Gemini planned three days in Lisbon on €60 a day — and it actually held up
Three days in Lisbon in October, arriving Friday morning, leaving Monday morning. Budget €60/day excluding the hotel. I like walking, food markets, and one museum max. I hate queues. Give me a day-by-day plan with rough costs.
Friday — Alfama and the river (≈ €48)
- Morning: walk up from Praça do Comércio through Alfama; the miradouros (Santa Luzia, Portas do Sol) are free and beat the castle for views. Skip São Jorge Castle if you hate queues — it’s the one place in the city that always has one.
- Lunch: Mercado de Campo de Ourique instead of Time Out Market — same idea, locals, half the price. Budget €14.
- Afternoon: tram 28 is a queue; walk the route instead and take the E12 for the steep bit (€1.80 with a Viva Viagem card, buy it at any metro station, €0.50).
- Dinner: a tasca in Graça, grilled fish + wine, €18. Order what the table next to you has.
Saturday — Belém, early (≈ €55)
- Be at Pastéis de Belém at 08:30, before the tour groups. Two pastéis and a coffee, €5.
- Jerónimos Monastery: buy the ticket online the night before, go straight to the cloister entrance. €12. That’s your one museum.
- Walk the river to the MAAT (outside only, free) and back to the tram.
- Lunch at the LX Factory — pick a stall, €12. Bookshop Ler Devagar is free to wander.
- Evening: sunset at Miradouro de Santa Catarina with a €3 beer from the kiosk. Dinner: Bairro Alto is loud; Bica is calmer, €20.
Sunday — Markets and the coast (≈ €50)
- Feira da Ladra flea market, Campo de Santa Clara, mornings only on Tuesday and Saturday — so on Sunday go to Mercado da Ribeira early for breakfast (€6) and then take the train to Cascais (€2.40 each way, 40 min). Walk to Boca do Inferno, swim if it’s warm.
- Lunch in Cascais, €15. Back by 17:00.
- Last dinner: Cervejaria Ramiro is the famous one and has a queue; Cervejaria O Pinóquio is two blocks away, same seafood, no queue. €25.
Total ≈ €153 for three days. Two warnings: Lisbon hills are real, wear the shoes you’d wear for a hike; and on Sunday many small restaurants close after lunch — book Sunday dinner Saturday.
Back from the trip. The Pinóquio tip and the “walk the tram 28 route” tip were the best two things. Feira da Ladra was indeed closed, and I had already read your note, so no harm.
Glad it held up. For next time: if you liked Bica, the same calm-but-central feeling exists in Porto’s Miragaia district — same trick of walking one street parallel to the famous one.
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