A grid of steep cobbled streets that goes quiet by day and loud by midnight. Bars spill onto the pavement, tascas anchor the corners.
100 Maneiras in Lisbon's Bairro Alto: Ljubomir Stanisic's Bosnian-Portuguese tasting room, ten courses nightly. Reservation essential.
Signature: Tasting menu
Order: Whichever ten-course tasting menu the kitchen is running this season.
Dear Breakfast's Bica branch in Lisbon: an all-day Bairro Alto room serving eggs every way they can be cooked, plus local-fruit juices to start.
Signature drink: Eggs Benedict and cold-pressed juice
Lisbon Winery in Bairro Alto: a tasting bar on Rua das Salgadeiras with vinho verde, alentejo and dao flights guided by a sommelier each evening.
Signature pour: Vinho verde flight from three producers
Wine focus: Curated Portuguese cellar with regional tastings
Food: Charcuterie, cheese and small plates
BA Wine Bar in Bairro Alto, Lisbon: a small-room natural-wine pour spot on Rua da Rosa with Portuguese boutique bottles and serious tinned-fish boards.
Signature pour: Esporao Reserva tinto
Wine focus: Portuguese boutique producers by the glass
Food: Portuguese charcuterie and tinned fish
The Old Pharmacy in Bairro Alto, Lisbon: a former apothecary on Rua do Diario de Noticias pouring small Portuguese producers, charcuterie boards alongside.
Signature pour: Quinta do Crasto Douro tinto
Wine focus: Portuguese small producers, all regions
Food: Portuguese cheese and charcuterie boards
Park in Lisbon's Bairro Alto: a rooftop bar on top of a Calcada do Combro car park, river view, DJs at sunset, queues from 18:00 in summer.
Signature drink: Aperol spritz with a river view
Food: Snacks
Dear Breakfast's Bica branch in Lisbon: an all-day Bairro Alto room serving eggs every way they can be cooked, plus local-fruit juices to wake you up.
Order: Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon, side of bacon.