Lisbon in £40s-£60s/€40s-€50s rtn

Lisbon — the epitome of old-school cool.

Where your fantasy of finding a dust-covered novel in an inconspicuous store sitting beside a towering 12th-century basilica is made all the more real at the world's oldest bookshop.

But no book replaces the legend of one particular literary figure, where at the oldest café in the city, you can find his permanently reserved table.

And if you need warming up, then grab a cherry-flavoured tipple at the oldest ginjinha spot, a true hole-in-the-wall in every sense.