Hi guys welcome to another episode of ultimate bucket list and on today's show
I'm in Lisbon the capital city of Portugal Lisbon
it's an interesting historical city full of culture history that mixes the
ancient and the modern and also has some very interesting wildlife but if you
have to start somewhere start here the rua augusta arch this is pretty much the
center of lisbon and when you walk through the arch it's actually
indicative of Portuguese culture and history
be sure to kind of get here around about sunsets because eh it's relatively quiet
and be you can watch the city turn from day into night with a whole kaleidoscope
of colors changing the night sky and the city illuminates up like Christmas tree
just like that the nightlife is actually kind of lively and you've got lots of
street performers you've got lots of interesting things to see such as
graffiti trams going down the streets and this place the mundo fantastical to
Sardinia Portuguese er which I assume means the wonderful world of Portuguese
sardines you can actually buy sardines from the year of your birth yay
aunt gets a meat and talked some interesting characters along the way
this is an observation tower in the middle of the streets now the keys were
absolutely massive so obviously I didn't bother I decided to check out the
nightlife around the streets of Lisbon instead which was actually better
during the day check out the ponte o Nacional the national pantheon this
rather imposing Imperial looking building houses some very famous dead
guys and is actually kind of cool to look at from the inside I mean check out
the size of this place look at all of this stuff for the cost of four euros
it's totally worth it to actually come in here I mean yeah there's not really a
lot much to see in terms of you know stuff to see but generally this place is
cool and yes you are seeing correctly this is a long long way down so yeah if
you ever get a chance to come to the Pantheon here in Lisbon definitely
definitely worth shot so when you get to the top of the national pantheon you get
some of the most amazing views up here and I decided to fire up the drone and
take some aerial shots of this place I mean look at these shots this is what
you can see from the top of the Pantheon which is pretty awesome
guys so I'm atop the national pantheon pound reviews how here are actually
incredible but what are the cool things that you probably noticed when you're
here in Portugal or indeed Lisbon is that especially on a Saturday which is
what today is they've got flea markets so if you just
take a look down there
the streets are pretty much lined with people who were just trying to sell you
stuff so I suppose that's cool so after getting mild vertigo from staring from
the top of the National Pantheon and it really is a long way down I decided to
go to street level to check out the markets admittedly it's not much to
write home about but it's cool to kind of have a wander around anyway after
meandering the narrow streets it's time to go to the next destination
Lisbon Cathedral now from the air this building looks pretty amazing but
admittedly on the inside its kind of plain Jane yeah I mean there's lots of
other more interesting buildings to see when you're here in Lisbon and as you
can tell from the expression on my face I'm actually a little bored but you know
what it's actually worth a look anyway so if you do have a spare half an hour
hour it's still worth a check out mainly because it's free but also because well
it's a Cathedral meandering through the narrow streets you'll come across the
most visited attraction in Lisbon castelo San Jorge or seek George's
castle apart from the national pantheon this will give you the best views of
Lisbon that you ever go to see so take lots of pictures from atop here guys
because some of these views are just amazing the castle itself well it's an
ancient castle and as you can expect you can walk around all the turrets and all
the walls it's kind of cool to explore how Portuguese soldiers did this during
the day and you know what it was actually kind of fun to walk around and
look at the ancient ruins and stuff right bouncing it does get a little busy
on these walls so be prepared to dance around complete strangers in order to
get past them whilst walking around it's generally not a problem if it's quiet
but apart from the people the other interesting thing to note is the animals
check out this tree because it's full of peacocks seriously there's hundreds of
them that live here and whilst they're walking around trying to stalk you or
scare you off with their feathers some of them are trying to steal your food
now I kind of felt sorry for these guys so I kind of shared my lunch with them
lunch being some cereal coffee bar so hopefully the hopped up on caffeine
now but yeah these guys were pretty cool and you can get some great photo
opportunities with these peacocks but if you get bored of birds mooning you or do
some kind of interpretive dance it's time to move on to the next attraction
and it's time to wander the streets while Cristiano Ronaldo has his own
hotel that's kind of cool be sure to check out some of the historic
streetcars and if you do go to the rua augusta arch during the day it looks
completely different especially if you're on a Segway so that's kind of
cool there's lots of museums to see when
you're here in Lisbon but I highly recommend coming tip this this is an
abandoned monastery that's right in the middle of the city and you get some cool
photo opportunities here it's absolutely astounding that this is open-air and
ruined and it looks absolutely staggering especially with the sunlight
breaking through if you want to see more ancient sites you're going to have to go
west of the city take the number 15 tramp all the way across to the west why
you'll find this place the tower of belem now the tower of belem is
