It was a relatively slow morning beginning with a walk / run north along the Tagus River. Breakfast and packing up were next on our agenda for a mid morning check out. We had one more day of exploring left before heading to the airport later in the afternoon to catch our 9pm flight.
Leaving our luggage in a the conveniently almost next-door baggage locker, we started with the last minute shopping to complete before we went walking! With the remnants of our food and picking up a few items on the way for a picnic lunch, we traversed Lisbon before climbing up to the most famous viewpoint, Miradouro da Graça. This balcony provides panoramic views north over the historic city centre, to Såo Jorge Castle, out to the Tagus river and the Ponte 25 de Abril bridge. Behind this balcony is the Igreja da Graça and the Graça Convent which both are prominent buildings when looking south across the city as we had often done.
Continuing west through Graça, we again climbed to the highest central point of Lisbon, the Miradouro de Senhora do Monte. Miradouro da Graça might be the most famous but Miradouro de Senhora do Monte is the most popular with waves of tourists arriving and departing by tuk tuk! Securing a bench, we enjoyed our picnic lunch here while tourist watching. We picked up many pointers as how to pose for the perfect photo. Our favourite was the casual no smiling looking into the distance pose...we are yet to master this!
With lots of time still to kill, we decided to pay a visit to Såo Jorge Castle. Another viewpoint - Miradouro do Castelo de Såo Jorge where we stood and admired the views again! We wandered around the castle ruined walls for the next hour dodging the sprinkles of rain.
By now we had well and truly exhausted all the things to do and see in Lisbon! Traipsing back across Lisbon for the last time to retrieve our luggage was straightforward as we'd grown accustomed to the layout of the city so no map required. It was then a short metro ride out to the airport.
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