Founded by Ulysses, occupied by the Carthaginians, by Rome, the barbarians and Islam, it was finally and definitively reconquered by the Christians in the XII century.

It was the birth of the Discoveries and the starting point for the maritime route to Asia, the so-called Spice Route, which led to the collapse of Venice. Lisbon became the great trading centre of Western Europe and the capital of the world during the XIV and XVI centuries.

In 1755, Lisbon was victim of a great earthquake that shocked the known civilized world. Nevertheless, it raised itself once more from the rubble and became a role model for urban planning. During the XIX and XX centuries it remained the capital of the Portuguese empire.

Hill and valleys, light and water, river and ocean, perfumes and peoples: these are the contrasting and characteristic elements of a stroll through the streets of modern Lisbon.

All of this makes Lisbon a unique city, which once explored leaves every visitor with an overwhelming desire to return.

• Lisbon: 2,795.1 sq. Km.
• Residing Population (Greater Lisbon Area): 2,120,792
• Starting point for the discovery of the world
• Located in the Estremadura region on the Western Coast of Portugal
• City which laps the margins of a river
• City of the 7 hills
• The most important tourist point in the Country
• Lisbon is the artistic patterns and designs in the sidewalks
• Lisbon is the light of the late evenings reflected on the river
• Lisbon is the narrow roads that weave through the city
• Lisbon is the pleasant and helpful people
• Lisbon is unique