Getting a place to sit just after midday was a challenge, even for me as a single person, it being so full. There are a number of bars, and one can collect drinks from them. One has already prepaid for the order at this stage. In the central space long high tables have been set up, at which one sits down to wait for the ordered food, receiving a type of alarm gadget that alerts one to collect the order. One enters a vast hall, with food stalls all the way round the vast former warehouse, with standardised branding of the chef or restaurant name represented at each stand, with open kitchens, and a menu listing the dishes offered and the prices. As soon as I went inside, I could easily connect to WiFi, and when I checked the cost of an Uber ride to Belém I was very grateful that I had not fallen for the TukTuk overcharge, the Uber cost being €7,95 in one direction. When I asked two Market bar staff, standing nearby, if this was a good price, they did not seem to think so, and one even called his friend to get an idea of pricing. Another Tuk Tuk operator quickly came up to me too, offering the trip for €60. He offered to take me around Lisbon, including Belém, a suburb I had been recommended to, for €70, for one and a half hours. How does one choose what to eat, with such a selection?!Īs I arrived outside the historic Mercado da Ribeira Market Hall building dating back to 1882, I asked a TukTuk driver how much he charges. What an impression it made on me, when I visited it at the beginning of June, with about 30 restaurants, bars, and florists in this massive food market very close to where I stayed in Lisbon. I had seen in a magazine prior to my arrival in Lisbon that the Time Out Market Lisboa is a must-visit venue.
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