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Gulbenkian Museum and Garden
A free city garden next to the reopened Gulbenkian art museum; the museum is free for under-18s and for everyone on Sundays from 14:00 (2026).
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Castelo de São Jorge
The castle above Alfama: walls, towers and a camera obscura. €17 adults, under-13s free (2026); open to 21:00 March–October, to 18:00 from 1 November. Castle museum closed for works
- Address
- Rua de Santa Cruz do Castelo, 1100-129 Lisboa
- Hours
- 1 Mar–31 Oct daily 9:00–21:00 (last admission 20:30), wall-walks and towers may close any time from 18:00 depending on daylight; 1 Nov–end Feb 9:00–18:00 (last admission 17:30), wall-walks and towers close at 17:30. Closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 24, 25 and 31 Dec. The castle museum is temporarily closed while the toilets are upgraded, with no reopening date given (checked 26 Oct 2026). The camera obscura is a guided visit only, roughly 11:00–16:00 depending on the month and the weather.
- Price level
- €€
Great with kids
Free for children up to 12; youth 13–25 €8.50. Walls and towers to explore, but uneven stone paths and steep streets up from Baixa. Research, not visited.
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- Tickets (2026): adults €17, youth 13–25 €8.50, 65 and over €14; free for children up to 12 and with the Lisboa Card. Buy only through the castle’s official online box office (BOL); the castle warns against other platforms. [castelodesaojorge.pt, 10 Oct 2026]
- Hours: March to October 9:00–21:00 (last admission 20:30); November to February 9:00–18:00 (last admission 17:30). For safety, the wall-walks and towers can close from 18:00 in summer and close at 17:30 in winter. Closed 1 January, 1 May, 24, 25 and 31 December. [castelodesaojorge.pt]
- Notices on 26 Oct 2026: the castle’s small museum is still temporarily closed while the toilets are upgraded, and the site gives no reopening date. The strike notice for 17 October 2026 has gone. The camera obscura can only be seen on a guided visit, roughly 11:00–16:00 depending on the month, and not in bad weather. [castelodesaojorge.pt, 26 Oct 2026]
- The camera obscura is visited only with the guided tour included in the ticket, weather permitting, and on shorter hours than the grounds: 11:00–13:00 from October to February, up to 11:00–16:00 in summer. [castelodesaojorge.pt]
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Further afield: Gulbenkian Museum and Garden (3 km), Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa (5 km), Pavilhão do Conhecimento (6 km), Oceanário de Lisboa (7 km), Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (7 km), Torre de Belém (Belém Tower) (8 km). Straight-line distances from the centre point, not driving times.
Schematic: positions from each place's coordinates, no roads or coastline. Not for navigation.
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Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa
Lisbon's zoo since 1884, about 2,000 animals at Sete Rios on the blue metro line; 2026 tickets child €19, adult €31.
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Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
The monastery in Belém that the state museums agency calls a masterpiece of Portuguese architecture; €18 in 2026, closed Mondays. Pair it with the Belém Tower.
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Museu Nacional do Azulejo (National Tile Museum)
Lisbon's tile museum in the former Madre de Deus convent. Closed for renovation since 1 November 2025 and still closed on 10 October 2026; no confirmed reopening date found.
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