# Best Parks in Lisbon

Green spaces and gardens for walking and relaxing in Lisbon. · community starter list

7 parks in Lisbon, including Parque Eduardo VII (Avenidas Novas, Lisbon). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, and the community's votes decide it from here.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [Portugal](/portugal.md) / Lisbon
**Updated:** 2026-08-23 19:56:17

1. **[Parque Eduardo VII](/e/parque-eduardo-vii---1147.md)** (park) — Central Lisbon's largest park, a 26-hectare green slope renamed in 1903 after King Edward VII, home to the Estufa Fria greenhouse and a Carnation Revolution monument. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://aviewoncities.com/lisbon/parque-eduardo-vii, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII_Park
2. **[Estufa Fria](/e/estufa-fria---1148.md)** (park) — A 1.5-hectare cold greenhouse complex opened in 1933 inside a former basalt quarry within Parque Eduardo VII, designed by architect Raul Carapinha. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.portugaltravel.org/estufa-fria-lisbon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estufa_Fria
3. **[Jardim da Estrela](/e/jardim-da-estrela---1149.md)** (park) — A romantic 19th-century garden opposite the Estrela Basilica that opened to the public in 1852, with a central pond, a relocated 1936 bandstand and exotic birdlife. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.travel-in-portugal.com/attractions/jardim-da-estrela.htm, https://aviewoncities.com/lisbon/jardim-da-estrela
4. **[Monsanto Forest Park](/e/monsanto-forest-park---1150.md)** (park) — Lisbon's largest green space at roughly 1,000 hectares, reforested from the 1930s under Duarte Pacheco's public works plan using labor from local farmers and prisoners. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.portugal.com/history-and-culture/monsanto-the-fascinating-history-of-lisbons-largest-and-strangest-park/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto_Forest_Park
5. **[Jardim Botânico da Ajuda](/e/jardim-botanico-da-ajuda---1151.md)** (park) — Portugal's first botanical garden, laid out in the 1760s by naturalist Domingos Vandelli on a hillside beside the royal palace grounds, spanning about 3.5 hectares. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.visitlisboa.com/en/places/jardim-botanico-da-ajuda, https://aviewoncities.com/lisbon/ajuda-botanical-garden
6. **[Jardim do Príncipe Real](/e/jardim-do-principe-real---1152.md)** (park) — A 19th-century garden centered on a wide-canopied Buçaco cedar whose branches spread more than 20 metres, surrounded by Romantic-era mansions. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.visitportugal.com/en/NR/exeres/EE6AB404-310E-4B73-BECF-80D312389BE6, https://www.visitlisboa.com/en/articles/the-century-old-tree-of-principe-real
7. **[Tapada das Necessidades](/e/tapada-das-necessidades---1153.md)** (park) — A ten-hectare former royal garden dating to a 1604 chapel site, later redesigned as an English-style park with ponds, peacocks and exotic trees. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.visitlisboa.com/en/places/tapada-das-necessidades-park-of-necessidades, https://www.portugal.com/location/tapada-das-necessidades-a-lisbon-park-with-a-royal-history/

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