Lisbon Insider Tips

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Portugal's electricos, the old-fashioned trams that rattle around the city, are one of Lisbon's most enduring attractions. If you feel like getting off the tourist routes, take a 28, which winds its way through the Alfama as if it was still 1900.

For information about what's on, check out http://www.lisboacultural.pt/

. If you're a music fan in town in late May/early June, make sure you check out City of Rock, a massive festival spread over two weeks in Bela Vista Park that this year features the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns n' Roses, Roger Waters and Shakira. See: http://rockinrio-lisboa.sapo.pt/

Portuguese football is enjoying a renaissance, following Porto's European Cup win in 2004 and Euro 2004, in which Portugal as hosts reached the final. The Estadio de Luz harks back to another golden era (although it was completely rebuilt ahead of the 2004 finals), when Eusebio led Benfica to consecutive European Cup victories in the early 1960s. There's a now a statue of the legendary striker outside the ground.

If, like The Scene, you're suffering from city break fatigue, then Lisbon could be the place to restore your faith in the long weekend. The city remains pleasantly tourist-free, friendly and it's still amazingly cheap by European standards.

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