10 SCAMS & RIP-OFFS TO AVOID IN LISBON! 

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As a teen I used to go to Castelo de Sao Jorge just about every other day, and take a different path each time. It was also a place where older kids would go to "namorar." Entrance was free. Walking from Rossio all the way to Castelo is a great work out and it's free.

really good video, just a couple of things to add which might be useful: pickpockets are mostly active in the tram line 28 (since always, it's not a recent thing: i'm now 40, and I remember taking the tram when I was 10 and watching a guy being caught while pickpocketing a tourist). Also, while visiting Castelo de Sao Jorge you'll pay half fee if you're up to 25 years old and get a €2.5 discount if you're above 65, if you have kids less than 12 it's free for them, and if you can prove that you have residency in Lisbon (even if you're not Portuguese), it's also free, regardless of age - bring a document to prove residency. you can also skip the queue if you buy your tickets online. Also, Mercado da Ribeira used to be a really good hub for great food but everything there now is super expensive and the quality went down drastically, so it basically became a tourist trap. It's also great that you mentioned Elevador de Santa Justa - it was originally made as an everyday public transit system such as all funiculars and trams which became tourist attractions, but it's by far the most overrated tourist spot in Lisbon, the queue is simply not worth it, and walking up Rua Garrett into Carmo is way more interesting than getting in the elevator.

Hello! I'm a tuk tuk driver in Lisbon! I agree it's a high price, but you have to consider it's not supposed to be a taxi. It's for the experience of going on a tuk tuk. While I understand not every driver will do this, I try to complement a small trip like that with some history and a pretty view along the way, to make it worthwhile. We do mostly tours, and even then I'd pick my driver wisely. It's truly a great way to see the city and get an introduction, but there's definitely a bunch of drivers on the rowdier side, with little to no historic knowledge, that will rip you off on the price and bullshit you along the ride lol But if you pick the right ones it's undoubtedly a great sightseeing trip

In my country, Singapore, many people leave their laptop and iPad and bags on public places like Starbucks and McDonald's, away for 40min, return, everything still there, untouched. Europe crazy theft, robbing, and pickpockets tourism culture is shocking to people in my country.

Very helpful video!

Thanks for the tips👍💯🤗

The tuk tuk arent táxis , the tuk tuk are there for the people can do citytours around the City

Once I was leaving São Bento train station in Porto with my girlfriend (she's native Portuguese) when I was approached by a man who was trying to sell me hashish. Although I am Brazilian and do fluently speak Portuguese, he asked me in English probably thinking I was a tourist. I've been living in Portugal for more or less 1 year and 4 months. I lived 21 years in Brazil, a pretty violent country with a deep drug problem, but this situation had NEVER happened to me before even there.

The best viewpoint in Lisboa imo is in Senhora do Monte in graça, my favourite spot to watch the sunset and the city, and the best part is that its free!

Hey guys. Love the video!

11:15 Read “Queen of the Sea”, it’s not just ruins… the history of the Castle is epic, read the book, then visit, you’ll appreciate it a lot more. Also Lisboa’s history is great, imagine they had an elephant parading through the streets at one time!

Thank you for this guide. We will be spending six days on Maderia and staying in Ericera for five days late summer. Your videos helped inspire the trip!

Really great video! Sharing this with some friends who are visiting Lisboa this summer. Muito obrigada!

Very honest video lisbon,like every big turist city, not easy to avoid the scams and rip offs,.Love lisbon ❤

Fantastic video! Obrigado!

You should have talked about the famous " Pastel de Bacalhau com Queijo da Serra da Estrela". The codfish cake that are 5 euros each. Those are not that good and very expensive !

Thanks for sharing, excellent video. 🙏👍🇬🇧😉

I should have watched this before my trip to Lisbon. This is really helpful!❤

Very, very nice!

I only have one piece of advice, if you don't want to be deceived and get to know the cities as it should be, having a unique experience of living in the city, just choose local guides. Whenever you want i'm available to show you. Keep up the good work and welcome to Portugal.

Wow! Thank you.

Há tanto tempo em Portugal já deviam falar qualquer coisa em português

You too are really good at this period the most enjoyable travel videos I watch. I've brought I stumbled onto you.

Ahahah, é só vígaros! Tal como cantava a Lena D'Água: "vígaro cá, vígaro lá!".

Castelo makes me so sad. In the 90's it was for free. In the zeros it was a cheap thing like a couple of euros. And now something that's pretty okay is completely ruined because of queues and bizarre prices.

Great video, love both of you. Have been to Lisboa several times and agree with everything you said. But it’s still a great city……🤗🇨🇦

“Lisbon, a city dying from its own success”, el país

Local guy here, and you are absolutely right. Videos like yours and others who mention some of the serious problems of Portugal (such as housing) should go viral, to set people’s expectations at a sensible level. I honestly do not understand why anyone would prefer to watch the umpteenth iteration of an “OMG it’s awesome!” video, but I guess that’s just me! 🤷‍♂️

I'm so glad I did the elevator in 1983 with my parents when I was 8 years old! 😂 Nobody there for a couple of escudos.

