Lisbon: Budget or splurge, jam-packed or relaxed, how to do 'Europe's San Fran' in a weekend

With great food, weather, and a laid back attitude to life and digital nomads, Nicole Glennon makes the case for why Lisbon should be your next weekend getaway

Lisbon has much to offer for a citybreak. Picture: Getty

During my three-day rendezvous with Lisbon, one phrase kept cropping up in chats with locals and tourists alike; ‘Europe’s San Francisco'.

The descriptor has been around for a while, but with Portugal's sunny capital now deemed one of the best places in Europe to live as a digital nomad,  the sense that the city is the place to be is only growing.