The Bairro Alto has gained a status that is unlikely ever to be shaken by any other point on Lisbon’s wonderful nightlife circuit. In addition to all its entertainment, the neighbourhood oozes the characteristic and original ambience of a place that is the crossroads of so many of Lisbon’s traditions and contrasted with the pace and energy created by the bars and restaurants with all their variety of styles and influences.

The night can begin and end in the early hours all within the narrow streets of the Bairro Alto. For dinner, there is everything from Japanese to the most traditional of Portuguese "tasca" restaurant-taverns while also including the Pap’Açorda, with a national reputation for the best in national cuisine.

Head onto whichever of the numerous bars plays your particular favoured style of music or try the convivial atmospheres of Tertúlia or the Pavilhão Chinês. Or pick up the rhythms at Frágil or Incógnito and it’ll soon be early before you know it’s even late.

Given its leading role in Lisbon’s nightlife, both past and present, the Bairro Alto has something of everything and for everyone, from Brazilian music to the latest in the alternative. Diversity has always been a defining characteristic of the Bairro Alto.