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Things to Do in Lisbon

Looking for things to do in Lisbon? This list of 9 includes Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Belém, Lisbon). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.

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Updated Aug 23, 2026Checked Aug 23, 2026

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    Belém, Lisbon

    A Manueline monastery whose construction began in 1501 under King Manuel I, with a two-story cloister open to visitors and a free-entry church.

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    Torre de Belém

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    Belém, Lisbon

    A Manueline fortified tower built 1514-1519 at the mouth of the Tagus; its interior reopened in May 2026 after conservation works, with timed entry.

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    Belém, Lisbon

    A 56-metre riverside monument shaped like a caravel, rebuilt in permanent materials in 1960 to mark 500 years since Henry the Navigator's death.

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    Alfama, Lisbon

    A hilltop castle above Alfama with roots as a Moorish-era fortification, taken by Afonso Henriques in 1147 and later a royal residence.

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    Baixa, Lisbon

    A riverside square rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake destroyed the royal palace on this site, designed by Eugénio dos Santos with a bronze statue of King José I added in 1775.

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    Parque das Nações, Lisbon

    An aquarium built for Expo '98 around a 5-million-litre central tank, surrounded by four habitat tanks representing different ocean coastlines.

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    Alfama

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    Alfama, Lisbon

    Lisbon's oldest neighborhood, the only district to survive the 1755 earthquake largely intact, with narrow Moorish-era streets and fado's historic home.

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    Sé de Lisboa

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    Alfama, Lisbon

    Lisbon's Romanesque cathedral, begun in 1147 on the site of the city's main mosque right after the Christian reconquest, and rebuilt in parts after later earthquakes.

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    LX Factory

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    Alcântara, Lisbon

    A former 1846 textile factory in Alcântara reinvented from 2008 into a creative complex of shops, studios and restaurants inside its original industrial buildings.

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