sweet period. A well known and all portuguese cake, an
ubiquitous presence in all the tables and palates during Christmas
times, the colorful Bolo-rei, had it's origin in Confeitaria Nacional
and it is still up for grabs as a seasonal tradition.
Pastelaria
Garrett
Avenida
Nice 54, Estoril
A
cosy spot with a familiar flavour established in 1934 in the center
of the well known town of Estoril, with the traditional Bolo-rei and
Bolo-rainha up for grabs all year round and a wide selection of mouth
watering delicacies. The pastries are so well renowned and desired
that Garrett is the sole and sweet responsible for a extensive
peregrination of gastronomists from all the surroundings.
Estoril
Jazz 2013
Casino
Estoril, Estoril, Cascais
From
10 until 19 of May
Commencing
in 1971, the Estoril Jazz has since firmly established as synonym of
jazz festival, of which is one of the best in Lisbon. Big bands,
bebop, New Orleans and standards are all tuned together during ten
days of May in the auditorium of the second biggest european casino,
after that of Lisbon, the Casino Estoril. Orquestra Hot Club de
Portugal, Tierney Sutton Band, Harold Mabern, Gary Burton, among many
others, celebrating all
that jazz!
120
years of Almada Negreiros birth celebrations
Lisboa
Until
November 2013
The
virtuous and prolific figure of the portuguese modernist and futurist
artist, José de Almada Negreiros, is celebrated in an extensive
program to embrace Lisbon until November. The all time vanguardist
painter, poet, writer, novelist, dancer, script writer, all of the
latter and much more beyond, the embodiment of the total artist, is
reinvigorated in a rich schedule to include theatre, exhibitions,
films and a tour to his finest accomplishments in Lisbon.
“Close,
Closer “, Lisbon Architecture Triennale
From
12 September until 15 December 2013
Devoted
to the subject of Close, Closer, the third Lisbon Architecture
Triennale showcases the best ideas and proposals of the finest
architects, landscapers and urban designers in the portuguese
capital, throughout events, performances, debates and exhibitions.
For long and deservedly so, the portuguese architecture has been
world renowned, prized and celebrated and the Lisbon Triennale is its
refreshing home.