Casa Fernando Pessoa

Hidden gems

Explore Lisbon at your own pace with a 48-hour ticket for the hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus, and choose from 2 or 3 different routes to discover the sites that interest you the most. Benefit from a bonus 2-hour cruise on the Tagus River and experience the city from a different perspective. Belém Line: Travel along the main avenues of the city center to the historic Belém district. Marvel at UNESCO World Heritage monuments such as Belém Tower. Avail of a service that runs every 25 minutes between April and October (9:00 AM to 7:00 PM) and every 30 minutes between November and March (9:30 AM to 5:00 PM). • Marquês de Pombal Square • Avenida da Liberdade • Restauradores Square • Rossio Square • Comércio Square • Cais do Sodré railway station • National Coach Museum • National Archaeology Museum • Navy Museum • Berardo Collection Museum • Jerónimos Monastery • Belém Tower • Monument to the Discoveries • Alcântara/Docks • National Museum of Ancient Art • Oriente Museum • Basílica da Estrela • City Museum • Electricity Museum • Santo António Church • Casa Fernando Pessoa • Campo Pequeno Bullring • Calouste Gulbenkian Museum • El Corte Inglés • Eduardo VII Park • Design and Fashion Museum • Puppet Museum Oriente Line: Travel along the Tagus River to Parque das Nações to see Lisbon's contemporary architecture at the former site of the Expo 98 trade exhibition. Buses run every 45 minutes between April and October (9:15 AM to 6:00 PM) and every hour between November and March (10:15 AM to 5:15 PM). • Marquês de Pombal Square • El Corte Inglés • Twin Towers • Lisbon Zoo/Sete Rios • Lisbon Oceanarium • Casino Lisboa • Vasco da Gama Shopping Centre • Vasco da Gama Tower • Gare do Oriente • Poço do Bispo • National Tile Museum/Madre de Deus Convent • Estação de Santa Apolónia • Museu do Fado • Casa dos Bicos • Rua do Comércio • Chiado • Bairro Alto • Príncipe Real • Botanical Garden • Water Museum • Military Museum • Igreja de São Roque (church and museum) • National Pantheon (Church of Santa Engrácia) Castle Line: Along this route you’ll get the chance to visit Lisbon’s traditional neighbourhoods and to enjoy our city’s traditions: Fado music, the low houses and narrow streets. Avail of a service that runs every 25 minutes between April and October (9:00 AM to 6:00 PM) and every 30 minutes between November and March (10:00 AM to 5:00 PM). • Marquês de Pombal Square • Amália Rodrigues Museum  • São Pedro de Alcântara viewpoint • Rua do Alecrim/Chiado • Cais do Sodré railway station • Comércio Street • Casa dos Bicos • Fado museum • Martim Moniz • Portas do Sol (São Jorge Castle) • Rossio • Restauradores • Eduardo VII Park

Experience everyday life in Lisbon on a guided walking tour and venture beyond the usual tourist sites with a local guide. Go to neighborhoods where only the locals go and chat about life in the city.    Visit the first church in the world dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus with a stop at the Basilica de Estrela. Continue to the old Campo de Ourique area and discover the former home of the writer, Fernando Pessoa.  Discover upscale areas and hipster neighborhoods of small streets, boutiques and cafes. End at the LX Factory and feel the creative energy of the art scene.   

Experience old Lisbon by visiting St George's Castle, then take a tour of the old quarter of Alfama where a maze of narrow winding streets tumble down the hill, stop for a look at the Cathedral and Saint Anthony's church, and maybe take a trip on the iconic number 28 trolley bus (20 minutes). We can also visit Casa Dos Bicos, a fascinating 16th century palace that used to belong to the Portuguese Viceroy of India. The building now houses the Jose Saramago Foundation, a museum dedicated to the controversial Nobel Prize winning author who died in 2010. Visit the historic city center with magnificent buildings in baroque style and the famous 'Black Horse Square', before continuing onto the atmospheric Bairro Alto and Chiado districts. Then you might like to stop off at the Parliament building or perhaps visit the home of Fernando Pessoa the world famous Portuguese poet who so eloquently immortalized the Portuguese soul. After that we visit the monastery of St Jerónimo, with a stop en route at the tower of Belém (where we will sample the traditional custard tarts) and the Monument of the Discoveries. If you wish we can stop at the Expo area to visit the aquarium or perhaps a museum such as the Calouste Gulbenkian, the National Museum of Ancient Art or the National Coach Museum.