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Lisbon Apartment Sao Bento

24 de Julho / Santos

In area which was previously an industrial site has been progressively occupied by artists, training schools and shops, with creativity being the key-word. Santos, next to the Tagus river, close to Cais do Sodré, is year after year developing into a trendy neighbourhood.

In December 2006, faced with the fact that it had become " a design quarter", economic agents (some of the capital's most important design shops) joined together to created the "Santos Design District": a brand with national and international projection aimed at dynamizing the quarter. Without excesses and with elegance.

There are several schools of design, architecture, audiovisual arts, jewellry: ETIC, IADE, UAL. Architecture and design studios, advertising and audiovisual art companies also settled here. And then we have the shops. Vitra, Kartell, Boffi and Bulthaup are represented in Santos.

Another reason for people to flock to Santos is its nightlife. On 24 de Julho avenue (one of Lisbon's longest and most well-known avenues), every other door is a bar or a disco. Not only here. There is guaranteed bustle at "Xafarix", with live music (Rua Dom Carlos I, 69) at "Kubo" Bar (Rua da Cintura) and at "Urban Beach", at "Estado Líquido", great sushi lounge with DJ (Largo de Santos 5A); if you enjoy Thai and alternative places, go to Café Malaca, at the Clube de Remo de Lisboa (cais do gás, armazém H, 1º) and at "Mao" (Avenida 24 de Julho, 116). The disco "Kapital" (Avenida 24 de Julho, 68) is one of Lisbon's most popular nightspots. The entry can be highly disputed, but once you cross the gate the music makes you forget the waiting. 

At "A Barraca" Theatre (Largo de Santos,2), besides watching plays, you can have a drink. During Summer, the verandah is specially inviting. In the theatre house, they hold concerts, poetry readings and milongas (Argentine tango marathons on Sundays). On Sundays you can also drop at the Collectors' Fair in Mercado da Ribeira (Avenida 24 de Julho).

Still in Santos, visit the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, old art museum, with its garden and restaurant with a splendid view of the river (Rua das Janelas Verdes), the Museu da Marioneta, puppet museum, (at Convento das Bernardas, Rua da Esperança, 146), and the Nuno Álvares or Santos Garden, an oasis of dense flora.