Students bashing out rhythms, pot-smoking hippies, stroller-pushing parents and loved-up couples all meet at this precipitous viewpoint in boho Santa Catarina. The views are fantastic, stretching from the river to the Ponte 25 de Abril and Cristo Rei.
Miradouro de Santa Catarina
Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré
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3.23 MILES
Belém’s undisputed heart-stealer is this Unesco-listed monastery. The mosteiro is the stuff of pure fantasy: a fusion of Diogo de Boitaca’s creative…
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0.81 MILES
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1.03 MILES
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Palácio dos Marqueses de Fronteira
2.72 MILES
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0.86 MILES
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4.73 MILES
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Museu Calouste Gulbenkian – Coleção do Fundador
1.98 MILES
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Igreja de Santa Catarina is a gilded baroque masterpiece, originally part of a convent built in 1647. Pay particular attention to the stucco rococo…
0.19 MILES
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0.35 MILES
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4. Casa do Ferreira das Tabuletas
0.35 MILES
The eye-catching Casa do Ferreira das Tabuletas dates to 1864. Its trompe l’œil azulejos (hand-painted tiles) depict allegorical figures and the elements.
5. Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado
0.35 MILES
Art fans flock to Museu do Chiado, housed in the strikingly converted Convento de São Francisco. While the gallery’s permanent collection of 19th- and…
6. Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado
0.36 MILES
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0.36 MILES
The plain facade of 16th-century Jesuit Igreja de São Roque belies its dazzling interior of gold, marble and Florentine azulejos – bankrolled by Brazilian…
0.38 MILES
Most folks walk right past one of Lisbon's only surviving public laundromats – there's no sign other than 'CML' inscripted across the doorframe – and this…