Nice video! It’s nice for you to warn other tourists of problems that Lisbon has and locals are very aware of it. Regarding Castelo de S Jorge, last time I went there it was 5€ I think, cause I technically don’t live in Lisbon area. It’s a great sunset spot tho, and filled with history of our city!

In Portugal the problem with that "drug dealers" is that by portuguese law, they are not committing a crime, so at top they get a fine for selling things on the street without permit. If you live in Portugal, museums owned by DGPC (a government institution) are free on sundays and holidays from 10am to 2 pm.

FYI if your residents is in Lisbon you don’t have to pay to get in Castelo São Jorge. And you don’t have to wait in line either. I picnic there all the time. You may have to be a citizen though I’m not sure. But yeah there are a lot of tourist rip offs in the city. I don’t know anyone that goes to the historic part anymore.

A lot of nice scenes in this video captivate my attention and interest. What a great place.😀👍👍

Castelo de São Jorge is free for people (not only Portuguese) that live in Lisbon. I agree. It is very expensive for what it is. Every tram or funicular is a rip-off. It's advised to have pre-payed trips on the Lisboa Viva card.

One thing you’re right, Portugal is not Thailand. And it’s also not your probably very inflated economy. So.. when you do not feel that it’s a fair price (which I find it quite insulting, mentioning something like that, when you the ones always saying “Portugal is so cheap”), you can just walk away. Portugal is a touristic country at the moment, it’s economy will follow along. You better get used to it 👍

I lived in Lisbon from 1986 to 1988 and in that time Castelo Sao Jorge and the St Ajusta elevador was free. I used to go to the Castelo every week, the ussually Saturdays and Sundays.

I agree with your video, mostly. The 15 eus for the Castle is worth it, waiting for the Santa Justa, obviously not, the musician asking for 2 eus to film him, I'm with the musician. His presence is contributing to your money making creation, if he is not worth 2 eus, don't film him.

We are visiting Lisbon this summer and I already know most of these scams but thanks for reminding me!! Love your videos 😊

Hello, old friends! Great update video! Lisbon was busy and scammy enough when I first visited 5 years ago. Someone tried to pick my pocket on that famous 28 (?) tram. It doesn’t seem worth the hassle now. I can’t imagine living in central Lisbon. There are too many other great cities and towns to visit in Portugal. Yes Lisbon is a beautiful city worth visiting at least once. But even Porto seems like a Disney tourist experience now. Portugal is just too popular. Wherever this happens in the world, the quality of life and the local culture is diminished. Peace out my brother and sisters (Lara included)! ❤

No cash= no freedom

If you film people you should pay them.

Had a really obnoxious scammer in Lisbon that was drunk and was trying to sell cups of alcohol from a fancy bottle that he was carrying. I told him I wasn't interested and he walked off then circled back and started following me, so I walked into a small souvenir shop expecting that he wouldn't want the attention, but he followed me inside trying to bump into me and take my phone, but between me pushing him away and the store owner yelling at him that she was calling the police, he took off. The expensive ATMs are disgusting since there are probably some pretty high level government and business people in on it to scam tourists and it's across Europe.

Point number 7, Everywhere in center, if you look like a tourist, walking around with backpacks, bags with zipper, things in your back pocket, you will be targeted 100%. Everyday, there’s dozens of Romanian woman’s groups, looking for an opportunity.

3:36 some stores have mininum fee to use "multibanco" because they are charged by the bank. normally only happends in the "small" stores. did you guys come to Braga, already? 😛

Going to Lisbon can’t take my Texas carry gun but do have other legal stuff we can have this is a good video

Being born in Lisbon and being myself a guide since the day I was 18, I think you are just over generalizing the tuk-tuks. Tuk-tuks in Lisbon are mainly used as a "guide service" and not as a "taxi service". I have drived a tuk-tuk years ago to show my city to the ones who visit us and still today I've got people sending me photos of their experience, asking me if I still do it because their friends/family are visiting Lisbon and commonly if they come back they contact me because they want to do it again. Tuk-tuks were not invented in Lisbon, absolutely correct. Nevertheless, the car wasn't as well, neither the motorcicle, the boat, the subway, the bus, the bycicle, the airplane and even the so "typical trams" of Lisbon that were in fact bought to the city of San Francisco (U.S.) in the second half of the 19th century. When you look to the history of transports and see the ones that have sticked around, it's because there was a demand to be fullfiled. Tuk-tuks have been now in Lisbon for more than a decade and they'll probably be around for many more because they are in fact a great way to see and explore this amazing city. It's very sad that you talk this way about this kind of service and don't make things more clear.

