
The city of Lisbon offers multiple activities for tourists apart from sight seeing. One can lay and enjoy the sand, swim in the ocean, play golf near the coast, experience surfing in World Championship waves and relish drinks. The vacationers can also indulge in shopping with the city’s relatively low prices. For capturing the perfect photos, one can visit the several vintage points around the city or avail the professionally organized excursions within the capital or at Sintra and Estoril. The city offers everything from golf, spas, daytrips, beaches and a number of other activities. It is a must that one should sample the local cuisine of Lisbon at its best value restaurants and cafés. The kids and family attractions in Lisbon include, a visit to city’s top attraction called Belem Tower in Belemwhere and St. George’s Castle in Alfama. Jeronimos Monastery offers feel of medieval story telling and Maritime Museum provides a kids section along with the model ships. The adjoining Planetarium holds sessions on English and child oriented shows. There are broad lawns close to the Belem palace for family picnic and the Tropical Garden with a pond and exotic species. The holiday makers can get immersed in the amazing theater and opera performances at Lisbon’s attractive theaters like Teatro Nacional de Dona Maria II. Most of the performances are in Portuguese; however there are some English language productions as well.