Roof Of Hotel Vip Executive Suites Eden Looking To Avenida Da Liberdade - 2

Rooftop view to Avenida da Liberdade ended with the Hard Rock Cafe on the right.

Hard Rock Cafe, Est. June 12, 2003
Lisbon, the dazzling city that stretches along the banks of the river Tagus before it meets the Atlantic Ocean, has been the capital of Portugal since 1255. The charm of the Portuguese capital resides in its strong links to the past - restored palaces, majestic churches and an imposing hilltop castle reflect the city's rich cultural heritage.

Hard Rock Cafe Lisbon, located downtown at Av. da Liberdade just off "Praca dos Restauradores", completes the ultimate Discovery of our Modern Times and launches you into an atmosphere of electrifying and priceless rock n' roll memorabilia. Offering trendy merchandise, thirst quenching drinks and great food all enjoyed in an atmosphere of high energy music and completed by Hard Rock Cafe's famous service, the Hard Rock Cafe Lisbon is the place to be!

http://www.hardrock.com/locations/cafes3/cafe.aspx?LocationID=368&MIBEnumID=3

Roof Of Hotel Vip Executive Suites Eden Looking To Avenida Da Liberdade

The rooftop view of Hotel Vip Executive Suites Eden looking toward the side street of Avenida da Liberdade.

Roof Of Hotel Vip Executive Suites Eden Looking To The Hill - 2

The zip-zap roads along the hills is a popular night spot filled with music and lights.

Roof Of Hotel Vip Executive Suites Eden Looking To The Hill - 1

From the rooftop garden of Hotel Vip Executive Suites Eden looking to the hillside.

Restaurante O Muni, Lisbon - 3

4 Quebecers looking at the menu. All the outdoor tables were packed by tourists came from 4 corners of the earth.

Restaurante O Muni, Lisbon - 2

Muni restaurante is a small restaurant but it offers surprisingly good food & great services.

It features Portuguese food like Bacalhau com Natas and Arrozs de Pato, & they also offer an Indian menu on the side.

Read more: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/1e8feb/#ixzz1k9nApGl5

Restaurante O Muni, Lisbon - 1

Typical white and blue ceramic tile wall, glazings and stained wood cladding the front of the restaurant.

The Muni restaurant has the refined atmosphere, beyond a diverse menu, in Lisbons' downtown. The Cod is one of the specialities served, respecting tradition and with the typical good service. Also available is another delicious specialty, Iscas com Elas, which are fried liver steaks, served with potatoes.

Restaurante O Muni

Rua dos Correeiros, 115/117, Lisbon, Portugal 1100-161
http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/europe/portugal/lisbon/restaurante-o-muni-restaurant-detail-223534/

Rua Dos Correetros & Rua Da Vitoria - 2

The small scale garbage truck passing the fashion store.

Rua Dos Correetros & Rua Da Vitoria - 1

The bridal dress on the window and the accessory at the entrance on Rua de Vitoria.

Museu do Design e da Moda (MUDE) - Lisbon 12

Same designer with a twin wood stool, raw wool mat and cork stool on display.

Museu do Design e da Moda (MUDE) - Lisbon 11

Local designer with a raw wool mat on display.

Museu do Design e da Moda (MUDE) - Lisbon 10

A mixture of period design included fashion, industrial design and furniture design as an individual grouping.

In December 18, 2002, Francisco Capelo Collection was acquired by Lisbon City Hall with the obligation of establish a new museum dedicated to design, preserving this heritage of excellence. The acquisition of this important collection was possible thanks to the special treatment and the will that the collector has always shown that the collection remain in this city. In pombaline historical centre, Lisbon City Hall found a home for MUDE – Museu de Design e da Moda. Colecção Francisco Capelo. MUDE may well show its rich collection of over 2,500 objects and did so without waiting for the definitive works of adaptation.

http://www.mude.pt/_mude/en/mude_agora.html

Museu do Design e da Moda (MUDE) - Lisbon 9

The main floor Post-Modernism collections to the contemporary design icons.
The raw concrete columns, staircase, wall panels wrapped by back-lit transluscent panel walls
set the stage for the exhibition.

Francisco Capelo Collection is a collection of excellence due to the creators represented and the quality and significance of the objects brought together. Has a particular coherence and intrinsic unity stemming from the direct and complementary relation between the two areas (fashion and design). Furniture and small household objects reflects the main design movements and tendencies, while the generally haute couture clothing, footwear and accessories weave the history of fashion during the same period. As Yvonne Brunhammer pointed out, this collection is not limited to industrial production, but rather highlights the diversity of the century "ignoring the overly rigid boundaries and categories (of design)."

http://www.mude.pt/_mude/en/mude_agora.html

Museu do Design e da Moda (MUDE) - Lisbon 8

Studio 65 - sofa bocca, Italy 1970.

