Um só bairro, but incontáveis stories. In Belém, Lisbon, you will frequent the same places as those famous, religious and navigators from 500 years ago. Simultaneously, you will visit the most new and modern city. And between one and the other, you will taste a very traditional twelve in Portugal.

Now let's start our roteiro in Belém, Lisbon!

To facilitate, in addition to attractions and restaurants, this guide shows transportation directions and a map with all the points mentioned. Assim, you will be able to plan your visit to Belém in the best way possible!

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How to get to Belém, Lisbon
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Bonde em Lisboa (this is not 15E!) | Photo: Passagens Imperdíveis

As we highlight these times to visit Portugal, there are various transportation options in Lisbon, the capital of the country. However, to get to Belém, you can choose between:

Bus: from € 2 (R$ 8.70), you can use the VIVA card and/or daily ticket, see Google Maps which line serves you
Train: € 1.35 (R$ 5.87)
Electrical bond 15E: from € 3 (R$ 13.05), you can use the VIVA card and/or daily bill, or boarding can be at Commercial Square
Uber and Bolt transportation applications: simulate the app or your starting point
Taxi: depends on the starting point
This neighborhood of Lisbon is 7 km from the city center, making travel quick and easy. Or it changes its starting point, which will impact not only the transportation used.

From now on, another word: if you want to explore this neighborhood to the fullest, try to find something, peel the manhã. This way, you can visit everything in peace. However, if the time is short, reserve at least half a day for your trip.

PIInforma: the values and price (€ 4.35 = R$ 1) correspond to June/2019. Since we can change the time, use them only as a reference for your trip.

What to do in Belém, Lisbon
Resolved or suit, time to discover the tourist spots of Belém. Among them, historical and modern buildings, to appreciate the facade or get to know the inside.

Além disso, o bairro em si inspire e expirate história. This is because it was here that great navigators left, including Pedro Álvares Cabral, or the first Portuguese to go to Brazil.

Finally, a way to save money, depending on your card, the Lisbon Card. This is a tourist pass that you pay a fixed value, but has free access to various attractions, as well as free of charge on some transportation methods, within a limited period of time. No official site, have all the details!

Belém Tower
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Belém Tower | Photo: Passagens Imperdíveis

This Unesco world heritage has the function of helping to defend the territory by monitoring all movement in the Tejo River. Isso about 500 years ago!

Here, it is due to the historical importance and architecture that the Belém Tower became two symbols of the city and its main tourist spots. A visit is worth it either way: appreciating the outside or visiting the interior of the building. Thus, depending on your availability of time and equipment, entry is paid, as far as outside access is concerned, no!

Operation:
October to April: every day, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
May to September: every day, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Address: Brasilia, Belém
Price to enter: € 6 (R$ 26.10)
More information: official site
Monastery of the Hieronymites
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Mosteiro dos Jerónimos | Photo: Passagens Imperdíveis

With more than 500 years of existence, it is a monastery of the Catholic order of São Jerônimo (sim, the name of the saint is with a circumflex accent, but the tourist attraction, with an acute!). The property, built in the Manueline Gothic style, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an absolute reference for this type of architecture.

It was there that the navigators received benefits to travel. Or Pedro Álvares Cabral is for example, once he passed by Mosteiro dos Jerónimos before the expedition that revealed Brazil to Europeans.

Logo next to the mosteiro, it is located at Igreja de Santa Maria de Belém, whose entrance is free. A reason to go inside? Appreciate the details of the construction and see firsthand the burial mounds of the navigator Vasco da Gama and the poet Luís de Camões, both figures of great importance in Portuguese history.

Back at the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, you can also enter and discover the installations where the monks live. And it was thought that we would only be the fourth runners, clearly a deception! In the end, this large building is full of beautiful sculptures and works of art, filled with incredible energy.

