This trip was virtually a repeat of a holiday we had in Lisbon in 2007..... and it was hard to believe that was 19 years ago! Lisbon had experienced almost 4 months of rain up until the week before we arrived, but we were blessed with warm, sunny weather and clear blue skies for the whole time we were there. We covered much the same ground that we did in 2007, except that due to the passage of time the walking distances seemed longer and the hills steeper! We walked over 50 km in the few days that we were there, which is quite incredible.

Maxime Boutique Hotel
Avenida da Liberdade
58 Praca da Algeria
Santo Antonio
1250-004 Lisbon

According to www.visitlisboa.com......

Surrounded by Praça da Alegria, parallel to the cosmopolitan Avenida da Liberdade, Maxime Hotel is the starting point to discover Lisbon through its 7 hills. A boutique hotel with 75 rooms that invites us to travel back in time and have fun in a cabaret-flavored restaurant, where gastronomy and music are a single show. Overlooking the Praça da Alegria garden, this boutique hotel's bedrooms have been recreated to resemble the old cabaret. The setting, which was intended to be burlesque, promises a stay in Lisbon that will certainly remain in your memory. At Maxime Hotel there is always something happening with its versatile, surprising and addictive shows, made to remember the old iconic cabaret.

The Jardim Alfredo Keil (in Praça da Alegria) is a small public garden named after the romantic composer and painter. Set on a terrace, the garden features exotic vegetation and a pond with a fountain. On the west side of the garden is a bust of Alfredo Keil (1850-1907), a musician, painter and poet. He is best remembered as the composer of the music for A Portuguesa, the Portuguese national anthem.

Busto de Alfredo Keil
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