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Soft Landing: Your First Day in Lisbon
Moving here · Working remotely

Soft Landing: Your First Day in Lisbon

The day-one walk we wish someone had given us: how the city works, where locals shop and how to get your basics sorted.

Duration4 hours
BaseLisbon
WhereLisboa · Baixa · Arroios
Good for your weekDone by 13:30 · Afternoon free for work

A half day with a local who moved here too. We ride the tram and metro together so the Navegante card makes sense, shop at a neighbourhood market, open the right apps, and sit down for a prato do dia where the price is still written on the board.

Over coffee we go through the first-month checklist in plain words: NIF, a Portuguese SIM, a bank account, the Loja do Cidadão and what each one is for. We are not lawyers or accountants; when you need one, we tell you what kind of professional to look for.

How it goes

  1. 09:30Coffee and the checklist, Baixa
  2. 10:30Metro and tram: how the transport card works
  3. 11:30Mercado de Arroios and the shops around it
  4. 12:45Prato do dia in a tasca
  5. 13:30Done, with a map of what you saw

Included

  • Local host who lives in Lisbon
  • Navegante card set up and topped up
  • Market visit and prato do dia lunch
  • First-month checklist (PDF)

Not included

  • Official fees for documents
  • Legal or tax advice

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