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Christain Daninos - Cadeira Bulle Chair, 1968 and Peter Ghyczy, Cadeira Egg Chair, 1968.

Rua dos Douradores, Lisbon - 2

The terra-cotta roofs, the greenery, and the iron works have the traditional elements etched in every corners of the city.

Rua dos Douradores is a real street, just four blocks long, not far from the center of Lisbon, close to two large and impressive campos, the Praça Dom Pedro IV and the Praça do Comércio, and a short distance from the Tagus River. Also just moments away is the Elevador de Santa Justa, a 100-foot-tall lift built at the turn of the twentieth century that serves no function but rising to a restaurant with a panorama of the city and its harbor.

http://webdelsol.com/LITARTS/Literary_Explorer/lisbon/lisbon.html

Rua dos Douradores, Lisbon - 1

The blue sky, clothelines and ceramic tiled wall, a prefect match for a romantic combination of
visual dynamics.

The capital of Portugal can be considered the cradle of Pessoa's thoughts and wanderings, the green root from which his stories have sprung to life. If you want to follow the path he hasindicated in his books, you need to start your journey from Rua dos Douradores, the real bursting heart and centre of the commercial activities of Lisbon. This is the street of ancient shops an professions such as cobblers and drapers, a street with nooks and crannies to be admired, a teeming mass of people and things with stories to tell and remember.
As a matter of fact, Bernardo Soares, the fictional author of Pessoa's The Book of Disquiet lived and worked in this street:
"And if the office on Rua dos Douradores represents life for me, the fourth-floor room where I live, on this same Rua dos Douradores represents Art for me. Yes, Art, residing on the very same street as Life, but in a different place. Art, which gives me relief from life without relieving me of living, being as monotonous as life itself, only in a different place. Yes, for me, the Rua dos Douradores contains the meaning of everything and the answer to all riddles except for the riddle of why riddles exist, which can never be answered".

http://www.moleskine.com/fr/moleskinecity/wordswriters/wandering_with_pessoa_in_the_discovery_of_lisbon.php

Back Of Rossio Square, Lisbon - 2

The shops, trees, restaurants, cafe/bars and the music created an upbeat motion of energy and fun.

Back Of Rossio Square, Lisbon - 1

The back of the Rossio Square is a popular shopping and cafe/restaurant area. The music echoed
in the zip-zap hill side road to the top.

The Rossio has been a meeting place for people of Lisbon for centuries. Some of the cafés and shops of the square date from the 18th century, like the Café Nicola, where poet Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage used to meet friends. Other traditional shops include the Pastelaria Suíça and the Ginjinha, where the typical Lisbon spirit (Ginjinha) can be tasted. The building of the Maria II Theatre and the Public Gardens to the north of the square only made the area more attended by Lisbon high society in the 19th century. Nowadays it is constantly populated by Lisboners and tourists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossio

Roof Top View, Lisbon - 2

The night view on the LHS.

Location.
Situated in Lisbon, Hotel VIP Executive Suites Eden is close to Restauradores Square, Castle of Sao Jorge, and Rossio. Also nearby are Santa Justa Elevator and Lisbon Cathedral.

http://www.hotels.com/ho217918/hotel-vip-executive-suites-eden-lisbon-portugal/

Roof Top View, Lisbon - 1

The night view from the rooftop of the hotel, over looking at the hills.

Hotel Vip executive Suites Eden has been classified as the Best Urban Renovation Project and the Best Tourism Project in Portugal.

Hotel Vip Executive Suites Eden is a beautiful 4-star property located in the heart of Lisbon, next to Praca do Rossio.

This Lisbon hotel has been built on an art deco building from the 1930's featuring 75 studios including double and 2 bedroom apartments.

The studios comprise a separated working area and feature modern facilities.

http://www.edenaparthotelvip.com/

A Head Sketch On Envelope

A black bold pen to sketch the head on the back of a white envelope.

Exhibiton In Centro De Arte Moderna, Lisbon, Portugal - 4

Partition on RHS.

The activities of CAM are integrated into the vast cultural program of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Educational activities related to the exhibitions are currently planned in the context of the Gulbenkian Cultural Education - Discover .

Exhibiton In Centro De Arte Moderna, Lisbon, Portugal - 3

Partition on LHS.

The presence of international artists has to do mainly with contacts between these and several Portuguese artists, and the programming on international art, developed by the Calouste Gulbenkian from the date of its creation in 1956. Equally important was the presence of an important collection of works of British art, with a historical set of works acquired in a systematic way, the United Kingdom between 1959 and 1964, and the presence of more recent pieces by British artists of international renown.

