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Lisbon

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Before you go

Tips for Lisbon

Transport, opening hours, food and what to avoid.

  1. Getting there

    From the airport by metro

    The red line starts right at the terminal. Change to the green line at Alameda and you reach Baixa-Chiado in about 25 minutes: cheaper than a taxi and no traffic.

  2. Getting around

    One card for everything

    Buy a navegante ocasional card (€0.50) from any metro machine and load it with “zapping” credit. It works on the metro, buses, trams, funiculars and ferries.

  3. Getting around

    Tram 28, first thing

    By mid-morning it is packed from end to end. Board early at Martim Moniz and watch your pockets: it is the pickpockets’ favourite. With the card you pay much less than on board.

  4. Getting around

    Shoes with grip

    The white stone pavements are slippery, especially in the rain, and almost everything is uphill. Leave smooth soles at the hotel.

  5. Opening hours

    No Belém on Mondays

    Jerónimos Monastery and Belém Tower are closed on Mondays. Save that day for neighbourhoods and viewpoints.

  6. Eating

    The “couvert” isn’t free

    The bread, olives or cheese brought to your table are charged if you eat them. If you don’t want them, ask for them to be taken away.

  7. Eating

    Dinner comes early

    Locals eat around 8 pm and many kitchens close around 10:30 pm. Book ahead at the popular places.

  8. Opening hours

    Sunset at a miradouro

    Senhora do Monte and Graça fill up at sunset. Arrive half an hour early to get a spot on the wall.

  9. Watch out

    “Hashish?” in the Baixa

    You will be offered it along Rua Augusta. It is usually fake: say no and keep walking.

Checked on November 4, 2026

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  2. Essential

    Viewpoint· Alfama

    Miradouro de Santa Luzia

    A tiled terrace with a pergola looking out over the Alfama rooftops and the river. It sits right on the tram 28 route, next to Portas do Sol.

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    View over Alfama and the Tagus from Miradouro de Santa Luzia
  5. Essential

    Museums & culture· Castelo

    Castelo de São Jorge

    A hilltop fortress overlooking the Baixa and Alfama, with walls you can walk along. From its towers you can see the whole city and the Tagus.

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    Walls of São Jorge Castle among trees on top of the castle hill
  7. Essential

    Museums & culture· Belém

    Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

    An early 16th-century Manueline monastery with an intricately carved stone cloister. Vasco da Gama's tomb lies inside its church.

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    Manueline façade of the Jerónimos Monastery in Belém
  8. Essential

    Museums & culture· Xabregas

    Museu Nacional do Azulejo

    A museum devoted to Portuguese tiles in the former Madre de Deus convent. Its highlight is a long tiled panorama of Lisbon before the 1755 earthquake.

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    Manueline doorway of the Madre de Deus convent, home of the Tile Museum (historic photo)

  9. Museums & culture· Belém

    MAAT

    A riverside museum of art, architecture and technology, with a curved roof you can walk across. It shares a ticket with the old power station next door.

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    The curved white MAAT building on the Tagus riverfront
  10. Essential

    Restaurant· Cais do Sodré

    Time Out Market Lisboa

    A food hall inside Mercado da Ribeira, with stalls from many different kitchens and long shared tables. It faces Cais do Sodré station.

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    Inside Time Out Market, with stalls under the iron hall

  11. Restaurant· Intendente

    Cervejaria Ramiro

    A long-standing seafood house near Martim Moniz square. The local habit is to finish the meal with a prego, a small steak sandwich.

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    Garlic prawns served at Cervejaria Ramiro

  13. Café· Chiado

    A Brasileira

    A café open since 1905 on Rua Garrett, in the heart of Chiado. Its terrace has the bronze statue of Fernando Pessoa sitting at a table.

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    The front of Café A Brasileira in Chiado in 1911

  14. Nature & beaches· Cascais line

    Praia de Carcavelos

    A wide sandy beach on the Cascais line, reachable by train from Cais do Sodré in about 25 minutes. It gets good waves and has surf schools.

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    Carcavelos beach at sunset with São Julião fort in the distance

  15. Nature & beaches· Cascais

    Praia da Rainha

    A small sandy cove tucked between rocks in the centre of Cascais, a few minutes' walk from the train station.

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    The small sandy cove of Praia da Rainha between rocks in Cascais

  17. Special place· Sintra

    Quinta da Regaleira

    An estate in Sintra full of gardens, grottoes and tunnels, with an 'initiation well' you walk down by a spiral staircase.

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    Neo-Gothic palace of Quinta da Regaleira surrounded by greenery

  18. Viewpoint· Sintra

    Cabo da Roca

    Atlantic cliffs at the westernmost point of mainland Europe, with a lighthouse and a stone marker recording the spot.

