Casa Chinesa

Aliados & Bolhão


This delightfully old-fashioned emporium is crammed with traditional Portuguese products – sardines, sausages, dried cod and octopus, broa de Avintes (dense corn and rye flatbread), piri-piri chilli peppers by the kilo – you name it. It's also a good spot to stock up on nuts, grains, gluten-free, vegetarian and Asian ingredients.


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1. Mercado do Bolhão

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3. Capela das Almas

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4. Igreja de Santo Ildefonso

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5. Avenida dos Aliados

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6. Praça da Batalha

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8. Igreja dos Clérigos

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