Exhibiton In Centro De Arte Moderna, Lisbon, Portugal - 2

Its annual programming includes the organization of temporary exhibitions of works by Portuguese and international artists and the presentation of a permanent exhibition made from a selection of works in collections.

The collection of CAM currently comprises some 9,000 pieces of Portuguese and international artists, especially the representation of Portuguese art in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Of 60 years to the present, the collection has an important collection of works by Portuguese artists, many of whom worked throughout a regular schedule of solo exhibitions.

Exhibiton In Centro De Arte Moderna, Lisbon, Portugal - 1

The exhibiton space has been divided by wood partition, for a future show construction.

The CAM, (Centro De Arte Moderna)

Created in 1983, CAM - Modern Art Centre - by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is devoted to preserving, researching and making it accessible to as many people as possible to keep your collection consisting of works of art of the XX and XXI centuries.

In 2012, the CAM full 29 years.

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Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Courtyard Cafe - 2

The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Courtyard Cafe 2.

The ambitious and detailed specifications being based on the presupposition that the new building was to serve as a perpetual homage to the memory of Calouste Gulbenkian, and its lines were to reflect the essential features of his character concentrated spirituality, creative force and simplicity of life...The existing architectural ensemble, simple in line with different areas ably linked together, is surrounded by a green area designed by the landscape architects Gonalo Ribeiro Telles and Antnio Viana Barreto, with lawns, trees, pools and even an open-air amphitheatre.


http://www.museu.gulbenkian.pt/museu.asp?seccao=edificio&lang=en

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Courtyard Cafe - 1

The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Courtyard Cafe with an extended patio seating with white parasols and absolutely brilliant landscaping, plus sunshine...it is a delightful place to be in the morning.

	The Calouste Gulbenkian Collection comprises some 6000 pieces. The Museum houses on the permanent exhibition galleries 1000 of its most representative works. A short selection choice of the most outstanding pieces in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum belonging to different sections are presented here.

http://www.museu.gulbenkian.pt/coleccao.asp?lang=en

The Avenida Palace Hotel At Night, Lisbon, Portugal

A night view from rooftop, the Avenida Palace Hotel is on the RHS behind the Art Deco façade.

Located in the emblematic Restauradores Square, in the heart of the city, The Avenida Palace Hotel is a symbol of charm and elegance in more than one hundred years of its story. This neoclassical, imposing building and its first class refined service turned it into one of the most selected destinations of high society and prominent individualities all over the world.

Lisbon, the city of the seven hills and the fado home, idly stretches along the Tejo, in a close complicity between earth and water, from Parque das Nações on to Terreiro do Paço (the most imposing square of the city) and the ancient docks area to Jerónimos Monastery and Belem Tower, where the river flows into the Atlantic.

http://www.hotelavenidapalace.pt/en/index_en.html

The Avenue Hotel Altis At Night, Lisbon, Portugal

The night view from the roof top looking into the Restauradores Square.
The Avenue Hotel Altis is on the RHS with the black awnings.

The Avenue Hotel Altis is a charming boutique hotel in Lisbon, with an extraordinary location in the city center, in Restauradores Square. The architecture and decoration are inspired by 40 years and revolve around the concept of urban chic, where past and future meet in a unique atmosphere of charm and glamor.

http://www.altishotels.com/HotelMenuContent.aspx?ID=6

Frank Gehry Kettle On A Blue Box

A watercolour sketch of the Frank Gehry kettle.

Castelo De São Jorge At Night

The Castelo de São Jorge is located in the parish of Castle in the city and county of Lisbon in Portugal . The current name comes from the devotion of the castle to St George, patron saint of knights and crusades , made ​​by order of D. John I in the fourteenth century.

Over time the castle, as well as the various military structures of Lisbon, was being refurbished, to the point of the first half of the twentieth century is already in an advanced state of disrepair. In the 1940's monumental works were undertaken reconstruction, rising most of the walls and spread out many of the towers. Therefore, contrary to what one might think at first glance, the "medieval character" of the military should set up this campaign of reconstruction, and not the maintenance of the castle from the Middle Ages to the present day.

It stands in a dominant position on the highest hill of the historic center, offering visitors the most beautiful views of the city and the estuary of the Tagus river .

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Church Of Santa Engrácia At Night

The current building of the Church of Santa Engrácia substituted previous churches dedicated to a martyr of the city of Braga, Saint Engrácia. The first church dedicated to the Saint was sponsored by Princess Maria, daughter of King Manuel I, around 1568. In 1681, building of the current church began after previous structures collapsed. The author of the new design was João Antunes, royal architect and one of the most important baroque architects of Portugal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Santa_Engr%C3%A1cia

Cabo da Roca - 4

The white waves hitting the beaches in slow but powerful way.

