Rising from the rubble of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, the Pombaline Baixa neighborhood in Portugal’s capital city of Lisbon is an excellent example of early innovations in earthquake-resistant ...

Hotels offer many things, but in cities the rooms are notoriously compact. At Baixa House you stay in your own apartment with bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen. There's no fancy front of ...

Lisbon, capital city of Portugal, has been influenced by many distant cultures over time. One can stroll through the Pombaline grid of streets in the Baixa district that opens on to the Tagus in Praça ...

As dilemmas go, it can be a tough one. Plotting a break and having to decide between city and beach is a recipe for heated debate, especially for couples with opposing views on what constitutes a ...