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When the saints go marching in: Inside Lisbon’s night of sardines and spectacle
The Portuguese capital comes alive as it hosts an annual exuberant and colourful street party that combines a pagan past, divine inspiration and plenty of camp costumes. We join the festivities.
On Lisbon’s Rua Áurea, Portugal Jewels is reviving a fading retail tradition
On Lisbon’s Golden Street, a family jewellery business is reviving a 200-year-old goldsmith’s workshop and showing how the city’s old commercial heart can adapt to survive.
Live better: Behind-the-scenes snapshots of Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference in Lisbon
This year, Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference returned to Lisbon, the host city of the first event in 2015.
An illustrated day in the life of a Lisbon ‘quiosque’
We celebrate the charming structures that dot Lisbon’s parks and praças. These monuments of art nouveau might be small but their impact often extends across the neighbourhood.
A tour of Lisbon’s ‘Tascas’ with chef José Avillez
Tascas are casual, typically family-run establishments that serve Portuguese dishes and, as we learn, also offer lessons in creative and sustainable hospitality.
Ten life lessons from finding the fun in fashion to footing a clean bill of health
Ah, Saturday morning. Looks like we made it – and in some style. As you read this, the 2026 edition of the Monocle Quality of Life Conference is in its final stages, wrapping up…
How the reconstruction of Lisbon’s Baixa district became a model for modern urban planning
Lisbon’s Baixa neighbourhood, ravaged by natural disasters in the 18th century, is a design lesson in reconstruction that breathes harmony and order.
Lisbon’s abandoned commercial spaces are offering creative solutions to the housing crisis
In a city centre that’s short on space, architect José Guimarães is betting that the answer isn’t to build more but to revamp what already exists.
Lisbon’s Beato and Marvila neighbourhoods are finding new life as cultural hubs
After decades of neglect, Beato and Marvila have been reimagined with galleries, cafés and arts complexes that have revived the city’s manufacturing heartland.
Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Museum reopens after renovation, with its original vision restored
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum’s architecture is almost as celebrated as the artworks held within. A recently completed major renovation has restored the museum to its original glory.
