Sight in Lisbon

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.

Address
Praça do Império, 1400-206 Lisboa
Hours
Tue–Sun 9:30–17:30, last entry 17:00. Church: Tue–Sat 10:30–17:00, Sundays and religious holidays 14:00–17:00. Closed Mondays, 1 Jan, Easter Sunday, 1 May, 13 Jun, 25 Dec (2026, check before you go).
Price level
€€

OK with kids

Free for children up to 12; 50% family ticket (at least 1 adult + 1 child, physical ticket office only). Ground floor of the cloister and the church are step-free; baby-changing in the women's toilets on the ground floor. Research, not visited.

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  • Hours (2026): Tuesday to Sunday 9:30–17:30, last entry 17:00. The church keeps its own hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10:30–17:00, Sundays and religious holidays 14:00–17:00. Closed on Mondays and on 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May, 13 June and 25 December. [museusemonumentos.pt, 10 Oct 2026]
  • Ticket: €18.00 normal. Buy on the official ticket office of Museus e Monumentos de Portugal; the monument’s site says tickets often sell out and cannot then be bought on the day. [museusemonumentos.pt]
  • Reductions (2026): free for children up to 12, and for residents of Portugal on up to 52 days a year under the state “Acesso 52” scheme; half price for over-65s, 13 to 24 year olds and the family ticket (at least one adult and one child, sold only at the ticket office in front of the monument, which closes at 16:30). [mosteirojeronimos.torrebelem.gov.pt, 10 Oct 2026]
  • With a stroller: the ground floor of the cloister and the church are step-free; the upper cloister is not. Baby-changing is in the women’s toilets on the ground floor. [mosteirojeronimos.torrebelem.gov.pt]
  • Nearby: the Belém Tower reopened to visitors on 27 May 2026 after conservation works (€15 on the operator’s current page). [mosteirojeronimos.torrebelem.gov.pt]
  • See it as part of a Belém half day in things to do in Lisbon.

Open questions

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  1. 1Torre de Belém (Belém Tower)

Further afield: Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa (6 km), Gulbenkian Museum and Garden (6 km), Castelo de São Jorge (7 km), Museu Nacional do Azulejo (National Tile Museum) (9 km), Pavilhão do Conhecimento (12 km), Oceanário de Lisboa (12 km). Straight-line distances from the centre point, not driving times.

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Gulbenkian Museum and Garden

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Museu Nacional do Azulejo (National Tile Museum)

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