effectively an ancient lookout points for the river that leads you to lisbon
and it's actually kind of cool to take photos and drone shots of this place but
when I went it was something like 8:00 in the morning and it wasn't actually
open so the drone shots are the best that I could do without actually
physically going in but you generally kind of get the gist
of what this place is the bounce one thing that does look impressive in the
air is this the most famous monastery in all of the free world st. jeronimo's and
st. jeronimo's is very imposing from the air and when you get to ground level
it's actually amazing from the ground as well for the price of admission you also
get to access the museum where you've got lots of ancient artifacts it's a
kind of peruse over now I gotta admit the history bit was kind of lost on me
and even though they've got lots of placards and lots of things yeah it kind
of went over my head but it was kind of interesting to look at anyway the church
inside is amazing and all of the stonework that you see
here is hand-carved and oh I actually got sold off by this tour guide for
tried to record all of this when you go around the castle you'll
meet some very interesting characters like these two and The Cloisters
which is this bit with all the spirals is absolutely breathtaking
I mean seriously to think that all of this was done by hand is absolutely
incredible especially if you get a nice day like today this is a cool place to
kind of wander around take lots of pictures take lots of videos and just
think about how life was back in the day here I decided to go back into the
church and video without the tour guide telling me off and once again the church
bits of st. jeronimo's is actually kind of cool it really is or inspiring to
know that all of this was pretty much caught by hand it can get a little busy
and when it got a little too busy I decided to leave and go on to the more
modern bits of the city if you go east of the city you'll find all the modern
attractions the most modern being this the ocean ro de Lisboa bought basically
the oceanarium and it's basically a giant aquarium full of lots of birds
lots of fish people feeding penguins and officers kind of grooming themselves
it's all very entertaining to look at but is it any different any other
aquarium that you'll go to probably not but whilst you're here in Lisbon you
might as well actually pay the money and go in seeing as though you're there of
course this is the famous casino lisboa and admittedly I tried to record in here
and they should be down pretty quickly so yeah it's a casino
basically if gambling is not your thing there's a giant shopping sensor attached
literally nearby so if you do feel like shopping there's a Mon shot beam sensor
right there now I've honestly got about an hour to kill before going to the
airports and I decided to stop by Marcus pawn bowel which is over there way over
there where that statue is and I started to have a walk around and think man
wonder what there is to do around here turns out this place this place is a
pretty cool park I think it's I'm pretty sure it's a park
or some kind but there's loads or loads of weird interesting buildings including
nothing over there not entirely sure that is I'm sure I'll put it in the
description below and yeah this is a cool place to spend an afternoon just in
case you want to have a walk or just in case you get bored of sightseeing and
eating past old inators so yeah be sure to check out this place when you get a
chance Marcus palm bar or park metro stations so I came across this cool
building next to this park and I have no idea what this is I don't really know
what's going on and estate agents conference something
we're all wearing the same clothes Jackie I don't know but whatever is
going on here it's pretty lively and lovely building huh
what's over all guys if you're looking for a city break that combines modern
amenities with age history I highly recommend that you come here to Lisbon
definitely add this to your bucket list because it's definitely worth a look
okay nin I'm salt what do I do well you need gets here to Lisbon from
the airports you can literally take the metro station to pretty much anywhere in
the city you'll need a metro card which you can buy from any tickets dispensary
and the instructions are in English the signs are in Portuguese but you
generally know or can figure out which way to go based on the signs the metro
service is actually very efficient it's on time and it's incredibly easy to use
you can get to pretty much most places within the city on the metro line but if
you can't I II if you want to go to st. jeronimo's or the bell in the tower
where the metro stations don't stop you'll need to use the city trams if you
do want to go across to that way of town you'll need to cash the number 15 tramp
which will take you all the way there in about 20 minutes you can cash this right
underneath the Rua Augusta Art Show it's dead easy to find cost wise the cost of
the attractions is actually quite decent I don't think any attraction cost me any
more than 20 euros but I'll print those prices on the screens it's certainly not
cost-effective as porto but it's pretty cost-effective compared to everywhere
else is there anything else I need to know
yes there's a couple of things that you need to know before you come here to
Lisbon as you can tell from the footage I'm walking around like a lot and if you
could come here to Lisbon you will be walking around here a lot the streets
are not even in fact some of them are pretty damn steep like this so be
prepared to use your quads legs and hams to power you up these streets and even
if you don't speak Portuguese everyone here speaks English
but like I said this place is definitely worth a look once in your life if you
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much for watching and we'll see you in them episode
Ninh Ly - www.ninh.co.uk - @NinhLyUK