56 ReviewsSpend a day on the beach in Carcavelos or just have a great lunch/dinner in one of the beach restaurants.
It's also a good option to take some Surf / bodyboard lessons. There's plenty of Surf Schools...
3 ReviewsSintra has so many interesting points to visit, that most tourists visit the palace and skip the park. If you have time, don't do it.
The park has a great botanical variety, and some views are...
43 ReviewsNot so visited as its neighbor Alfama, this quarter still has its attractive look, sharing most of the characteristics, and giving a perfect look of Lisbon.
A few interesting monuments enhance this...
3 ReviewsThis estate was built between 1904 and 1910. It was designed by an Italian architect; Luigi Manini for a wealthy Brazilian merchant; Antònio Augusto Carvalho Monteiro. Here you can visit a palace,...
49 ReviewsLocated in the eastern part of Lisbon, it stands a little bit isolated, turning it in a less visited monument.
It's a very interesting church from the 16th century, now making part of the Tile...
3 ReviewsThis park was landscaped in the 18th century by a wealthy Englishman; William Beckford. Around half a century later, another rich Englishman; Francis Cook transformed the gardens and rebuilt a...
36 ReviewsThis was the house where Amalia Rodrigues spent her last 45 years. Six rooms are open to the public here. These are almost like Amalia left them. The hall; with a huge Amalia's portrait; the dining...
29 ReviewsNext to Saint George’s Castle there’s a neighborhood full of old houses which is still occupied. I think many people don’t go there but it’s an opportunity to see how the city was, its tradition, and...
8 ReviewsIf you make it to Belem make sure you pay a visit to the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos. This stunning monastery is an example of Manueline style. Work commenced in 1502 but was not completed until towards...
12 ReviewsThere lies a 1000 hectare park in the hills in Lisbon called Monsanto. It is one of the only forested areas in the city. It is frequented by outdoor recreationalists. There is camp grounds available...
5 ReviewsSome 40kms south of Lisbon and a few kms west of Sesimbra is the remote, windswept Cabo Espichel and Santuario de Nossa Senhora do Cabo. Sheer cliffs drop away from the 17th century church (built with...
8 ReviewsEach Tuesday and Saturday morning, the streets behind the church of S. Vicente, and the Campo de Sta Clara, are invaded by a crowd selling... everything. Second hand articles and all you may guess...
5 ReviewsParents - Monsanto - Get the No.2 or 13 to Monsanto park and as well as a nice day you'll also find Alto de Serafina (or Indian Park) as it may be known. A grand childrens play area which you will be...
4 Reviews Lisbon’s answer to the Golden Gate Bridge is this, the Bridge of the 25th April or Ponte 25 de Abril to give it its Portuguese name. Dating to 1966, and constructed by the same company who built its...
Travelling around Lisbon and included in the trip to Sintra and Mafra, along the area generally called "saloia" (meaning rustic, because in the old days their agriculture fed Lisbon), before reaching the sea in Ericeira, you may stop at Sobreiro. A set of buildings show the naif art of ceramist Jose Franco, and his love to Portuguese tradition amuse children and adults. Traces of rural life are lost, since the area was invaded by construction to spread the great Lisbon, but it keeps attracting thousands of dwellers from Lisbon in the weekends.
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The Vasco da Gama Aquarium
by berenices
Long before the Oceanarium in Lisbon was established and became a must-see place in Lisbon was the Vasco da Gama Aquarium which pre-dated its counterpart in the Expo area by a century. While it has been largely overshadowed by the newer and flashier oceanarium, the Vasco da Gama Aquarium has its own respected and glorius past, and still keeps a very good collection of marine life specimens. The Museum is a scientific and pedagogic institution established in 1898 to celebrate 400 years of the discovery of the sea route to India, hence its name. It celebrates as well the birth of oceanography as a science. The second to the last king of Portugal, Don Carlos, who was a naturalist and an oceanographer, spearheaded oceanographic work in this country, and undertook the aquarium's construction. He himself made a dozen campaigns to study the Portuguese coast, and many of the zoological specimens...
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