'Fado', the music of Lisbon

Fadistas sing songs of love, heartbreak and frustrated desire

Lisbon is the cradle of this urban 'folk' music, recently recognised by UNESCO

The melancholy music will tug at your heart strings

Fado is generally performed by a solo male or female singer, accompanied by an acoustic guitar and the Portuguese guitarra, a pear-shaped twelve-stringed lute.

No visit to Lisbon would be complete without an evening spent in a casa do fado enjoying the local cuisine, a vinho verde, and listening to this typically Portuguese music