Lisbon, Portugal
Meet the walkers of Lisbon, your local walking community
What are you waiting for? People in Lisbon use Walk With Me to find a walking buddy and turn everyday walks into something social. Join a walk near you or schedule one yourself.
Favorite walking spots in Lisbon
Good meeting points for your first group walk.
Alfama
You meet on the steps of the Se cathedral, a landmark every local can point you to. Alfama climbs from there in narrow cobbled lanes toward the Santa Luzia and Portas do Sol viewpoints, so expect a slow, steep two kilometers that earns its river views. Take it as an unhurried hour with plenty of pauses. Tram 28 rattles past the cathedral if anyone wants to skip the climb. Early morning is magical and empty, while midday brings the tour groups. Afterward, split pastries and coffee at a kiosk by Portas do Sol.
Praca do Comercio
You gather under the Arco da Rua Augusta, the grand arch on the north side of the square. From there the walk is dead flat: cross the vast riverfront plaza, then follow the Tagus promenade along Ribeira das Naus toward Cais do Sodre, about two kilometers each way. The Terreiro do Paco metro stop sits right on the square. Sunset draws big crowds to the waterfront steps, so mornings are the quiet choice. For coffee afterward, Martinho da Arcada in the square's arcade has been serving it for generations.
Miradouro de Sao Pedro de Alcantara
You meet at the upper station of the Gloria funicular, which climbs straight to the viewpoint from Restauradores. The terrace looks across the valley to the castle, a natural spot for introductions before you walk. From there, head through the Principe Real garden with its giant cedar, a gentle, mostly level route of about two kilometers through one of Lisbon's prettiest quarters. Sunset packs the railing with photographers, and mornings are nearly private. The garden kiosks pour good coffee afterward, and the metro at Rato is a short downhill stroll away.
Chiado and Bairro Alto
You meet by the bronze statue of Fernando Pessoa outside the A Brasileira cafe, right above the Baixa-Chiado metro station. The route weaves uphill through Chiado's elegant streets to Largo do Carmo, then across into the grid of lanes in Bairro Alto, about a two-kilometer loop with several short climbs. Weekday mornings are calm and shuttered, but after dark the same lanes turn into one long party. Keep the pace easy and regroup at corners. Afterward, take your coffee back at the marble counter of A Brasileira.
Santa Justa Lift and Rossio Square
You meet in front of the horseshoe-shaped entrance of Rossio station, impossible to miss on the northwest corner of the square. The walk stays flat on the Baixa grid: wave-patterned cobbles across Rossio, a look up at the iron lattice of the Santa Justa Lift, then down Rua Augusta toward the river, roughly two kilometers at a gentle pace. Midday brings dense crowds and long lift queues, so an early start pays off. Afterward, Confeitaria Nacional on neighboring Praca da Figueira has coffee and pastries the group can share.
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Guides to get you started
How to Find a Walking Buddy Near You
Practical ways to find someone to walk with, and how to turn one good walk into a routine. Read the full guide
How to Meet People While Walking in a New City
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Frequently Asked Questions
How walkers in Lisbon find each other
The walking community in Lisbon is the people around Lisbon who use Walk With Me to walk together. You see their walks on the map, ask to join one, or post your own and let them find you.
A community like this doesn't need a club or a fixed Tuesday night. It works more like a noticeboard: someone posts a walk for Sunday morning, a few people nearby ask to join, and the host lets them in. Some walks turn into a weekly habit for the people on them, and others happen once, which is fine too.
This page exists because enough people who walk with the app live close together around Lisbon. A city gets a page once at least four people with public profiles, each within about 10 km of another, have used the app there in the last three months. The figures at the top come straight from the app and are rounded down to a range, so they never claim more walkers than there are.
Small communities move at the pace of whoever posts first. If the walks listed above are few or far off, a walk you create is the quickest way to change that. Start one live and walkers within about 10 km get a notification unless they've turned those alerts off, or plan one for later and it sits on the map for anyone looking ahead.
Walk With Me is free on iPhone and Android: the map, joining walks, creating your own and the friends list cost nothing. Add the people you enjoy walking with as friends, and next time you can filter the map to show just their walks. Your steps count on group walks too, so walking with them also moves you up the step rankings.