The tree and the cafés
The natural canopy is the district's place to sit, used by residents more than tourists.
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Yes, but at set times only and by ticket, since it belongs to the Water Museum rather than the garden. The entrance is in the square itself. Check the Water Museum's hours before going, as the reservoir does not open daily.
Lisbon's botanical garden is a short walk away, and Bairro Alto and Chiado lie directly south. Make it a mid-walk break in a day through those districts rather than a destination in itself.
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A square and garden in Príncipe Real, among the quietest and smartest of Lisbon's central districts, directly north of Bairro Alto. The centre of the garden is an enormous Lebanese cedar whose branches have grown horizontally into a wide canopy held up by metal supports, with cafés and tables beneath it. That tree is the garden's known image and the natural place to sit in the district. Beneath the garden lies a nineteenth-century water reservoir, the Patriarcal, part of the Water Museum and visitable at set times through an entrance in the square itself. Many of the people sitting above it do not know it is there. The neighbourhood around the garden is worth walking: nineteenth-century houses, design shops and restaurants, with a small market on certain days. The garden is free and open, a comfortable stop between Bairro Alto and the botanical garden, and a spot where residents of Lisbon sit more than tourists do.
The natural canopy is the district's place to sit, used by residents more than tourists.
The nineteenth-century Patriarcal reservoir lies under the square and opens at set times.
Nineteenth-century houses, design shops and restaurants around the square.
Praça do Príncipe Real, Príncipe Real district, Lisbon