{"id":39607,"date":"2025-11-30T22:53:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/?p=39607"},"modified":"2025-12-01T01:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:01:53","slug":"four-seasons-hotel-ritz-lisbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/en\/four-seasons-hotel-ritz-lisbon\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon: The city viewed from inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><b><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-36.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39595\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-36.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-36-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-36-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-36-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-36-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-36-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-36-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-36-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-36-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\ud835\ude1b\ud835\ude29\ud835\ude26 \ud835\ude19\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude35\ud835\ude30 \ud835\ude22 \ud835\ude17\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude26 \ud835\ude10 \ud835\ude0f\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude25 \ud835\ude15\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude37\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude33 \ud835\ude09\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude09\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude27\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude26<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every time I passed through Lisbon and crossed Eduardo VII Park, I&#8217;d look up at the building perched at the top of the avenue and think: <strong>&#8220;One day.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was a promise deferred over the years, while the city transformed around me.<br \/>\nThis time, I didn&#8217;t pass by. I stepped inside.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And it felt like crossing not just a marble lobby, but a threshold in time. A Lisbon suspended in the 1950s &#8211; a city of diplomats, discreet spies, conversations cut short in caf\u00e9s, dossiers passed quietly in hallways &#8211; met a luminous, creative contemporary Lisbon, in that grand hall where history seems to intersect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Ritz was born in 1959 as the showpiece of a regime eager to project international sophistication. Today, it stands as a precise portrait of a Lisbon that has grown into itself &#8211; cosmopolitan, elegant, a classic that has learned how to move with the times.<\/p>\n<h3><b><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-34.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39591\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-34.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-34-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-34-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-34-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-34-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-34-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-34-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-34-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-34-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<h3><b>Arrival<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s a rare quality in the Ritz that one feels upon entering: <strong>the atmosphere is dense, inhabited, as though the building holds decades of whispered conversations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The atrium strikes that perfect geometry between grandeur and restraint. Cream-toned marble glowing in the afternoon light, floral arrangements of architectural scale, generous staircases &#8211; and at the far end, a terrace that frames the deep green of <em>Eduardo VII Park<\/em> like a living painting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-28.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39579\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-28.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-28-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-28-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-28-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-28-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-28-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-28-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-28-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-28-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Check-in was swift and seamless. That unhurried precision found only in places that have never needed to prove anything to anyone.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed the details: <strong>the way the flowers punctuate the space without overwhelming it; the balance between emptiness and presence.<\/strong> Staff glide with contained gestures and low voices, as if they&#8217;ve memorised the building.<\/p>\n<p>Three small rituals on arrival: still-warm past\u00e9is de nata, the delicate crackle of flaky pastry under teeth; a glass of Port offered not as formality but as welcome conversation; and fresh fruit, a quiet contrast of simplicity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-5.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39533\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-5-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-5-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-5-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-5-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-5-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s when I realised: <strong>the Ritz Four Seasons Lisbon is one of those rare hotels where everything is where it should be.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><b>Lisbon and the World<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>I sat at the Almada Negreiros Lounge while our room was being prepared, and did what any attentive traveller might: I observed.<\/p>\n<p>In the morning, discreet meetings: dark suits, slim portfolios, conversations in English, French, Arabic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-25.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39573\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-25.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-25-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-25-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-25-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-25-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-25-450x675.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-25-225x338.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-25-900x1350.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-25-20x30.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-25-64x96.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p>In the afternoon, multigenerational families: elegant grandparents who&#8217;ve seen the world, teenage grandchildren discovering what luxury feels like, handshakes that closed successful deals. At sunset, the oblique light poured through the stained-glass windows, and the city slowed. The Ritz slowed with it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the 60s and 70s, this lobby was a crossroads: diplomats exchanging dossiers, artists and writers eavesdropping and sketching characters.<\/strong> Today, the flow has shifted, but the energy remains: Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Middle Eastern families, European creatives who&#8217;ve made Lisbon a second home.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Ritz sees Lisbon.<br \/>\nAnd Lisbon sees itself in the Ritz.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><b><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-2.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39527\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-2-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-2-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-2-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-2-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<h3><b>A Camera over Lisbon<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Our Deluxe Park-View Room still fulfills the original intent of the project: <strong>a chamber where Lisbon enters through the balcony before we do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Light changed throughout the day like a character: crisp and white at 9 a.m., golden and slanted by 6 p.m., cinematic as it grazed the treetops of Eduardo VII Park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-14.