Lisbon´s best secrets

Happy easter! I wanted to share the lovely places and shops that we have been too when travelling in Lisbon. My absolutely favorite shop in Lisbon is: Prego sem estopa, owned by interior designer and shop owner Ana Cordeiro. (this is where I bought my black and white pillow and other goodies)

Prego sem estopa

calcada do combro 36

1200-114 Lisboa

www.pregosemestopa.pt

Another beautifull shop is República das flores

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A luxury shop that offers decoration, flowers, gourmet and many other luxurious things, you will be very inspired by this shop.

Republica das Flores
Rua do Alecrim 99
1250-243 Lisboa

A lovely hotel that we visited (we took a coffee on their 6th floor panoramic vieuw terrace)
is Hotel do Barrio Alto.

Hotel do BArrio Alto

Praca Luis de Camoes 2

 Lisboa 1200-243, Portugal

This next Hotel blew us away, we discovered it touring around Belem visiting the Cathedral and monuments.

It´s Altis Belem hotel & spa

image by beau lifestyle

Altis Belem hotel & spa

Doca do Bom Sucesso,

 Lisboa 1400-038, Portugal

Then next images are a flower shop with an cafe extension called Flower Power by Carlos Filipe design

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Flower Power

Cocada do Combro 2

1200-114 Lisboa

And if you feel like having a sweet something, go to Confeitaria Nacional, a cafe/bakery that excists since 1829, with it´s antique decor and best pasterys you can take a cafe+sweet and enjoy the scene.

                                                                                      Confeireria Nacional

Praca da figuiera 18

www.confeitarianacional.com

Hope you will enjoy these places when you go to visit Lisbon!

Bom dia part II

After arriving home, there were so many household chores to do, ufff, I wanna go back to Portugal imediately! One thing is for sure I want to go back, because i haven´t seen everything of Lisbon, there wasn´t enough time.
Let me post some more pictures of Lisbon

images by Beau Lifestyle

Rendez-vous with decorator Ana Antunes from Home Styling

Today I had a lunch rendez-vous with the talented Ana Antunes, a Lisbon based decorator, tv producer of the only decorating show on the portugese television and mom to a 5 year old son. I got to know Ana from Aubrey´s blog All things bright and beautifull, where Ana had a guest post. I have been following both blogs and when Beau boyfriend proposed to stay a few days in Lisbon, I thought it would be wonderfull to meet up with Ana.

Ana Antunes and me

What a welcome visit today, Ana received me in her gorgeous office in the Chiado district of Lisbon, where she showed me around. The meeting room was surrounded with pretty catalogs, fabrics and wall papers a true decorators heaven. She has a collection of the most beautifull brands from all over the world.
During lunch she told me that she had lived in Amsterdam for a couple of years and that she knew a few of my favorite stores and she loves my city, I am loving her even more now!

Ana´s office in chic black´n white, one of my most favorite combinations

             Ana has samples of the Martinique, Beverly Hills Hotel´s wallpaper wich is soo pretty

The reception desk, for more images of Ana´s office here

We also talked about her popular Portugese tv-show called´´Querido, Mudei a Casa´´ If you look on youtube you can see episodes of the transformations Ana and her team do, besides the jawdropping transformations, and the happy owners, the show tells you where all the decoration comes from so you can go to the store and buy it too.

Talking to Ana it felt like talking to a friend that I knew for years, she is very up to date

to the latest gadgets, impressed by her knowlegde and she has traveled the world.

We share the same love for blogging and a beau lifestyle.

Thank you Ana and your assistants, it was nice meeting you!

Bom Dia

Bom dia, I send you greetings from Lisbon Portugal. It´s the first time I visit this amazing city, I am really impressed that this city offers so many pretty things to discover.
Overall I can say that I noticed the nice personality of the Portugese people, good food, nice bars, good stores and much much more, I know now I want to come back to Lisboa again!
Let me show you a few pictures that I took today being a silly tourist.

                     Lisboa has many hills and there are cute old funiculars bringing you up and down.

A tram ride in number 28 is a must do for tourists

                                          I saw this lady writing in her notebook

                   A great vieuw of one of the many miradores (lookouts) that Lisboa has.

Lisboa has many little oldfashioned boutiques that sells lace, buttons, fabrics and so much more.
I truly respect the people that have made the streets in Lisboa. Cobblestones everywhere, especially in the beige black combination, you see many different patterns and figures on the street, here I spotted a greek key pattern.

A little hidden gem, I alsway like to see how locals live.

We have been very fortunate with the weather today, it has made it very plesant

to discover the city.