Chapitô and his hiding places

 Chapitô, (Artistic Cooperative ")


  For your near days off, you can visit in Lisbon Chapitô, one of the emblematic places of Lisbon, it has several areas in an alone space, being simultaneously a theatre, school of circus, local for live music, bar, restaurant and where there meet the artists and lovers of the art.


His founder is Teresa Ricou is considered as first " woman clown " of Portugal. In 1981 there arises the association Chapitô as a cultural institution and of social action without lucrative ends to promote the kind of the circus. His pupils started by being children of an orphanage of Lisbon those who were trying to form and to re-insert in the company across this trade, for his school of circus approximately 300 young persons have happened there every year, many of them underprivileged persons or ex-prisoners. At present tap dancing is given in The Vocational school of Art and Trades, malabares and dramatic art for the public of all the ages.


On the verge of expiring 30 years, Chapitô is not alone a school been founded on a women's former jail of Lisbon, which uses the circus as instrument of rehabilitation, but it has his company of stable theatre that acts in the whole world. You will be able to enjoy a comedy because they will happen for Spain the Companhia do Chapitôque representing his last creation, a comedy based on The tempest of william Shakespeare, in the theatre corral of comedies of Alcala of Mowing meadows (Madrid) on the 10th and 11th of December, 2010.


Also they have a famous restaurant called "Restô", this one offers international food of very good quality in the 1 º plant and in the ground floor you cover and canes with very good attention to the public. Besides a fantastic decoration. It is a place to taste the Portuguese gastronomy being a nation linked to the sea, it is not surprising that there is many fish dishes and all kinds of seafood but he presents it with an original letter. In the entry you submerge in the world of the circus jugglers and other prominent figures give the welcome to you. During the food you were enjoying spectacles and wonderful conference to the river Tagus. It places in one of seven hills of Lisbon, that of San Jorge, in Alfama's old neighborhood.




The schedule of this one restaurants is:
 On Tuesday to Thursday 7:30 p.m to 2a.m
 On Saturday and Sunday 10am to 2a.m


 Chapitô invites you to happen a few incredible days, enjoying his theatres, restaurant, that is to say quite on Chapitô. visits this corner and you will not repent.


 Here I make you the direction, telephone, web:


 Direction: Rua Costa do Castelo 7. São Cristóvão.
 Alfama. 1100-176 Lisbon
 Tel.: 218867334
www.chapito.org