>and [unlike Barcelona] everyone speaks English. I was only in Lisbon for 4 days (loved it!), but did run into some off-hand issues with language barriers. Ca

>and [unlike Barcelona] everyone speaks English. I was only in Lisbon for 4 days (loved it!), but did run into some off-hand issues with language barriers. Cab/uber drivers in particular seemed to know little to zero English. With that being said, once we got a rental car I greatly appreciated the cutthroat driving style of the Portuguese - damn they are good drivers.