Operation:
October to April: every day, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
May to September: every day, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Endereço: Praça do Império, Belém
Price: in all cases, there are special prices for children, students and children
Individual: €10 (R$ 43.50)
Mosteiro + Museu de Arqueologia: € 12 (R$ 52.20)
More information: official site
Registry of Discoveries
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Padrão dos Descobrimentos | Photo: Passagens Imperdíveis

Inaugurated in 1960, this sculpture has a caravel format and portrays various notable personalities in the history of Portuguese navigation. Among them:

Pedro Álvares Cabral: first Portuguese to visit Brazil
Vasco da Gama: discovery of a maritime route for the Indies
Bartolomeu Dias: first around Cabo da Boa Esperança, in Cape Town, South Africa
Here you can both appreciate the imposing construction on the banks of the Tejo River and enter and climb the Padrão dos Descobrimentos. This form, access to the external area is free, but entry is paid.

Operation:
March to September: every day, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Outubro a fevereiro: every day, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Address: Brasilia, 1400
Price: in all cases, there are special prices for children, adolescents and the elderly
Exhibition, film and view: € 6 (R$ 26.10)
Exhibition: € 4 (R$ 17.40)
More information: official site
Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT)
Embora is not part of the traditional tourism circuit in Belém, or the local museum. Therefore, it is an extra option for you to visit, even though the appeal is different from other tourist spots. This is because the exhibitions focus on the topics that give name to the local.

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Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Logo on the door of MAAT, pay attention to the beauty of the building, in curved shapes, facing the Tejo River. The modernity of the property is an explicit mark of two cycles that separate the other attractions of the region. In the end, as a half-life of two outros and 500 years, it has existed since 2016.

Annex to the MAAT, fica o Central Tejo, another museum, with separate income. So, if you consult the programming, see which site will be the one that interests you the most.

Function: qua. to sec., from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Address: Brasilia
Price: from € 5 (R$ 21.75)
More information: official site
Photo by Susanne Nilsson, on Wikimedia Commons, under Creative Commons 2.0.

Where to eat in Belém, Lisbon
Among the restaurants in Belém, one is very popular among visitors, being a tourist attraction in itself. There are other alternatives to recharge your energy while eating or eating.

Pasteis de Belém
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Tasty pastries from Belém | Photo: Passagens Imperdíveis

The pastel de nata is two typical Portuguese dishes most famous in the world. Therefore, every day, hundreds, if not thousands, of people enter the line of the Belém Pastry Factory. But why here, and not somewhere else? That's because this confectionery is the only one with an original recipe.

Operation:
Outubro a June: every day, from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
July to September: every day, 8 hours to 24 hours
Endereço: Rua de Belém, 84-92
Price ticket: average € 5 (R$ 21.75)
More information: official site
Belém Wine Cellar
This wine bar will open next year Mosteiro dos Jerónimos and opens for lunch and dinner. However, depending on your route around Belém, Lisbon, you can go for a walk or eat something to continue the evening with full energy. Another good reason is the opportunity to taste the famous Port wine, a Portuguese exclusivity.

Function: ter. to Sat., from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., and from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Endereço: crossing Marta Pinto, 10
Price ticket: average € 30 (R$ 130.50)
More information: Facebook page
Wonder River
Located in LX Factory, a former industrial complex that serves as an artistic center, this restaurant combines good moments. And since it's not a walk between Belém and the center of Lisbon, it's possible to stop right next to the passeio. What do you know, don't you appreciate the sun when you taste Portuguese food? The Maravilha River has a beautiful view of the Tejo River.

Specialty: Portuguese food
Functioning: ter., qua. e qui., from 12:30 to 2:00, sex. and Sat., from 12:30 p.m. to 3 a.m., Sun., from 12:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Endereço: Rua Rodrigues de Faria, 103
Price ticket: average € 15 (R$ 65.25)
Card and reservations: Facebook page
Map of attractions and restaurants in Belém, Lisbon
So that everything you see now takes a clearer shape in your head, look at the location of two points on the map. Assim, you will be able to plan your trip in Belém in a more convenient way!