Lisbon
"(...) The city at the very edge of Europe has always been a gateway and a crossroads, but now the world is discovering its distinct culture and charms.
White, romantic, and soulful-these are the words most often used by guidebooks to evoke the allure of Lisbon... Fair enough, but Lisbon's charms are infinitely more bountiful and complex. And those words don't even touch upon the energetic and cosmopolitan city that the Portuguese capital is today.
Vintage cable cars clank along steep streets that reveal sweeping vistas of the glorious Ponte 25 de Abril stretching across the Sea of Straw, as the Tagus's broad estuary is known for its habit of shimmering gold in the sunshine. (...)"