Have to say this is one of those things which looks much better from the outside than the inside. Still I am glad we went for a ride up in the century old Elevador de Santa Justa.

What I hadn’t realised until we went up is that there are no views from the elevator itself. Those gaps in the external metal tower are just for show, as the elevators inside have four solid wooden walls and so it is just liked being in an old fashioned lift. Except this one takes you up and down a hill – from Baixo to Santa Justa. Next time though I’ll avoid the queues by catching it from the top as part of a Lisboa funicular adventure.

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      1. There’s a name for similar ones in the U.K. Some type of railway. It’s bugging me now that I can’t think of the name.

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        2. I just Googled the one on the Great Orme in North Wales and came up with funicular. I don’t think that’s what I’m thinking of but it’s possible I’m thinking of a mechanical/engineering term for the ones used in quarrying and similar to move material.

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        6. I think that’s what goes up Snowdon in North Wales and was probably what I was thinking of. Apparently it’s a cable drawn tram system on the Great Orme.

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