Bairro Alto

The Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara is one of the largest and most iconic observation points in Lisbon. It’s right next to the top of the Elevador da Glória and offers a special panorama of the city. From here you can see all of the Avenida da Liberdade, Restauradores and Baixa, besides the Castelo de São Jorge with its imposing walls and photogenic crown of green pine trees. You can also see in full detail the Miradouro da Igreja da Graça, with its imposing church. This viewing point is unusual in that it is part of a beautiful and well cared for garden where you can enjoy a refreshing drink at the kiosk. You’ll also find an original map made of azulejos to identify some of the iconic places you can see. This is undoubtedly one of the places you cannot miss.

The no. 28 is a little treasure on rails.

The small yellow trams beg to be photographed as they travel through the prettiest historic and residential quarters of the city.

Opening the windows and letting the parade of buildings covered in azulejos pass you by, glimpsing the sudden ascents and marvelling at the winding route between hills, miradouros and squares that take your breath away, is one of the things you have to do while in the city.

The no. 28 shuttles between Graça and Prazeres, on a route that slips between historic bairros, passed palaces, visits the cathedral, crosses Baixa, climbs up to Chiado and Estrela and ends in Campo de Ourique.

The comforting sound of its bell ensures that, even if you get off to see the attractions along the way, the no. 28 will always return to take you home.

Its vast collection includes objects of rare artistic, anthropological, and scientific value, describing a journey, where each civilization is portrayed under a narrative of disease-fighting and the seeking of healing and pain relief, since the first traces of life on earth until today, passing through cultures and civilizations as distinct in time and place as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Incas, the Aztecs, Islam, Africa, Tibet, China, Japan, among others.

From an Egyptian sarcophagus, where hopes for eternal life were deposit, to the black plague doctor suit, as a symbol of the struggle against one of the greatest pandemics in history, the objects that make up the collection of the Health and Pharmacy Museum in Lisbon are distinct and unique.

A journey that, although it started in prehistory, it is still being built today on the testimonies that now reach us from the “future”, such as portable pharmacies and first aid kits used by NASA astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

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Virtual Tour: Church (1) | Church (2)  | Museum

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With more than 100 years of history, São Roque Museum is one of the most beautiful and complete museums of Portuguese religious art.

Guided visits organised by the museum offer visitors the est way to appreciate fully its rich collection of works including painting, sculpture, jewellery, tabernacles, manuscripts, among other works including oriental art.

These visits give visitors a general view of the São Roque Church and Museum, with highlights of the history of art from the 16th to 18th centuries.

 

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Virtual Tour - https://museus.ulisboa.pt/pt-pt/visita-virtual

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Take the chance on your visit to Lisbon to discover this Natural History and Science Museum with a garden, amphitheatre, chemical laboratory, observatory and an old riding school.

This museum which both arouses and satisfies a curiosity in so many subjects is one of Lisbon’s most emblematic attractions.

It has housed educational establishments since the 17th century, holds dozens of exhibitions of its collections and organises a huge array of activities.

Based on the Real Museu de História Natural, the museum continues to establish links between universities and society in a constant search for knowledge.

Come and discover this unique place, with its extraordinary exhibits, right in the heart of Lisbon.