Get Lost Go Local

Name: Get Lost Go Local
Address: Alfama, PT
Telephone: +351962900148

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Get Lost Go Local

Explore the city as a Lisboan, do what locals do and have a genuine experience in Lisbon. http://getlostgolocal.wordpress.com I was big in Hong-Kong!

Get Lost, Go local was founded 2012, after helping two Hong-Kong journalists discovering the secret hidden spots of Lisbon. I showed them the places, the views, local food, history, nightlife, trends and told them who we are as Lisboans. Results came some months later in a weekly magazine… wow!!! The article about Lisbon was a great work with excellent photos about our beautiful city. I started re

ceiving emails with requests to provide walking tours in a few weeks... the rest of the story you know already! Get Lost, Go Local is not a normal walking tour company, it's more a concept. It's how you travel and discover the city through the eyes of a local. I believe this is the best way of experience the local culture. Take a tour with a local person as your guide, and discover all the hidden secret spots of Lisbon.

30/08/2026

Time to go back. Tomorrow it’s time for another odyssey back home - 400km’s in what might be a farewell to my yellow car. There was a small problem (easily repaired with wire by my friend Miguel) just on time to watch the fireworks 💥 at Viana for the closing of the summer.
Time to drive my old car home.

26/08/2026

My favourite bridge in Portugal connecting Portugal and Galiza (Northwest Spain) was concluded in 1886 and is part of the Caminho de Santiago.
The cool part is when you’re driving an old car and you’re a Star Trek fan - suddenly the moment will be frozen in time. 🖖🏻 🪐 “Ahead Warp Factor 7, Mr Sulu”.

24/08/2026

When you find your favourite secret spot, keep it to yourself. It’s not about being selfish, it’s about keeping the place unknown so that locals can enjoy it again next summer, without crowds, without the trends and all the instagramers and posers. Here, where the water is always cold and the wind is always strong, the average tourist is already very far. And that’s wonderful for this planet. Explore but keep it to yourself and your inner circle of friends.

12/08/2026

Sol.

24/07/2026

Would you do it again? Driving that old car, knowing that it’s slow, you won’t have enough power to overtake, there’s no air con, it’s noisy, you’ll take forever to arrive…
Well, the aim was to see if not only I but also the car could survive the extra long 8h trip of nearly 400km’s ( it seemed never ending).
But honestly, leaving the nostalgia and the romantic on the side, it’s not for everyone. Modern humans won’t tolerate a long trip without air con, assisted steering, automatic gearbox, a place to charge their phones (yep - I made it to the destination with only 6% left on my phone battery and cheating with Waze when I ended up taking one of the worst roads I ever drove), there’s a lot of road noise, things that shake, fumes from nearby exhaust that enter the claustrophobic cabin, lack of power to overtake or even to end a steep hill above 70km/h (under 45miles/h)… But yeah, despite the roughness it worth every kilometre.
No Assisted Brake, No Airbags, No Assisted Steering, No Navigation System, No Smartphone charger, No Aircon, still arrived with less than a full tank of gas (35€ for 400 miles). I hardly could reach 90 km/h which was good in 1970, but not anymore. My car is a yellow Renault 4L with over 220000km’s and only 34HP (845cc3).

20/07/2026

The city that once was my city, is now flooded with international brands, empty and soulless. The old Avenida da República was once a place packed with local 9-6 workers from nearby offices walking to the park or@having lunch in one of the family run restaurants. There were financial companies like Ernst & Young and Deloitte nearby, several banks and all sorts of companies from insurance to medical care, hundreds of small corner shops (restaurants, snack bars, coffeeshops, bookstores…). Sadly, the new trends are more into creating services for the tourists (yep, they’re here too), making this part of town a highway of emptiness. Closed shops side by side with new business like Honest Greens, fancy Italian restaurants with Budweiser logo... what happened???
There’s still a working Cinema (maybe the last of his kind in Lisbon: Nimas est. 1975), not sure how they can resist without people, but glad they do survive. Prices are absolutely crazy even in old historical restaurants like Versailles. It’s the sign of times, they say… soon they’ll close the doors too because without locals supporting the business during low season, the only option would be to close down. Versailles had some of the best meat croquettes in the whole town (toe to toe with Tico-Tico and maybe an inch away from Gambrinus - still the best around), and the yummiest chocolate mousse. But since prices were almost bizarre, me and my wife had to go for something cheaper. It’s a shame… but we had to let it go. Sorry Versailles, but you can’t charge 25€ for a meal. I don’t eat often in Lisbon anymore, it’s not for me and I was disgusted and disappointed by seeing one of my favourite spots following the easy way.

15/07/2026

Eat my dust???!!! Nah… wait ‘till we get on a dust country road 😝💪

07/07/2026

Things I miss… (it could be Italy, Southern Spain, Croatia or any Mediterranean island), but it’s sooooo close to Lisbon. Obviously a tough way (up and down), no services near (bring water!) but totally worth the visit. One small recommendation: Keep the secret spots for yourself (open a few exceptions for people you trust). Keep the place clean, take your trash (if any) with you - if you find any plastic, do your favor to mankind so that future generations can still explore these hidden protected areas. Respect the planet - we don’t have planet B 🌎 🙌

16/06/2026

Went to the tiles museum without a ticket.

07/06/2026

Awesome atmosphere in the old Estádio National do Jamor near Lisbon. The big party was not a reflex of the match. 2 red cards in the beginning turn the friendly into a boring and sleepy 10 vs 10 for nearly 90’. CR7 aka Cristiano Ronaldo scored, in what became the 1st, only and last goal that I saw him score live in a stadium. Not sure if at 41y old he will still play after the next World Cup, so yeah… we saw him score a goal, but he was offside and the goal wasn’t validated 🫣😩 I’m not the biggest fan and he’s not my favourite player. He’s a master athlete and his skills are not human, but his ego and attitude are already too much. Still, he’s a living legend. What’s totally unbelievable is how crazy his fan base is as the stadium was full of tourists and instagramers looking for the best photo.

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Alfama

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+351962900148

Website

http://getlostgolocal.wordpress.com/

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