Rodrigo Regal, Redator Estagiário at Lisboa Secreta

Action is recalling a package of fried egg-shaped gummies due to a risk of mold; here’s how to identify the affected lot and request a refund without a receipt

Action is recalling a package of Cokoc-brand star-shaped egg-shaped gummies. According to the recall notice published by the retailer, the product may develop mold even while still within its expiration d...

More than 450 million bottles and cans have already been returned in six months; the Volta system guarantees 10 cents per container, but Carlos Moedas is demanding its immediate end in Lisbon

Six months after its launch, Volta—the deposit and refund system for bottles and cans—has already collected more than 450 million containers, according to SDR Portugal, which manages the program, as repor...

Food & drink Top news

In 2017, Cafezal opened its first café in Milan; eight years later, the brand arrives in Lisbon in a 110-square-meter Pombaline-style space in Chiado

Anyone passing through Baixa-Chiado now has a new spot to stop for coffee. Cafezal, a Milanese specialty coffee chain, has chosen Lisbon as the first destination for its international expansion and will...

Secret Guides Things to do

In 1930, Fernando Pessoa helped stage a fake disappearance at Boca do Inferno; nearly a century later, this freely accessible cliff in Cascais is one of the must-see stops along the coast

Boca do Inferno is located about 2 km from the center of Cascais and is a cliff where the Atlantic crashes with a roar into a huge cavity carved into the rock. To get there from Lisbon, simply take the tra...

Lisbon is expected to reach 28 °C this weekend; that’s more than 5 degrees above the average high for October, and no rain is forecast through Monday

In Lisbon, fall hasn’t quite arrived on the thermometers yet. The IPMA forecasts a high of 27 °C for this Friday, October 9, and temperatures between 27 °C and 28 °C through Monday, with no rain. The aver...

Culture Things to do

In 2022, FLIFA was born in a military barracks in Lisbon; now, the 5th edition is coming to the Arroios Market to bring together more than 120 independent publishers

Stop by the Arroios Market between October 23 and 25, and you’ll find more than 120 independent publishers, bookstores, and collectives gathered in one place. FLIFA, now in its fifth year, offers free a...

Sports Top news

Lisbon Marathon and Half Marathon: Road Closures from Cascais to the Vasco da Gama Bridge This Weekend

Anyone needing to travel between Cascais, Oeiras, and Lisbon this weekend should expect road closures. The EDP Lisbon Marathon takes place on Saturday, October 10, and the Hyundai Half Marathon on Sunday,...

Escapes Wellness & nature

Lisbon is the happiest travel destination in the world, according to an index of 47 cities—and there’s one aspect where it leaves Paris, Tokyo, and New York in the dust

Among 47 destinations analyzed worldwide, Lisbon tops the Holiday Happiness Index, a ranking by the retreat platform BookRetreats that measures which destinations are best suited to make a trip a happy on...

Culture Secret Guides Things to do

A year later, this UNESCO World Heritage Site monastery reopens in its entirety, just 1 hour and 40 minutes from Lisbon—and this is its story

About a 1-hour-and-40-minute drive from Lisbon, the Monastery of Batalha once again has one of its most famous spaces free of construction work. The Imperfect Chapels—the pantheon that was left forever wi...

Things to do Visit Lisbon

An 18th-century garden lined with tiles, designated a Property of Public Interest since 1962, is hidden inside a school in Lumiar

There are gardens in Lisbon that you only discover by chance, and this one is tucked away behind the walls of a school. At Paço do Lumiar, Quinta dos Azulejos hides an 18th-century garden where azulejos c...