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39551\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-14.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-14-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-14-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-14-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-14-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-14-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-14-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-14-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p>I noticed the nuances that separate decoration from thoughtful design. The blue-petrol velvet of the chairs holding warmth from the hand, the leather headboard, the wood finished with that proper degree of timeless sheen. The curtains &#8211; thick enough to create total acoustic silence when drawn.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-9.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39541\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-9.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-9-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-9-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-9-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-9-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-9-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You don&#8217;t &#8220;spend time&#8221; in this room. You inhabit it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At night, lying in bed, I could hear Lisbon breathing slowly outside. And I understood why so many diplomats, writers, and exiles chose the Ritz over the decades: it wasn&#8217;t just about safety. It was comfort.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39575\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-26.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39575\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-26.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-26-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-26-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-26-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-26-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-26-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-26-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-26-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-26-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of tree \u201ccentauro\u201d tappestries Almada Negreiros<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><b>The Art Collection<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Few hotels in the world possess an art collection as culturally rich as the Ritz.<\/strong> I discovered this not on a guided tour, but by wandering the corridors en route to dinner.<\/p>\n<p>I paused in front of a tapestry by Almada Negreiros &#8211; centaurs drawn geometrically into the space they inhabit. Further on, Carlos Botelho&#8217;s take on Lisbon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-27.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39577\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-27.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-27-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-27-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-27-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-27-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-27-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-27-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-27-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-27-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Then Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, with her oneiric labyrinths that ask for slow reading, that pull the eye in.<br \/>\nThe sculptures from Lagoa Henriques hanging in Varanda restaurant &#8211; bringing the power of the sea to that iconic room.<\/p>\n<p>There are no didactic plaques. No tourist signposts. The art lives as part of the architecture, as though it had always been there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-40.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39523\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-40.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-40-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-40-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-40-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-40-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-40-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-40-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-40-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-40-20x27.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-40-72x96.jpg 72w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p>In an elevator, I overheard two American guests:<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;We come back every year just to see the collection again.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nOne pointed to a photo of Querubim Lapa&#8217;s column, like recognising an old friend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here, art is not decoration.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>It is identity.<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s how the hotel tells the story of Portugal in the 20th century.<\/p>\n<h3><b><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-35.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39593\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-35.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-35-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-35-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-35-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-35-450x294.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-35-225x147.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-35-900x589.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-35-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-35-147x96.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<h3><b>The Varanda &amp; Cura; Two Rhythms of the Same City<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Varanda is the classical soul of Lisbon, the Lisbon that once looked to France and gently folded itself in<\/strong>. A Portuguese sanctuary that knows how to host without haste, that doesn&#8217;t require trendiness to endure.<\/p>\n<p>I had breakfast here, by a window framing the terrace and Eduardo VII Park like a living canvas. A light, still-creamy omelet, signature eggs royale, their yolk spilling cinematographically across the plate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-23.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39569\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-23.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-23-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-23-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-23-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-23-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-23-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-23-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-23-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-23-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Executive Chef Carlos Cardoso returned to the Ritz in 2025 and leads the dining room as someone returning home.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not change. It&#8217;s continuity. The art of welcoming as if Lisbon were still that reserved city of the &#8217;50s, but now bathed in the light of today \u2014 and perhaps that&#8217;s why it still serves the city&#8217;s most revered brunch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If Varanda is the classic soul, Michelin-starred CURA is its contemporary counterpoint, <\/strong>a proof that the hotel evolves at Lisbon&#8217;s pace.<\/p>\n<p>Chef Rodolfo Lavrador, who took over the kitchen in 2025, works around Portuguese gastronomy with his own language, built on intention and reflection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cura25.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39602\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cura25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cura25.