Apt do Arco. lisbon, PORTUGAL
Apartment in Lisbon, PORTUGAL

Príncipe Real is an elegant 18C and 19C neighbourhood. The ex-libris of this fine district is the pleasant centenarian park with huge centenarian trees where you can find a quiet open air café and the water museum – Museu da Água). Príncipe Real is also known by its Antiques shops (mainly at Rua de São Bento,) and Art Galleries. Is next door to some remarkable neighborhoods:

Bairro Alto Well known by it's nightlife, restaurants and Fado houses. São Bento home of the Fado diva Amália Rodrigues that is now a museum, place of the palace where the Portuguese parliament is working.
Rato Where is the closest subway station and the reservoir of the Water museum – Mãe d’Água. In this square there is a bio market every Saturdays. Here you are close to the city centre that can be reached by foot in about 15 minutes.

In Príncipe Real district, there are several good and excellent restaurants and bars, all kind of commerce and the oldest Botanical Garden of Lisbon and the Botanical Garden of the Classic University of Lisbon.
It is also 10-15 minutes walking to Rossio, the center of Baixa, rebuilt after the earthquake of 1755.