The Captain had decided that as it was such a beautiful day he would delay docking the ship to give everyone time to enjoy sailing up the river. This delay made me have to change my plans to walk across Lisbon. So, I sat by the exit waiting for permission to leave the ship and then ran through the walkways and the terminal and jumped into the only taxi outside.
This blog covers the rest of our day in Lisbon after I had completed the street art walk.
I could not relax in the the taxi as the driver took me literally about rushing to get across Lisbon to start the walk. The final part of the route was up steep narrow streets at a speed that was perhaps a little too fast! The good news is that I was at the rendezvous in plenty of time.
The meeting point was the Interpress building near R. Luz Soriano67, 1200-247
At the meeting point
My light speed taxi ride took me to the meeting point just after 9:30 am – early for the 10 am start! There were a copuple of others for the street art walk already there.
As I had a little time I explored up and down the street.
Our guide appeared and apologised for being a little late.
Obey Giant by Shepherd Fairey.
“Fado Vadio,” created by the artist the French artist – O Gringo.
“Bubbles in Lisbon” created by the Brazilian artist Utopia.
And nearby
Still on Rua do Notre this mural is a portrait of female rapper MC Lyte, painted by Portuguese artist Kilos.
“Paon 1” by the artist O Gringo.
Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara
We now walked to the viewing point next to the Gloria tram.
The viewing point was very busy as usual. We stopped and talked to one of the artists there. I bought one of her pictures for 10 Euros.
And here it is above my desk…
Behind we had the tourist tram passing by and below us the Glória Funicular.
(Note: since this visit one of cars came off the tracks sadly resulting in 16 deaths.)
Calçada da Glória
From the viewpoint we walked down the steep street that the Gloria Funicular ran up. This art was on the wall at the top of the street.
On the left hand side we stopped at the wooden platforms covered in paintings.
Walking down the street I had some very close views of the cars of the funicular.
Here’s a link to my dedicated Street Art feed on Instagram.
Walking through the Praca dos Restauradores…
Fado remembered along Rua do Capelao
We passed the signs to Fernando MaurÃcio’s House and along this street Fado music is honoured.
Mirador de Gracia
Up the steps…
The Graça Funicular
The group split and some decided to climb the stairs and others, including me, waited for the Graça Funicular. This was a free automated funicular that did not hold a lot of people.
Once off the funicular we joined the others at the top of the steps.
Once we were higher we had a view of the funicular.
Miradouro da Graça
This was a viewing point that I had never been to before.
We stepped into the nearby building to admire the tiles.
Rua Senhora da Glória
The collaboration between artists Shepard Fairey and Vhils.
“Adapta” by the Portuguese artist Add Fuel.
Rua Josea de Odibas
Along this street we came to artists working on their murals.
The artist Lilli Marlit by her mural.
A portrait of the poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Daniel Eime.
“Peace Guard” by the artist Shepard Fairey.
“Tropical Fado in RGB tones” by OzeArv
The artist was at the wall touching up his mural.
Largo da Graca
I was now on the hill overlooking the ship on Rua do Museu de Artilharia and trying to make my way down.
I had several false starts as the roads and alleys had been closed for the construction work taking for the new drainage scheme.
It was a relief to get to the cruise terminal!
After lunch we walked into the centre of Lisbon.
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