7 · Cheer zones
Chiado
Theatres, bookshops and cafés round Praça Luís de Camões: the loudest kilometre of the course.
- About
- Rebuilt by Siza after 1988
- On race night
- The big cheer zone and the DJ
Chiado is theatres, bookshops and old cafés round Praça Luís de Camões, rebuilt after the fire of 1988 by Álvaro Siza. On race night it is the loudest kilometre of the course, with a DJ on the corner of the square.
Races that pass here
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Climbs · Convent ruined in 1755
Largo do Carmo
A quiet square under jacaranda trees beside the roofless convent church.
Climbs · Opened in 1902
Santa Justa Lift
The iron lift that saves you the climb to Carmo. Runners take the stairs beside it instead.
Riverside · Station from 1928
Cais do Sodré
The ferry station and the old waterfront, where the course turns back east along the river.
Squares · Paved in waves in 1849
Rossio
Lisbon's old main square, its wave-patterned pavement under the column of Pedro IV.