The western coast is a mixture of sand beaches and rocky cliff promontories: around Cabo da Roca, cliffs are more than 100 metres in height, and cut into crystalline rocks, composed of strongly foulded and faulted sedimentary units. These forms are disturbed by dikes and small beaches. This promontory of "high" beaches is the extreme western immersion of the ancient eruptive Sintra massif, as evident from the rose-coloured granite in the north and syenite of the Ribeira do Louriçal in the south.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_da_Roca

Cabo da Roca - 3

The horizon is an infinity.

The cape is located within the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, 42 kilometres northwest of the urbanized area of Lisbon and 18 kilometres northwest of Sintra. Its location (38°47′N 9°30′W) is inscribed on a stone plaque, located on a monument at the site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_da_Roca

Cabo da Roca - 2

The Atlantic Ocean is a line of bright lights dividing the sky and the water.

Cabo da Roca was known to the Romans as Promontorium Magnum and during the *Age of Sail as the Rock of Lisbon.

(*The Age of Sail was the period in which international trade and naval warfare were dominated by sailing ships, lasting from the 16th to the mid 19th century. This is a significant period during which square-rigged sailing ships carried European settlers to many parts of the world in one of the most expansive human migrations in recorded history.)

The 16th century Portuguese poet Luís de Camões described Cabo da Roca as the place "where the land ends and the sea begins" (Portuguese: Onde a terra se acaba e o mar começa).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_da_Roca

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Sail

Cabo da Roca - 1

The stone pile monument to mark the spot.

Cabo da Roca (Cape Roca) is a cape which forms the westernmost extent of mainland Portugal and continental Europe (and by definition the Eurasian land mass). The cape is in the Portuguese municipality of Sintra, west of the district of Lisbon, forming the westernmost extent of the Serra de Sintra.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_da_Roca

Rio Tejo, Lisbon - 4

The Vasco da Gama Bridge on the river.

The Vasco da Gama Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Vasco da Gama; pronounced: [ˈpõt(ɨ) ˈvaʃku dɐ ˈɡɐmɐ]) is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts and rangeviews that spans the Tagus River near Lisbon, capital of Portugal. It is the longest bridge in Europe (including viaducts),^{[citation needed]} with a total length of 17.2 km (10.7 mi), including 0.829 km (0.5 mi) for the main bridge, 11.5 km (7.1 mi) in viaducts, and 4.8 km (3.0 mi) in dedicated access roads. Its purpose is to alleviate the congestion on Lisbon's other bridge (25 de Abril Bridge), and to join previously unconnected motorways radiating from Lisbon.

The bridge was opened to traffic on 29 March 1998, 18 months after construction first began, just in time for Expo 98, the World's Fair that celebrated the 500th anniversary of the discovery by Vasco da Gama of the sea route from Europe to India.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama_Bridge

Rio Tejo, Lisbon - 3

Another view of the river.

A major river, the Tagus is brought to mind in the songs and stories of the Portuguese. A popular fado song in Lisbon notes that while people get older, the Tagus remains young ("My hair getting white, the Tagus is always young"). The author, Fernando Pessoa, wrote a poem that begins: "The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village...."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagus

Rio Tejo, Lisbon - 2

The Tagus River is the river in the port of Lisbon.

It empties into the Atlantic Ocean , forming the estuary called the Sea of Straw , the most important of the Iberian Peninsula , both by size and by socio-demographic relevance. In the north, this area is legally protected by the Nature Reserve of the Tagus Estuary , created in 1916 , with an area of 14,560 hectares.

Here integrate wetlands, mud, salt, islets and agricultural land, every winter, provide shelter to about 80,000 birds. The town of Montijo , on the left bank of the estuary, can be considered as the main locality of reference of this protected area...

Every year in the port of Lisbon, dock hundreds of luxury liners, especially in the dock Alcantara . In its estuary there is an ecological reserve ( Natural Reserve of the Tagus Estuary , based in Alcochete ) where nest several species of birds . Due to the high pollution of the river ceased to exist dolphins , rarely showing a copy which enters the estuary by mistake, going back to March when possible.

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Tejo

Rio Tejo, Lisbon - 1

The seagulls on the railing enjoying the sun.

The Tagus River is the river 's longest Iberian Peninsula . Its basin is the third longest in the peninsula after the Douro and the Ebro River . Born in Spain - where it is known as the Tajo - the 1593 m altitude in the Sierra de Albarracin , and empties into the Atlantic Ocean , bathing Lisbon , after a journey of about 1007 km. Its catchment area is 80 600 km (55,750 km in Spain and 24,850 km in Portugal), being the second most important of the Iberian Peninsula after the river Ebro .

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Tejo