I worked as a tuk tuk driver some years ago, and Tuk tuks in Lisbon ARE NOT TAXIS, they are mainly tour guides, as i was. Its a bit presumptuous to assume it's a rip off right of the bat without giving any information about the tours provided, as well as reference values across europe for example. In Paris you pay 50€ minimum for any distance (1 to 4), and the 1h tour is 130€ contrasting to the 70/80€ per hour here in Lisbon. I advise you to search the prices online if you think you are being ripped off. You will come to the conclusion you might've been a bit silly... Lastly, i dare you to go for a tuk tuk tour in Lisbon with One of the drivers of my choosing. You will quickly change your narrow opinion right away. Cheers

This is really previous advice. Show this to your family and friends if you love them.

How many nights would you recommend staying in Lisbon? Would you say saying in Porto longer is better? Which is the best hotel to stay in in Lisbon close to stuff and not noisy? Is there a speed train from Lisbon to Porto?

😱 can u do a video on the walkaround of Santa Justa lift? The queue is forever crazy long, 1hr wait means u are lucky, but few know about that. How exactly do u walk-around to avoid that lift?

The elevador situation its caused by tourists, because 20 years ago it was empty. For the castle, ok it's not cheap but if you go to Spain you pay every attraction about the same price. pasteis de Belem are also for tourists because a pastel the natal its way way better.

I do t do tourist things never … no elevators no Eiffel towers no no no

the elevator is absolutely nice just to watch and take pics from the outside, not to actually ride on it.

Great video and thanks for the security tips, however, I think that $15 euros for the castle ticket is not that much. Perhaps I’m used to NYC prices. Keep up with the good work. 👍🙏😊

Meus queridos amigos vocês ja nao sao turistas vocês ja sao residentes por isso nao se deixem enganar. Eu amo vocês sao tao queridos e tao maravilhosos ❤❤🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺

Beware of those fake drug dealers, just ignore them. Some of them can be violent. Just say no, and keep walking.

I have the feeling the Pickpocket association union is moving to Lisbon 😂

The Castelo became overpriced, but if you never been there I would still highly recommend it.

Would you say that Portugal is a safe place?

I paid 8.50 euros in 2018. Great workout... lots of steps. I enjoyed the peacock trying to scare us with his folige. Entertaining. I ate at 2 restaurants on the Baisa. Not great. the restaurants in the outer areas are better, usually. I love the Lisbon Zoo and the Gulbankian museum and cafeteria (very good) at the royal castle in Sintra, bring a lunch. Again, save 5 euro and hike up to the castle (if you're in shape) then hike over to the Moorish ruins.

THANK YOU for this video. Lisbon itself is a scam. Born in Lisbon here.

Damm it guys, stop doing amazing videos! :p Being from Lisbon im so proud watching your videos. And its not propaganda, its from the heart. But please we are thirsty for Football videos :D

Why would you pay for a 4 minute drive???

First of all let me say that everyone has the right to disagree, also disagreeing with me. I personally don’t like tuk tuks, unless electric, they are noisy and the fumes???? The castelo de São Jorge, well, I have been there a few years ago and I don’t know why it is called castelo, it is more like a “forte” than a castelo. Yes, the views are epic, but the entry is a bit steep. I know the Portuguese have the idea that everything has to be free but a the end of the day these places need to be cleaned and looked after. I guess €5 would be more appropriate. Nice video by the way.

That guy told that Castelo de São Jorge is a "piece of ruins"? WTF?? How dare that as5hole!

You should see pictures of what the castle really was before Salazar. The whole thing was reinvented and it was nothing like what you know today. It was a complete ruin. That castle you know is potentially a monument from estado novo. Just saying.

Since when is castelo 15€ ? I thought it was like 5

As a lisboeta this video is spot on!

by your standard, virtually everything in Denmark is a rip-off. thanks for the heads-up regarding actual scams!

Este sim, é um casal maravilha. 👌🙏

Greetings from Beautiful and Sunny Estoril...When I first moved to Portugal...I lived in a Hostel on Rua de São Nicolau...I would exercise daily on the Rio and cross The Praça do Comércio where the fake dope guys would ask me if I wanted to buy drugs...I used to watch them fill up plastic bags with Oregano...So just for fun...when they asked me if I wanted to buy dope...I would reply...Você tem algum espinafre? Oh...the looks I used to get😱...Still responding the same way 6 years later...It's Exciting! 🇵🇹😉👌👏🤣🤠🏃‍♂️

você está sempre linda... os anos não passam para você, mais um ano? boas férias...

U true

15 euros and the line is still long. What more to say? More annoyed with the Sagres fort.

