Pastry perfection: How Portugal gets its delicious daily sugar fix
Portugal's most famous pastry —
Pastel de nata may be the most iconic pastry in Portugal, but a trip to some of Lisbon's best bakeries reveals a world beyond the famed egg custard tart.
Nuno Correia
Centro Ideal —
Located on a hilltop near the scenic Miradouro da Graca, Centro Ideal has been serving some of the best pastries in Lisbon for more than a century.
Maria Leonardo
Best cream puffs —
Some of the city's best cream puffs can be found in the Centro Ideal.
Maria Leonardo
Palmier recheado —
A Portuguese palmier recheado is made of two square-shaped flaky palmiers and a layer of egg custard in between.
Maria Leonardo
Versailles —
With chandeliers and marble floors, Versailles is the most opulent of all Lisbon's cafes.
Amita Krich
Loyal customers —
From candied fruit cream puffs to cream custard tarts, Versailles' pastries have won an army of loyal regulars.