Hour by Hour, Saturday to Sunday
Each plan assumes you land on Friday evening and leave mid-afternoon on Sunday. Choose a city tab, then open the days. Times are suggestions, not orders.
Lisbon in 48 hours
- steps on saturday
- ~22,000
- tickets to pre-book
- Jerónimos
- stay in
- Baixa · Chiado
Friday · Arrival and a first view
Metro from the airport to Baixa-Chiado. Drop bags, walk up to the Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara for the city at dusk, then grilled fish in a simple tasca in Chiado or Bairro Alto.
Saturday · Belém morning, Alfama evening
08:30 Tram 15 or train to Belém. 09:30 Jerónimos Monastery, then the Torre de Belém and the Padrão dos Descobrimentos. 12:00 Custard tarts at Pastéis de Belém. 13:30 Lunch at the Time Out Market. 15:30 Castelo de São Jorge and the walk down through Alfama. 19:00 Sunset at Miradouro da Graça. 21:00 Dinner with fado in Alfama, booked ahead.
Sunday · Gardens and goodbye
10:00 Calouste Gulbenkian Museum and garden. 12:30 Lunch near Saldanha. 14:00 Metro to the airport for a late-afternoon flight.
Prague in 48 hours
- start time saturday
- 07:00
- tickets to pre-book
- Castle circuit
- stay in
- Old Town · Malá Strana
Friday · Old Town after dark
Arrive by train at Praha hlavní nádraží or by bus from the airport. Walk Old Town Square once the day-trippers leave, then dinner in a cellar restaurant and a pilsner from the tank.
Saturday · Bridge, castle, Josefov
07:00 Charles Bridge almost empty. 08:00 Breakfast in Malá Strana. 09:00 Prague Castle and St Vitus Cathedral. 12:30 Lunch, then Wallenstein Garden. 15:00 Josefov and the Old-New Synagogue. 18:00 Sunset from the Old Town Bridge Tower. 20:00 Dinner and beer hall in Vinohrady.
Sunday · Letná or Vyšehrad
09:30 Coffee and a walk through Letná Park with the view over the bridges. 11:30 Optional: National Gallery at Veletržní Palace. 14:00 Train or bus departure.
Seville in 48 hours
- siesta
- Mandatory
- tickets to pre-book
- Alcázar · Cathedral
- stay in
- Santa Cruz · Arenal
Friday · Tapas the local way
Airport bus to the centre. Begin around 21:00 with a tapas crawl through El Arenal: stand at the bar, order two dishes per stop, move on.
Saturday · Palaces early, Triana late
09:30 Real Alcázar at opening. 12:00 Cathedral and the Giralda. 14:30 Long lunch. 16:00 Rest. 18:30 Plaza de España and María Luisa Park. 20:30 Cross to Triana. 22:00 Flamenco in a small tablao, then late tapas.
Sunday · Rooftops and the market
10:00 Breakfast at the Mercado de Triana. 11:30 Setas de Sevilla walkway. 14:00 Bus to the airport or AVE to Madrid.
Copenhagen in 48 hours
- kilometres by bike
- ~20
- tickets to pre-book
- Dinner table
- stay in
- Indre By · Vesterbro
Friday · Harbour light
Metro from the airport to Kongens Nytorv. Walk along Nyhavn at dusk, then dinner in Indre By and an early night to save energy for the bike.
Saturday · A city loop by bicycle
09:00 Bakery breakfast and bike rental. 10:00 Amalienborg and the Kastellet ramparts. 11:30 Rosenborg Castle. 13:00 Street food on Refshaleøen or at Torvehallerne. 15:00 Christianshavn and the Church of Our Saviour spire. 18:00 Harbour sauna. 20:00 Dinner in the Meatpacking District.
Sunday · Art or a swim
09:30 Train to Humlebæk for the Louisiana Museum, or a morning dip at Islands Brygge in summer. 13:30 Back to the centre, metro to the airport.
Bologna in 48 hours
- meals planned
- 6
- tickets to pre-book
- Food tour
- stay in
- Centro Storico
Friday · Aperitivo and tagliatelle
Marconi Express to the central station, a twenty-minute walk under the porticoes to the centre. Aperitivo in the Quadrilatero, then tagliatelle al ragù at a trattoria.
Saturday · Markets and churches
09:00 Coffee in Piazza Maggiore. 09:30 San Petronio and the Quadrilatero market. 11:30 Archiginnasio anatomical theatre. 13:00 Mortadella and tortellini lunch. 15:30 Santo Stefano complex. 17:30 Two Towers from the street. 20:30 Dinner in the university quarter.
Sunday · The walk to San Luca
09:00 Walk the portico to the Sanctuary of San Luca, about an hour uphill. 12:00 Lunch on the way back. 14:30 Train or airport shuttle.
Making a plan your own
Every itinerary keeps the same skeleton: one headline sight early, one neighbourhood in the afternoon, one booked dinner. If you are not a museum person, swap the morning sight for a market. If you travel with children, cut the evening and add a park. If the weather turns, Bologna's porticoes and Copenhagen's museums absorb rain best, Seville's palaces and Lisbon's viewpoints the least.
Book timed-entry tickets one to two weeks ahead for the Alcázar, Seville Cathedral, Jerónimos Monastery and Prague Castle on spring and autumn weekends. Restaurants in Copenhagen and fado houses in Lisbon fill quickest. Everything else can wait until you arrive.
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