Bairro Alto property market in 2025 – Prices per sqm to buy a home in Lisbon – Portugal
The Bairro Alto real estate market report in 2025: Price per sqm in Bairro Alto in Lisbon and information.
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Price of houses for sale in Bairro Alto in Lisbon
Information updated on : 24 January 2025
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The high district (in Portuguese) is a popular neighbourhood of Lisbon composed primarily of cobbled streets, old houses and small shops. Built at the end of the 16th century following a roughly octagonal shape, Bairro Alto is one of the most picturesque districts in the city. With countless bars, restaurants, fado venues, it has been the best-known area of Lisbon’s night life since the 1980s, and is now highly prized as a living district by the younger generation, presenting price per square meter with investment potential.
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Price per sqm in Bairro Alto in 2025
€ 6,779 /sqm
Currently, the average price of a property for sale in Bairro Alto in Lisbon is € 6,779 /sqm, taking into account all types of properties (new, renovated and to be renovated). This means that there are as many properties more expensive than €6,779/sqm as there are cheaper ones. As for houses for sale, the average price is €5,525/sqm.
The analysis covers the prices of used, renovated and new development properties, and is mainly based on publicly available data sets. This housing market report is updated regularly.
| Location | Property type | Average selling price per sqm |
| Bairro Alto | Flat / Apartment | €6,281/sqm |
| Bairro Alto | House / Villa | €5,525/sqm |
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A word from Bairro Alto’s real estate expert in Lisbon
«Bairro Alto is located in the historic heart of Lisbon Bairro Alto is busy day and night, reasonably priced apartments can be found, but they are small and generally without parking in this central district of Lisbon. The purchase prices being already quite high, the potential for growth may be quite limited.»
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Perspectives of Bairro Alto
Good to know
- Bairro Alto is one of the best-known districts of Lisbon. Everyone has read or heard about this special area, located on one of the seven hills of Lisbon.
- Criss-crossed with narrow streets, this part of the city is mainly known as one of the top nightlife spots.
Its daily activity actually begins early, with boutiques and Portuguese fashion designer galleries, then it is the turn of all types of restaurants, from the most basic to upmarket and finally at night with its countless bars, clubs and fado venues which remain full until the small hours of the morning.
Bairro Alto is a very central district. - It is very easy to walk to Chiado or walk down to Rossio and in Baixa by using the Gloria funicular.
Some figures
- Carcavelos Beach: 20 minutes by train (Cais do Sodré)
- Cascais: 40 minutes by train (Cais do Sodré)
- Airport: Humberto Delgado Lisbon Airport : 20 minutes’ drive
- Train station: Rossio Train Station : 20 minutes’ walk
Bairro Alto is located in Downtown Lisbon
Bairro Alto – A picturesque district dating from the 1500s
Characterised by the alternative countercultures of the city, all tastes are catered for here: from young to old, from party to refinement, everyone has its place in Bairro Alto. Fado also contributes in large part to the charm of the district, but avoid the more touristic fado venues where passers-by are enticed into expensive fado bars owned by chic owners. Fado is often performed in restaurants and clubs around Bairro Alto, but the best fado venues are generally found off the beaten tracks. A new interesting characteristic of Bairro Alto is its status as a fashion centre for the new upcoming Portuguese designers.
Every year, the district presents a generation of new designers during the annual fashion event of Lisbon, Moda Lisboa, an event that showcases the collections of its most renowned design houses to the world. Take a stroll, walk up and down the streets and typical alleys full of charm. Enjoy the atmosphere of the Place LuÌs de Camıes in the old lower district, adjoining the chic Chiado, then go up the narrow streets of Bairro Alto and its trendy bars and small original boutiques. Among the trendy bars are located many picturesque locations, such as the cafe Adega do Ribatejo.
Around the block
Everything is freshly prepared in-house, wine, beer of course, but also fruit and vegetable juices and vegetarian tapas.
Donít forget to taste the P„o Jo„o, a bread stuffed with cheese and chorizo baked in the oven and served hot, a real treat!
Tascamastai ó rua da Rosa, 14-a Bairro Alto
The Elevador da Bica was designed and constructed by the Portuguese engineer Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard.
The elevator was inaugurated on 28 June 1892. It was originally powered by a water system, then by a steam system, and was finally electrified in 1914.
