Cruz da Carreira 15 places · none available right now

Rooms in Pena, central Lisbon

If you study at NOVA Medical School or work at the São José hospitals, this is the area where you get there on foot. The rooms are on Rua Cruz da Carreira, about 5 minutes on foot from the medical school.

It also suits anyone who wants to live in the real centre and do things on foot. Avenida da Liberdade is about 10 minutes away via the Lavra funicular, Baixa is walkable, and the green-line metro is at Anjos or Intendente.

There are also 4 stand-alone apartments in this area, with no flatmates, for anyone who wants a place of their own.

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On foot and by metro

What is close

Times are approximate.

NOVA Medical School ~5 min walk
Hospital de São José nearby
Avenida da Liberdade ~10 min walk · via the Lavra funicular
Intendente and Anjos nightlife ~10 min walk
Metro: Anjos or Intendente green line
Baixa walkable

Where the metro takes you

Anjos and Intendente are both on the green line, a few stops from the centre.

Baixa-Chiado the old centre, and the walk up to Bairro Alto
Cais do Sodré Pink Street and the late bars, plus trains along the river to Belém and Cascais
Martim Moniz the 28 tram, and the climb to Mouraria and the castle
Campo Grande the universities, straight up the same line
Alameda change to the red line for the airport, Saldanha and the Parque das Nações riverside

Day to day

What living here is like

Cruz da Carreira sits between the São José hospitals and Avenida da Liberdade. You are in the centre, and most of the day happens on foot: the medical school, the hospitals, Baixa.

Evenings are close too. The Intendente and Anjos nightlife is about 10 minutes on foot, so you can go out and walk home.

Rooms here are a mix of en-suites with a private bathroom and rooms with a shared one. Each room page says which, and by how many.

Pena (city centre)