Gleba Padaria ★ 4.7
Gleba in Lisbon's Alcantara: Diogo Amorim mills Portuguese heritage grains on site and bakes the city's most-cited sourdough loaves, by the slice.
Worth the queue: Pao de mafra, the long-fermented Portuguese country loaf
Confeitaria Nacional on Lisbon's Praca da Figueira: the city's oldest patisserie, in continuous operation since 1829, six generations of one family.
Address: Praca da Figueira 18B, 1100-241 Lisboa, Lisbon
Gleba in Lisbon's Alcantara: Diogo Amorim mills Portuguese heritage grains on site and bakes the city's most-cited sourdough loaves, by the slice.
Worth the queue: Pao de mafra, the long-fermented Portuguese country loaf
Landeau Chocolate on Lisbon's Rua das Flores: one cake, dark chocolate mousse over moist sponge, dusted with cocoa, sliced to order behind a marble counter.
Worth the queue: Bolo de chocolate Landeau, dusted with cocoa
Manteigaria Belem in Lisbon: the modern pastel-de-nata contender's Rua de Belem outpost a short walk from Pasteis de Belem, for the side-by-side tasting.
Worth the queue: Pastel de nata, hot from the oven
Manteigaria's Mercado da Ribeira stall in Lisbon: the Time Out Market pastel-de-nata window, baked every twenty minutes, 1.50 euros at the counter.
Worth the queue: Pastel de nata, eaten standing at the counter
A Padaria Portuguesa's Chiado branch in Lisbon: the homegrown chain that revived the neighbourhood padaria model, croissants and breads to-go.
Worth the queue: Croissant misto, ham and cheese in a flaky shell
Alcoa's Chiado pastelaria in Lisbon: the canonical Alcobaca convent-sweets shop, cornucopias and pao de lo brought down from the cloister tradition.
Worth the queue: Cornucopia, Alcobaca's pine-nut and egg-cream pastry