title: The Rough Guide to Lisbon
author: Matthew Hancock
description: <b>Matthew Hancock</b> is a freelance journalist writing regularly for national newspapers, mostly on Portugal, including <i>The Telegraph</i>, <i>The Guardian</i>, <i>The Independent</i>, and <i>High Life</i> (British Airways' in-flight magazine). Hancock is also the author of <i>Rough Guide Directions: Madeira, Lisbon, and the Algarve</i>. He is the coauthor of <i>The&#160;Rough Guide to Portugal</i>.
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  # The Villa of Dreams
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Lucy Coleman
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![Boldwood Books](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  ![Boldwood Books](../images/00001.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _A heart felt ‘thank you’ to the wonderful people whose paths I crossed on my
  research trip – your generosity and kindness will stay with me forever. It’s
  no wonder I fell in love with Lisbon…_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](part0003_split_000.html#2RHM0-f28e0b4f19b44ba897099330473d8781)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I. [January](part0004_split_000.html#3Q280-f28e0b4f19b44ba897099330473d8781)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0005.html#4OIQ0-f28e0b4f19b44ba897099330473d8781)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0006.html#5N3C0-f28e0b4f19b44ba897099330473d8781)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0007.html#6LJU0-f28e0b4f19b44ba897099330473d8781)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  II. [March](part0008_split_000.html#7K4G0-f28e0b4f19b44ba897099330473d8781)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0009.html#8IL20-f28e0b4f19b44ba897099330473d8781)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  