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Around the June Saint Anthony festival (Santos Populares) sardines roast on every corner. The rest of the year, find a Saint Anthony shrine, a sardine tile or a sardine-shaped souvenir. Photograph it.
Spot sardines in a tin
Find a stack of decorative sardine tins (Conserveira de Lisboa, Comur). Each tin is dated as a vintage. Photograph the colourful display.
Spot the 25 de Abril Bridge
Find a view of the red 25 de Abril Bridge across the Tagus (it looks like the Golden Gate). Photograph the towers and cables.
Spot the Belém Tower
Walk to the Torre de Belém on the Tagus and find the Manueline limestone tower. Photograph it from the riverside path.
Spot the Bolhão Market
Walk to Mercado do Bolhão and find a stall with fish, chouriço or olives. Photograph the iron-and-wood market interior.
Spot the Capela das Almas blue
Find the Capela das Almas on Rua de Santa Catarina, with its entire facade in blue-and-white azulejos. Photograph the cascade of tiles.
Spot the Clérigos Tower
Find the Torre dos Clérigos rising 75 metres above the city. Photograph the baroque bell tower.
Spot the Cristo Rei statue
Across the Tagus from Belém stands Cristo Rei, Lisbon's 28-metre Christ the King statue with arms outstretched. Photograph the statue across the water.
Spot the Dom Luís I Bridge
Find the double-decker Dom Luís I Bridge over the Douro. Photograph the iron arches from the Ribeira or Vila Nova de Gaia.
Spot the Padrão dos Descobrimentos
Find the Discoveries Monument on the Belém riverside, a 52-metre stone prow with explorer statues. Photograph the prow with the river behind.
Spot the Porto Sé cathedral
Find the Sé Cathedral on a hill above the Ribeira, the granite romanesque-and-gothic facade. Photograph from the plaza below.
Spot the Portuguese tricolor
Find a Portuguese flag (vertical green-red with the coat of arms) flying on a building, balcony or boat. Photograph the colours.
Spot the Ribeira pastel facades
Walk along the Ribeira waterfront and find the colourful pastel houses stacked up the hillside. Photograph the cascade.
Spot the Santa Justa Lift
Find the cast-iron Elevador de Santa Justa in Baixa, a 45-metre Gothic Revival lift that takes you up to the Carmo Convent. Photograph the lift tower.
Spot tram 28
Find the yellow heritage tram 28 squeezing through Alfama or the Bica funicular district. Photograph it on a tight bend.
Tile wall portrait
Lisbon is famous for its azulejo tile walls. Find the most striking tile facade you can and take a portrait-style team photo against it.
Tram 28 photo
Find Tram 28 (or any yellow Lisbon tram) and take a group photo next to it (or hopping on, with a ticket). The tram must be clearly in shot.
Tram of Porto pose
The yellow heritage trams of Porto still rattle through the old town. Find one and take a group photo with the tram clearly visible behind you.
Trivia: 1755 earthquake
Much of central Lisbon was rebuilt after a famous earthquake. In what year did that earthquake hit?
Trivia: Belém Tower era
Belém Tower was built during which famous Portuguese era of seafaring exploration (two words)?
Trivia: Bridge crosses to
The Dom Luís I Bridge crosses the Douro from Porto to which city on the other bank (where most of the port wine cellars are)?
Trivia: Lello opened
Livraria Lello opened to the public in what year (one year off is fine)?
Trivia: Sé century
The Sé do Porto cathedral was first built in roughly which century? (Just the century number is fine, e.g. "12th".)
Trivia: Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama set sail from Lisbon and reached this country, opening the European sea route. Which country?