Posts tagged "Lisbon"
Bairro Alto and Alfama Tour | Pancho Tours

Bairro Alto and Alfama Tour | Pancho Tours

Free: All time Pancho tours was created by young travelers from all around the world and want to be a reference tour agency for backpackers by offering the cheapest options and alternative activities. The walking tours offered are free (well, are based on tips) and you can choose between two options (or go to both!):...
Orient Museum

Orient Museum

Free: Fridays 6pm – 10pm This museum is dedicated to Asian Art and features art collections of Portuguese and Asian that are result of the Portuguese presence in the East. The collection includes Indo-Portuguese pieces, Chinese, Japanese, and Indonesian ceramics, textiles, furnishings, paintings, and masks. Address: Av. Brasília, Doca de Alcântara (Norte), Lisbon Opening hours:...
Modern Art Center

Modern Art Center

Free: Sundays The Modern Art Center is a part of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The main exhibition includes drawings, paintings, sculptures or installations of well known Portugueses artists such as Amadeo Souza Cardoso, Almada Negreiros or Paula Rego. Address: Rua Dr. Nicolau de Bettencourt, 1050-078, Lisbon Opening hours: Tue-Sun 10am -7.45pm Direction:  Buses 716, 718, 726, 742,...
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

Free: Sundays The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum is a part of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The public main collection contains more than 1300 pieces of ancient and modern art from Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Islamic to Asian and European Art. Address: Av. de Berna 45A 1067-001,  Lisbon Opening hours: Tue-Sun 10am -7.45pm Direction:  Buses 716, 718, 726,...
National Coach Museum

National Coach Museum

Free: Sundays / Holidays 10am-2pm | Holders of a Lisbon Card The National Coach Museum has one of the finest collections of historical carriages in the world and is one the most visited museums of Lisbon. You can find rare items here like an 17th century travelling coach used by King Filipe II of Portugal...
Tile Museum

Tile Museum

 Free: Sundays / Holidays 10am-2pm | Holders of a Lisbon Card The museum dedicated to azulejo (tile) is a place to discover the history of this Portuguese cultural icon. Like fado, azulejos are a national symbol and an art form that is unique to our heritage. Here you can find art works from the 15th...
Museum of Ancient Art

Museum of Ancient Art

Free: Sundays / Holidays 10am-2pm | Holders of a Lisbon Card The museum permanent collection contains artworks from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century. You can find works from artists around the world such as Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Dürer or Raphael. Some of the most important pieces are “Temptation of St. Anthony” from Bosch,...
Estrela Basilica

Estrela Basilica

Free: All Time Estrela Basilica is a basilica and carmelite convent built in the second half of the 18th century and the first one dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was built by demand of Queen Maria I as a fulfilled promise for giving birth to a son. Her tomb can be found...
Roman Theater Museum

Roman Theater Museum

Free: All Time It’s a small museum and it shows Lisbon during the time of the Roman Empire, with an emphasis for the Roman Theater, whose remains stand behind the museum. The theater was built in 1st century at the time of Emperor Augustus and it was abandoned in the 4th century. It had remain...
ViniPortugal

ViniPortugal

Free: All Time If you like wine you do not want to miss this wine tasting experience! ViniPortugal is the Interprofessional Association of the Portuguese Wine Industry and the entity managing the brand Wines of Portugal. Its aim is to promote Portugal as a wine producing country par excellence . Here you can try 4 different...
MuDe | Design and Fashion Museum

MuDe | Design and Fashion Museum

Free: All Time “Mude” means “change” in Portuguese and you can actually see that in this museum. Mude invites you to lose yourself in the amazing fashion collection that portrays the history of design and fashion from the early 20th century to the present. The permanent exhibition includes a fashion collection from Francisco Capelo and...
Berardo Museum

Berardo Museum

Free: All Time This museum of modern and contemporary art is the home of the internationally acclaimed Berardo Collection. This collection showcases more than 70 artistic tendencies and more than 900 works from the 20th century. In the second floor you can find important art references like Cubism from Pablo Picasso, the ready-mades from Marcel...