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.

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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.

The history of pharmacy and health is told over more than 5000 years of history in different cultures and civilizations like Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Incas, the Aztecs, Islam, Tibet, China, Japan, etc.

The history of pharmacy in Portugal is told by reconstituting authentic Portuguese pharmacies from the old pharmacy of the eighteenth century, until the Liberal Pharmacy of the early twentieth century and still reconstitution of an authentic traditional Chinese pharmacy, coming from Macau by the end of 19th century.

The history of pharmacy ends with the great discoveries and scientific advances in health in the twentieth century, as a gift to humanity carried out by the discovery of penicillin and the new era of antibiotics and more recently the discovery of the sequence of the molecular structure of DNA.

The exhibition ends with an area dedicated to Pharmacy in space, with drug kits that were on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour in December 2001.

 

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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.