Other transport

Traffic is restricted inside The Bairro and you need a special permit. If you are planning to drive please be aware that parking inide the bairro will not be possible and parking nearby is expensive. Your best option will be to leave the car in the carpark next to Santa Apolonia Station. For public transport there are plenty of options. Chiado Tube station is just a short walk away.

Bairro Alto is a place that truly changes from night to day. In daylight this bohemian district is a sleepy place, hungover from the previous night, with not much going on except for some of the restaurants providing meals for locals and tourists alike. When the sun sets a new life begins with crowds showing up to spend their bar-hopping night. The bars are small, forcing everyone to spill out onto the streets and creating a street party atmosphere.The streets become filled with caipirinha-sipping crowds, most under 40, but mixing different urban tribes, straight and gay. It’s a place inhabited by old ladies and young artsy hipsters, giving it a vibe that is simultaneously old-fashioned and avant-garde, a shabby-chic neighborhood that really needs no name. It’s simply the “bairro,” the neighborhood where everything happens — at night.