Lisboa, Portugal
R. 1º de Dezembro 125
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Best place to visit in Lisbon.
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Beautiful railway station and wonderful piece of architecture. Come here some time before your train departure to enjoy the design and views from the terrace on the city. Really worth it.
Very beautiful and historical railway station.
Not a bad station and a train from here to Sintra is 45 minutes. However if you are using a railpass to get to that destination, you should get regular ticket as there might not be someone at this destination or Sintra to get you through. Only real issue is you need exact change for lockers and there isn't a machine that dispenses change in sight and make sure your credit card you use can be used at the automated ticket machines or your in for a bad time. However automated ticket machines have english as a language option so getting a ticket is not impossible. If they do accept cash, its exact change only. The starbucks within the station puts any in America to shame.
Rossio is the old central station in Lisbon, though it's now superseded. The station is right on Rossio Square in central Lisbon and main station used for getting to Sintra. The main attraction of this station is the pretty Neo-Manueline and Romantic façade that faces the the northwest side of the square. Apart from the usual intricate, organic carvings with marine motifs typical of Manueline, the entrance has an interesting double entrance of two intertwined horseshoe almost Neo-Mudejar like. Pretty to look at and worth stopping for a look before entering the station. The station has regular trains to Sintra, although at busy times, the trains are standing room only. There are a a few trains per day and the tickets let you take any one anyway!
Excellent train service: cheap, punctual, efficient.
This is your way to Sintra. Functional station, with small cafes (one Starbucks) and restaurants. You pay 5 Euro for a round-trip to Sintra. Confortable train.
Rossio Train Station is located on the northern edge of Rossio Square, actually on the border of Rossio and Lisbon's newer (and more chic) city neighborhoods, up Avenida da Liberdade. In a way, it also serves as unofficial boundary between the Pombaline (rebuilt in the wake of 1775 earthquake) downtown, or Baixa, and its western neighbor, Chiado. The highly ornamental design is referred to as \Neo-Manueline\, evocative of the similar richly decorated edifices of the early XVIth century, the most famous of which being the Tower of Belem with its ropes, astrolabios and other nautical and maritime elements vital for the Portuguese Golden Age of Discoveries dating back to King Manuel's reign. The architect, José Luís Monteiro, is also the author of the adjacent Hotel Avenida Palace (where we stayed). \Back in the day\ there existed a secret passage leading to Hotel Avenida Palace straight from the train section, reserved for VIPs and celebrities. José Luís Monteiro was also one of the major contributors in rebuilding Hotel de Ville in Paris, after destruction of the latter during the Paris Commune in the spring 1871. Interestingly enough, the same frivolous and somewhat barocco-inspired elements demonstrated in the Rossio Train Station are seen in Paris Hotel de Ville, sans the nautical themes. The Estação de Rossio, as it is known in Portuguese, is the primary station in Lisbon, a home of Lisboa-Sintra suburban railway, an important tourist line connecting Lisbon to the popular sightseeing destination, the town of Sintra. There is not much to see inside. The train station is also accessed via its upper level, through its side entrance facing Largo do Duque de Cadaval, by taking Calçada do Carmo. Taxis, street food vendors and Tuk Tuk tour cars are all lined up in front of the main entrance. The ground floor houses a Starbuck cafe, next to Avenida Palace.
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