Usually I post about things I’ve personally tried so I can tell y’all exactly what it’s like, but when I heard about this family activity recently, it was too cool not to spread the word. Get this: Four Seasons Lisbon is offering motorcycle sidecar tours around the city. You take your camera and are accompanied with a photographer, who gives tips and advice on capturing Portugal’s capital. But for me the most exciting bit is that one little compound word: SIDECAR!
The blog Hooniverse asks “Are sidecars cool?” to which I reply, “Is that even a question?”
Just Google Steve McQueen and sidecar to see how cool these things can be. Not only that, but sidecars live in my imagination (prompted by old movies) as a thousand opportunities for slapstick hijinks. The motorcycle and the sidecar get divided! The sidecar runs into a pond and the occupant falls out! The sidecar zooms down a mountain road, taking hairpin turns with reckless aplomb! The sidecar swings by the Plaça do Comércio with the kids snapping pictures!
The Four Seasons Lisbon offers loads of different family programmes: feeding the animals at Badoca Safari Park, kids’ surf clinics and going behind the scenes at Lisbon Zoo to meet meerkats and helping the bird trainers.
If you’re planning a trip, check out the Four Season’s guide to Lisbon and its eclecticism and dynamism. Then strap on your helmet and let someone else do the driving.
The details:
Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon
Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca, 88
Lisbon 1099-039 Portugal
Hotel reservations: +351 (21) 381-1400
This post is my opinion. I received no remuneration for it.
Now that is a fabulous idea! All the fun of whizzing around on a bike but I wouldn’t be in charge of the driving or navigating.
I am hearing so much about Lisbon as a city break destination. I think this is definitely worth looking into.
I agree, Trish. I like the idea that it’s centred around the photo opportunities as well. So much to see, do and capture in the city!