Bed and breakfast accommodation in Lisbon

The map shows that the private accommodation predominantly offered online dominate the tourist centre of Lisbon, with the well-known old town of Alfama around the Castelo and the cathedral in the centre. The "Moorish Quarter" of Alfama and Mouraria north of the Castelo are characterised by narrow streets with winding tram lines (red lines; blue lines are subways) and numerous idyllic squares with excellent tourist infrastructure (cafés, restaurants, art and craft shops, etc.). AirBnB and others now serve the longing to immerse oneself in this atmosphere, which is perceived as authentic, by living like a local in modest circumstances. However, the scattering of points on the map as well as the statistics in the table show the extraordinarily high occupancy rate of the local housing market with privately mediated accommodation offers (the districts of Alcántara and Belém with the World Heritage sites Torre de Belém and Jerome Monastery west of the A2 are outside the map section), so that locals hardly have any chance of finding accommodation here. Additionally, the city of Lisbon, within its narrow administrative boundaries, has lost more inhabitants due to its agglomeration than almost any other European metropolis since the 1980s (1981-2018: minus 60%).