Eat, Drink, Walk Food Tour in Lisbon, Portugal
Canned Fish at Sol e Pesca Visiting a new city can be exciting. It can also be nerve wracking to figure out what to do. I have found that taking a food tour is a great introduction to a new place. In Lisbon I had a chance to take a great one. Eat, Drink, Walk is a family run tour company that offers several options for exploring the food scene in Lisbon and its surrounding area. I met up with my friend and fellow travel writer Paul, and his granddaughter Katie, to enjoy the Chiado tour and be introduced to some amazing food. Mercado de Ribeira Filomena, our guide for the day, met us at the Time Out Market, which occupies the oldest public market in Lisbon. The Mercado da Ribeira opened in 1892 on the riverfront, along Av. 24 de Julho. For most of its history is served as the city’s main food market. Today, half of the building still serves that role, with stalls selling fruit, vegetables, meat, and fish. Bouquets of basil leaves Ananas, a relative of the pi...