Lisboat

This week we viewed Lisbon from a different perspective.

We took a boat trip on the Tagus River (Rio Tejo) 

The Tagus River originates in the mountains of Spain, travels for 645 miles, and finally empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon. 
Legend has it that Lisbon was built to impress visitors arriving by boat, and after taking our boat tour, I'm bound to agree. 



We enjoyed a unique view of all of Lisbon's Seven Hills and a closer look at some of its most important landmarks, including..


Praça do Comércio



Ponte 25 de April (25th April Bridge)
-the largest suspension bridge in Europe and the 20th longest in the world. Often considered as a twin sister of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco because of its similar design the bridge in Lisbon is actually 300 feet (100m) longer.


The enormous Cristo Rei monument is built in 1959 in thanks to God for having spared Portugal during World War II, inspired by the famous statue in Rio de Janeiro. ‘God opens his arms to the city’.


Padrão dos Descobrimentos, the famous monument that celebrates the Portuguese who took part in the Age of Discovery of the 15th and 16th centuries, located on the estuary of the Tagus river where ships departed to their often unknown destinations.











Torre de Belém
The Belém Tower was built in the early sixteenth century in the Portuguese late-Gothic style, the Manueline. This defensive, yet elegant construction has become one of the symbols of the city, a memorial to Portuguese power as it was during the Age of Discovery. 

And since we had already visited these sites, we didn't even have to 'hop off' the boat!
And, did I mention that the day way exceptionally beautiful?