Situated on the waterfront of Lisbon near future Port of Cruise’s, the Musicais with its Esplanade on the Tagus and its interior garden is an ideal place for your breakfast or relaxing having a drink in the late afternoon.
The nights of Wednesday till Saturdays have a broad program of animation which highlights the karaoke, the live music and Seville dancers. For your comfort the Tobacco Garden has a large car park
Avenida Infante Dom Henrique
Doca do Jardim do Tabaco Pav A / B
1100-282 Lisboa
Tlf: 938538193
Lisbon – Restaurant Speakeasy
The Speakeasy is a restaurant – bar, situated in an old warehouse, in front of the river, that makes you remember a scene of police movies, with a warm decor and the light of candles, good meals and good music from jazz, classical, Cuban, experimental and tributes to great artists such as Sting and Stevie Wonder. The intense and diverse musical programming provides a unique night.
Live music every night.
Dinner from 20.00/24.00 hours.
Snack’s until 04h00
Closed on Monday and Sunday
Cais das Oficinas, Warehouse 115,
Rocha Conde d’Óbidos
1350-352 – Lisboa
Tlf: 21 396 42 57
Lisbon – Miradouro de Saõ Pedro
Situated on top of the path of Glory Elevator, near one of the many streets that provide the entry to the famous Bairro Alto.
This lookout offers fantastic views over Lisbon, especially in the areas of Graça and Castelo de S. Jorge. This beautiful and mystical place gives you a unique perspective of the city that has been mixing the old with the new.
Quiet during the day, this viewpoint transforms itself at night. Instead of old persons playing cards or walking their four-legged friends, the space fills up with a younger crowd seeking fun and action that characterized the night of the Bairro Alto.
Madrid – Madrid Jazz Festival, 4-22 November 2009.
Madrid receives the XXVI Jazz Festival anniversary, starting on 4th of November, and will extend until 22th of November.
Enjoy the festival in Madrid in one of our Rent4Days apartments!
There are 17 foreseen concerts over 4 halls: 12 will take place in the Fernan Gómez Theatre, 2 in the Circo Price Theatre; one concert in the Carlos Amberes Foundation, and the Nicolás Salmerón Cultural Centre will receive 2 free recital, and the 17 other clubs gathered together for La Noche en Vivo Association (www.lanocheenvivo.com).
The Fernan Gómez Theatre, at the Colón Square, will be the principal venue of the Festival. Vocal jazz will be presented by Richard Bona, Diane Schuur and Cassandra Wilson. Furthermore, instrumental music and recitals will have virtuous as W. Muthspiel, S. Grigoryan en R. Towner; and the pianists Brad Mehldau, Larry Willis, and Polo Ortí. They will also show a lot of promise in music with the Muestra de Grupos Jóvenes de la AMEMM, planned on the 15th of November.
On the other hand, the Kind of blue concert, will bring a tribute according to the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis famous recording, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb; this last one it will be planning on 6th November.
The Circo Price Theatre will host important artists such as the Kike Perdomo y Eric Marienthal, the virtuous saxophonists, who will open a “double session” on the 12th of November.
This double session will be closed by Marcus Miller, clarinet & bass player, with Tutu revisited concert. Also present will be host to the vocalist and acoustic guitar player Madeleine Peyroux, on 13th November, with Bare bones.
The Carlos de Amberes Foundation will recur for second time to Roy Hargrove Quintet concert on 6th November.
The Patricia Kraus and Edith Salazar free concerts will extend the Jazz music throughout the city and spread its contagiousness among the citizens of Madrid. These concerts will be played in the Nicolás Salmerón Cultural Centre on 27 and 28th November, respectively.
In addition, the Live Music Concert Halls Association (La Noche en Vivo), will offer up to 200 concerts distributed among 15 concert halls, such as the Café Central, the Clamores concert hall, the Segundo Jazz or the Berlín Café.
You can also enjoy the cinema and jazz music cycle with a special programme with 15 films. This cycle will be based on 3 programmes: the German artists Jurgen Kneiper for Win Wenders, 50 years of music of Nouvelle Vaguecinema with Michel Legrand, Pierre Jansen and Antoine Duhamel and, finally 20 years of Lets get lost, a tribute of Chet Baker.
If you would like to enjoy the best Jazz in Spain, come to Madrid! Look for the best accommodation and lodging in our Rent4Days Apartment in Madrid-section. Enjoy your time in the city!
Lisbon – Chiado
The Chiado is one of the areas most known and attended in the city, with its noble trade with all kind of facilities and street entertainment are much wanted by tourists and locals. In this area there are hotels, theaters, bookstores, museums, restaurants, shops of famous designers and the favorite refuge for personalities like Fernando Pessoa and Eça de Queiroz: the coffee “A Brasileira”.
On 25 August 1988, the Chiado was devastated by a fire of huge proportions which started in a warehouse on Rua do Carmo and it has spread to the Rua Garrett. There are still visible signs of this terrible event, however a program of recovery developed restored the life that once was and now the Chiado is better than ever!
Barcelona – Depeche Mode is visiting the capital of Catalonia!
Great news for all the fans of Depeche Mode, because they will be in Barcelona this month (check the article about what is happening in Barcelona for more specific information concerning dates and prices)! Especially to celebrate that occasion, Rent4Days is giving you some basic info about the group here, just so you have something to talk about with the die-hard fans should you considering going to the Palau Sant Jordi:
- Depeche Mode are one of the most successful, influential, longest-lived bands that have emerged from the early 1980s. They have had forty-five songs in the UK Singles Chart and #1 albums in UK, US and throughout Europe.
- The group’s original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan (lead vocals), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, chief songwriter after 1981), Andrew Fletcher (keyboards) and Vince Clarke (keyboards, chief songwriter 1980–81). Vince Clarke left the band after the release of their 1981 debut album, and was replaced by Alan Wilder (keyboards, drums, production) with Gore taking over songwriting. Wilder left the band in 1995 and since then Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher have continued as a trio.
- Their discography consists of the following albums: Speak & Spell (1981); A Broken Frame (1982); Construction Time Again (1983); Some Great Reward (1984); Black Celebration (1986); Music for the Masses (1987); Violator (1990); Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993); Ultra (1997); Exciter (2001); Playing the Angel (2005); Sounds of the Universe (2009)
- Trivia: Bands such as Dishwalla, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, and The Deftones covered Depeche Mode tracks in the 1998 tribute album For the Masses. Depeche Mode’s album Violator has been certified as triple platinum in the U.S., selling over 3.5 million copies. “Personal Jesus” became the biggest-selling 12-inch single in Warner Bros. Records’ history.
- One of their most impressing gigs was the one on the Hollywood Boulevard, so just to give you an idea, we put the video here for you to enjoy their fantastic performance once more:
Lisbon – Rossio
The Rossio has one of the most beautiful squares of Lisbon and is surrounded by historical landmarks such as the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, where many pieces were, and are represented and seen by kings and queens, the fountains used in early October to baptize the freshmen entering the university, the coffee was once frequented by Portuguese personalities and roast chestnuts that are sold in the Rossio Square for many, many years.
In the middle of the square there is a statue of King Pedro IV and at his feet four female figures representing justice, wisdom, strength and temperance, qualities attributed to the Portuguese King.
The square, originally named the ‘Square D. Pedro IV ‘, was known as Rossio among locals and is a traditional meeting point not only for Lisbon locals, but also to all who visit Lisbon.