WATCH THE SHIPS FROM SANTA CATARINA

Just below the famous Miradouro de Santa Catarina, where ships can be seen going off to Brazil and coming back as days go by, is a charming and picturesque square which breaks the sharp climb from São Paulo towards the Miradouro de Santa Catarina, and a place to rest. Here, with its back to the miradouro, is an elegant five storey building, each floor four windows wide, that comfortably observes the neighbourhood below, even under enormous transformation, with the shelter of the Miradouro behind, but with basking in the sun and expansive views to the West South. Two charming commercial spaces directly access the street, and have used the largo as their own social space in precious incarnations. The largo is a meeting point of various directions, and with various residents, friendly delivery people and the neighbourly cat, who can pause and enjoy the sun, trees and calm. First and second floors already have stunning river views, the second with most stunning original tiles and a private terrace/ logradouro to the rear. The third and four floors rise higher with higher views, with the fourth as a loft. An extraordinary building with endless value.

LIVE IN SANTA CATARINA

Santa Catarina a neighbourhood originally named Santa Catarina de Monte Sinai, was formerly a parish of Lisbon on the high hill facing the Tejo river, beside Chiado. A steep sunny south facing hill, characterised by beautiful light and views, with the lively Miradouro at its heart, Santa Catarina is now part of Misericórdia, but still represents a neighbourhood which was a well kept secret and now not such a secret, which links Chiado and Bairro Alto, to the riverside plain of Cais de Sodré and São Paulo. A central, beautiful and historic neighbourhood at the heart of Lisbon´s evolution.