Our Venice Cruise Chapter 23 Part 2: The Trams of Lisbon Portugal
Lisbon is a very old city with lots of character and charm. I really enjoyed walking around this charming old city. It was amazing to walk down the beautiful mosaic sidewalks and admire the architecture of the buildings. I think it was one of most fascinating and photogenic cities I have visited, that includes Paris. Aside from Lisbon’s beauty, one of the things that gives Lisbon its character and charm are the iconic old trams. Lisbon has had trams since the 1800s. They were originally horse drawn trams. Around the turn of the century the trams were electrified. To this day they refer to them as the electricos. The classic old trams in use today are from the 1930’s. One of the favorite things to do while visiting Lisbon is to take a ride through the city on one of the classic old trams. Unfortunately, we didn’t have enough time to take a tram ride. Lisbon does have new, sleek, modern trams in the more modern areas of the city. I photographed some of the classic old trams.
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