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cura25-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cura25-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cura25-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cura25-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cura25-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cura25-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cura25-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cura25-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p>A bold and well-chosen path. The tasting menus feel like journeys through seasons and origins, always with a focus on sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A marker of a new Lisbon era: cosmopolitan, inventive, elegant, and utterly contemporary at the table.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39519\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-38.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39519\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-38.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-38-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-38-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-38-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-38-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-38-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-38-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-38-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-38-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The indoor pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<h3><b>SPA and Pools<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The Ritz spa is one of those spaces that doesn&#8217;t photograph well, not because it lacks beauty, but because its essence is atmosphere, not image.<\/p>\n<p>Reflected light, textures &#8211; stone, wood, linen &#8211; inviting touch, a hush that doesn&#8217;t need to be stated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-39.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39521\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-39.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-39-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-39-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-39-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-39-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-39-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-39-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-39-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-39-20x27.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-39-72x96.jpg 72w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p>The outdoor pool was a surprise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I expected something more monumental &#8211; instead, it&#8217;s discreet, almost private.<\/strong> The indoor one follows the same tone; here, too, art surrounds the space, extending the experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-15.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39553\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-15.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-15-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-15-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-15-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-15-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-15-20x11.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-15-225x127.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-15-900x506.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-15-171x96.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p>I observed: most guests aren&#8217;t there to swim.<br \/>\nThey come to sit, to read, to let time decelerate by itself.<\/p>\n<h3><b><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-32.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39587\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-32.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-32-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-32-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-32-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-32-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-32-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-32-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-32-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-32-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<h3><b>Lisbon from Above<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>At the top floor of the Ritz lies one of Lisbon&#8217;s best-kept secrets: <strong>a running track that circles the building with panoramic views over the city.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t run, but I went up late morning, when the light embraced the city. And I understood: even those who don&#8217;t run want to be there.<br \/>\nLisbon at our feet, the Tagus shining like a silver ribbon in the distance, Eduardo VII Park stretched like the city&#8217;s green carpet.<\/p>\n<p>I saw three people jogging slowly &#8212; not racing, not training. They were running to get a view of Lisbon from above.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A place that transforms our perception of time.<br \/>\n<strong>A point where we become smaller, and the city &#8211; grander.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39581\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-29.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39581\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-29.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-29-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-29-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-29-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-29-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-29-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-29-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-29-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-29-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ritz Bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<h3><b>Between Yesterday and Tomorrow<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The Ritz Four Seasons Lisbon<strong> is the mirror of a city&#8217;s reinvention.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A classic that hasn&#8217;t aged, because it has learned to move.<br \/>\nA hotel that holds memories of diplomacy, dictatorship, aristocracy \u2014 yet embraces a Lisbon that is creative, plural, contemporary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-20.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39563\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-20.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-20-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-20-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-20-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-20-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-20-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-20-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-20-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-20-20x27.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-20-72x96.jpg 72w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p>A place <strong>where the old city and the new meet.<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere history, art, cuisine, and service balance in a continuous gesture.<\/p>\n<p>As I left, I turned back once more toward the atrium &#8211; <strong>as if saying goodbye to a place I&#8217;d been before, even if it was my first time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Living among hotels, <strong>we search for more than comfort and design.<\/strong><br \/>\nWe want something with roots, sophistication, humanity \u2014 something that stays in memory.<\/p>\n<p>The Ritz is one of those places.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-31.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39585\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-31.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-31-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-31-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-31-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-31-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-31-450x675.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-31-225x338.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-31-900x1350.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-31-20x30.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fslisboa25-31-64x96.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; 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