Portugal biggest income right now is tourism to the point they are alway trying to kick out residents of big tourist places like Lisbon just to build more hotels. Most of the stuf you can buy or pay in this places is highly expensive just to make a few bucks of the un-informed tourist visiting and that also shows in crime, most pickpocketers or assaults happen in this tourist spots because they know victims mostly don't know how to call for help or they can't stay in the country if they get arrested and the case will be dismissed, its really fucked up. If you want to visit I would suggest study a bit make a good plan of spots to visit, try to meet a local online and ask them for suggestions. Theres a lot of beautiful citys or villages that aren't tourist spots you just need to know them.

After two years in Portugal, I returned back to the UK. The UK has become cheaper and more authentic than Portugal. Portugal is now a tourist point of making money. Everything is way over priced.

10 euros is good price, you should better complain when you buy expensive alcohol

I disagree with a lot in this video. 1. tuk tuk is a FUN way to move in town, it's not Thailand. Obviously if you just want to go from A to B, get a Uber. 2. The guys helping to park are just underserved people trying to make some income, they won't do ANYTHING bag to your car. 3. The beer you were drinking is a pint, for 4,80€ is quite normal. Of course that area is expensive, but still within the range. 4. The musician - OH BOY - the guys are just trying to encourage people to TIP! You're monetizing you video exhibiting him and ridiculing him while they were just making money out of tips. There's no SCAM on it. One thing is certain, I've watched your videos and it really feels like you thing everyone is trying to get something from you, when actually is quite the opposite. The only true scam here is the fake drugs, but once again: IT'S ILEGAL, DEAL WITH IT when committing the crime of buying.

My phone was stolen from my hand in London TWICE! It used to be the number one crime in London, imagine! Also loving the vlog as usual, so useful!

I think if you film a street performer you should give them a couple of bucks. I do when one inspires me to film them on my daily NYC commute

😅 You have really accurate information on this vlog! Good job! On every city you may encounter annoying situations especially if you're a tourist. It is common sense to be aware of your surroundings and don't attract lots of attention. Nevertheless the São Jorge Castle is a must! 😊

Next video: "10 SCAMS & RIP-OFFS TO AVOID IN MADEIRA!" 🏝

I would also include the "torre de Belém", the "padrão dos descobrimentos", waiting hours on end for a ride on the 28, waiting hours for some "pastéis de Belém" when you can get them pretty much anywhere, sometimes even better than the originals. Also, before visiting a museum, make sure it's a legit museum and not just an expensive cash grabber like the "museu dos coches". Don't get me wrong, museu dos coches worths the money if you're really into old horse coaches, but if you're not, spend the 10€ elsewhere because you'll get bored

"Proper robbery" 😂😂😂 oxymoron

If everything is that bad what are you.doing here.?

Its illegal to not accept payment below 5 euros in form of card .... they just dont so it so they dont have to pay the tax to their bank ... u can always call the cops and they have to accept

love the video. i do think street performers should be paid though. you record and share their performance so why shouldn;t they get a euro or two lol

If you had taken the taxi from the proper arrivals line they would have tricked you :)

Lol...do uber explain history of the streets..cultures ?just want to go destination you can take bus or metro or walk.... why to take uber too

It's capitalism. Who opens a restaurant in a historic area, or buys the property, or rents it, and in both cases, for a large amount of money, as it is more expensive because there are many tourists. If you see a restaurant where the majority are not Portuguese, avoid it, or expect to pay a lot, risking even poor service. As for the Castle of São Jorge, which just happens to be the ruins of the genesis of the city of Lisbon, and which dates back way before Christ, and which several civilizations located and disputed among themselves over it, if for 15€ it already has the affluence that it has, imagine if it were cheaper. They would destroy the castle. Think about it. It is your very welcome presence that raises prices.

I'll tell you what is NOT a ripoff, and that would be getting to hang out with Amalie. 😍❤

You are in tourist place and expect cheap prices.....😂😂😂😂😂.... and just want free 🎉🎉🎉cheap..

And you think 4 euros for bolt is good price for driver? Thats ripoff but this time bolt make ripoff to driver not to tourist. Try you working for bolt and i will see as your good mood will wanish away in few days after working for this money 😅😅😅

That is not Scam , you pay if you want to see the view no one is in your ass trying to get money, pay what it cost or walk away, now call this scam sorry ( BAD review )

If you’re filming street performers you should give a tip, you’re just cheap.

15€ to enter the castle? FFS, a few years ago I paid 5 and i tought it was too much. How the hell it's 15 now?

I like you guys but was VERY DISSAPOINTED purchasing your Guide to Madeira for $39. Was really not worth it. That left me with a bad taste.

Lisboa has become a caricature of itself. Thanks to massive tourism.

Have you really been in Lisbon 5 years? Numbers 5, 3, 2 and 1 are at best subjective, at worst misleading.