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Lisbon or Venice?

Lisbon and Venice side by side: recommended length, best time, daily budget, highlights and which one suits whom.

A yellow tram in Lisbon

Portugal

Lisbon

Generous, if you do not underestimate the hills.

Country
Portugal
Recommended length
3–4 days
Best time
May and September
Daily budget
80–150 €
Language
Portuguese
Currency
Euro

Highlights

  • The first tram of the morning
  • A miradouro, early
  • Belém as its own half day

Neighbourhoods

  • Alfama — Climb up, see the view early, and accept getting lost on the way down.
  • Príncipe Real — Dinner, and fewer postcards. You are at the top of the hill here.
  • Belém — Think of it apart from the center. Go before noon and linger in the pastry shop.

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The Grand Canal and a dome in Venice

Italy

Venice

The first two hours save the city.

Country
Italy
Recommended length
2 days
Best time
April and late October
Daily budget
110–170 €
Language
Italian
Currency
Euro (€)

Highlights

  • The Rialto near sunrise
  • A pause in Dorsoduro
  • An evening broken up with cicchetti

Neighbourhoods

  • San Marco — See it. Do not stay. By evening the square turns into a stage.
  • Dorsoduro — On the Accademia side, you can breathe a little longer.
  • Cannaregio — For dinner, it sits one ring out from the crowd.

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Which one for whom?

Why Lisbon?

The yellow tram is a morning errand. Lisbon begins when you linger on a hill and get lost on the way down.

You can plan Lisbon as a flat city. You will live it as a hilly one. A ten-minute walk is sometimes a climb. Count the pause as part of the route.

Why Venice?

The Rialto fills by noon. Start early, and you still see the canal as a street.

You can see Venice in a day. To live it, give it two. Win the first morning with an early hour, not with a map. Getting lost after lunch is allowed. Do not pin dinner to a single tourist menu.

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