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    Cabo da Roca lighthouse above the Atlantic cliffs
  19. Essential

    Museums & culture· Baixa

    Praça do Comércio

    Lisbon's grand riverside square, rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake and open to the Tagus on one side. The Rua Augusta Arch leads into the pedestrian street running up to Rossio.

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    Rua Augusta Arch on Lisbon's Praça do Comércio

  20. Museums & culture· Alfama

    Lisbon Cathedral

    The city's oldest church, a fortress-like Romanesque cathedral with two crenellated towers. Tram 28 rattles right past its front door on the way up to Alfama.

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    West front of Lisbon Cathedral with its two crenellated towers and rose window

  21. Museums & culture· Chiado

    Carmo Convent

    This Gothic church lost its roof in the 1755 earthquake and was never rebuilt, leaving its arches open to the sky. A small archaeology museum fills the old chancel.

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    The roofless nave of Carmo Convent, its Gothic arches open to the sky

  22. Museums & culture· Belém

    Monument to the Discoveries

    A 52-metre stone prow on the riverfront, with Henry the Navigator leading a line of explorers. From the top you look down on the giant compass rose set into the pavement.

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    Stone figures of explorers on the prow of the Monument to the Discoveries

  23. Museums & culture· Avenidas Novas

    Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

    Oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian's private collection, from ancient Egypt to René Lalique's jewellery, set in a quiet modernist garden away from the crowds.

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    Regatta on Venice's Grand Canal, a Francesco Guardi painting in the Gulbenkian Museum

  24. Viewpoint· Graça

    Graça viewpoint

    A pine-shaded terrace beside Graça church, facing the castle with the Baixa spread out below. There's a kiosk, and it fills up at sunset.

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    View over Lisbon's rooftops and the castle from the Graça viewpoint

  25. Viewpoint· Baixa

    Santa Justa Lift

    A neo-Gothic iron lift from 1902 linking the Baixa with Largo do Carmo. It has been out of service since September 2025, but the tower is worth seeing from the street.

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    The neo-Gothic iron tower of the Santa Justa Lift between Baixa buildings

  26. Restaurant· Rossio

    A Ginjinha

    A tiny counter on Largo de São Domingos pouring ginjinha, Lisbon's sour cherry liqueur, since 1840. You drink it standing outside on the square.

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    The A Ginjinha counter on Largo de São Domingos, next to Rossio

  27. Café· Baixa

    Confeitaria Nacional

    One of Lisbon's oldest pastry shops, open on Praça da Figueira since 1829, with its period mirrors and wooden display cases still in place.

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    The front of Confeitaria Nacional on Praça da Figueira

  28. Shopping· Alcântara

    LX Factory

    A former industrial complex under the 25 de Abril bridge, now a street of shops, studios and restaurants. Its Ler Devagar bookshop fills an old printing hall.

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    The LX Factory sign over the cobbled entrance, with the 25 de Abril bridge behind

  29. Shopping· Chiado

    Bertrand Bookshop

    On Rua Garrett since 1773, it is recognised as the oldest bookshop still trading anywhere. The tiled front alone is worth a stop, even if you're not buying.

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    Inside Bertrand Bookshop, with wooden shelves under a vaulted ceiling

  30. Nature & beaches· Estrela

    Estrela Garden

    A 19th-century romantic garden opposite the Estrela Basilica, with ponds, a bandstand and huge old trees. Tram 28 stops at the gate.

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    A dirt path beneath a huge tree with spreading roots in Estrela Garden

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Rua Augusta Arch on Lisbon's Praça do Comércio9 places

Lisbon essentials

First time in Lisbon? Start here: Praça do Comércio, the castle, two classic viewpoints, a food hall for an easy lunch and the Belém route with its tower, monastery and custard tarts.

Manueline façade of the Jerónimos Monastery in Belém8 places

Lisbon museums and landmarks

The Belém riverfront with Jerónimos, the tower, the Padrão and MAAT; the cathedral and the Carmo ruins downtown; and two one-of-a-kind museums: Tiles and the Gulbenkian.

View over Alfama and the Tagus from Miradouro de Santa Luzia7 places

The best viewpoints in Lisbon

Lisbon makes sense from above. These miradouros are spread across Graça, Alfama, the Baixa and Bairro Alto, and several are just a short walk from each other.

The blue-tiled front of Pastéis de Belém bakery with people outside6 places

Where to eat and drink coffee in Lisbon

Two historic bakeries, a classic Chiado café, a food hall where you can try a bit of everything, an old-school seafood house and a shot of ginjinha by Rossio.

Yellow and red towers of Pena Palace above the Sintra hills5 places

Day trips from Lisbon

For a day out of the city: the palaces of Sintra, the westernmost cape in mainland Europe and the beaches along the Cascais line.

Lisbon is a city best explored on foot, usually uphill. These collections help you plan it your way: viewpoints over the Alfama rooftops, the landmarks of Belém, historic cafés and beaches a short train ride away. Pick a collection, save it to Google Maps and have it ready on your phone.

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