Bairro Alto (literally upper quarter in Portuguese) is an area of central Lisbon, Portugal. It functions as a residential, shopping and entertainment district. Portuguese (português) is a Romance language predominantly spoken in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and East Timor. ... Lisbon (in Portuguese, Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal. ... The Republic of Portugal (Portuguese: República Portuguesa) is a democratic republic located on the west and southwest parts of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, the westernmost country in continental Europe. ...
With its eyes set on Luís de Camões Square and very close to the São Carlos National Theatre in Lisbon the luxurious and cosmopolitan BairroAlto Hotel is implanted into the former Grand Hotel de l Europe, where many renowned European artists stayed during the 19th and 20th centuries.
In 2001, almost 20 years after its closure, the successful restoration project was initiated with the aim of repositioning the hotel into the international panorama in accordance with the quality and prestige commanded by its rich history.
In the evening, the surrounding bohemian BairroAlto is proof that certain things never change.
BairroAlto ("high-lying quarter") is located above Baixa and developed in the 16th C. in the course of an extension of the city center towards the west and the northwest.
In its beginnings BairroAlto was temporarily the quarter where richer citizens and the nobility settled.
Despite this BairroAlto is predominantly regarded as a residential and working quarter for craftsmen and small shopkeepers.
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