Nevertheless... Lisbon shopping can be so charming and unusual... and we would like to leave you with some suggestions of old times shops to visit either to buy or just to see...
Luvaria Ulisses
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The Luvaria Ulisses is the last shop in Portugal dedicated to the exclusive sale of gloves. Since its foundation, its client list has included the city’s political, cultural and artistic upper class and it remains faithful to its founding principles.
This store is in Rua do Carmo, a very charming street with Fado playing, climbing up to Chiado. Make sure to include this street in your walking plans, it is very pretty!
Chapelaria do Rossio
Do you need a hat? Oh, you do! Perfect! You are likely to find one here!
This store is in Rossio square (Praça de D. Pedro IV).
Conserveira de Lisboa
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Like many of Lisbon’s artisanal shops, this preserved-fish store in the Baixa neighborhood appears frozen in time. With its mosaic stone floor and wooden cash register, the shop looks much as it did when it opened in 1930. Its wooden shelves are piled high with dozens of different kinds of tinned fish, from smoked mackerel to sardine eggs. Tin packages can be gift-wrapped in brown paper and yellow twine.
This store in in Baixa, in R. dos Bacalhoeiros 34.
A Vida Portuguesa
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This is in chiado, check it on google!
Hospital das Bonecas
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Well, not everyone will like this store.... actually, if you are a boy, we are sure you won't! But if you are a girl or if you have a small girl... then it is worth taking a look to the toys of some time ago... you might find something unusual to take to the little one's at home!
This store is in Praça da Figueira, just near Rossio!
Rua Augusta
Well, this is one of the main shopping street in Lisbon. Just walk on it... it leads from Rossio Square to Praça do Comércio, a monumental square overlooking the Tejo River. There is a nice museum in the end of it, if you are lucky, you will find some artists painting there too! But they are not there often now... As you are walking this street, give a special attention when you cross Rua da Conceição!
Rua da Conceição
This is a street full of Retrosarias... let's say that if you are missing a button in one of your shirts, this is the place to come and get another!
This street crosses Rua Augusta, very near Praça do Comércio!
Garrafeira Internacional
If you want to buy some portuguese wine... we suggest you this place.
Casa das Velas
They sell candles... many, old craft one's! Find it in this street of Chiado!
Bairro Alto Boutiques
Check this website for all you want to know about Bairro Alto, from shopping to eating or going out!
To the one's of you that have been to Gar and Nina's wedding... it was in Bairro Alto that Mike got his pink jacket!
This is the trendy area of Lisbon... but no point on coming here early! They are all asleep!!! Maybe around 5pm there will start to be some slow movement..... but never before!
Avenida da Liberdade - Lisbon's main avenue
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This boulevard, built in the 19th century in the style of the Champs-Elysees in Paris, is the main avenue of the city.
It runs north for a mile (1.6km) from Restauradores to Marquês de Pombal Square, and is more than 300 feet (90m) wide. Today the avenue has an elegance with fountains and cafe tables shaded by trees, as well as a pavement decorated with abstract patterns. Shopping here might be a little expensive... this would be the Lisbon version of Sloane Street in London... just a lot less posh!!!
Principe Real
Rua da Escola Politecnica, 12-14, Principe Real
This shop produces some of Europe's finest tablecloths and sheets that have been sold to European royalty and to famous names such as the Kennedys, Rockefellers, and Michael Douglas. It specializes in elegant linen, and provides artistic manual embroidery by order.
