Location: Chiado & Carmo
Top Things to do in Chiado & Carmo
The 10 Best Things to do in Chiado & Carmo, Central Portugal
The museums of Lisbon celebrate the rich history and culture of this Portuguese capital city. The Maritime Museum is perfect for kids (and grown-ups!) who adore all things nautical, while the Casa-Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves is a hidden gem of colorful artwork. To fully appreciate the city’s dramatic stone architecture you can take a guided walking tour, or customize your own tour, making sure to visit the Padrao dos Descobrimentos, the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, and the UNESCO World Heritage site the Torre de Belem.
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1. Museu da Filigrana
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5.0 based on 37 reviews
Free Entrance - The Filigree Museum, located at Largo de São Carlos, in Lisbon, presents the ancestral art of filigree manufacture in Portugal. It is the first Portuguese museum exclusively dedicated to filigree.
Reviewed By jazzfizzcat
A fantastic little museum dedicated to the art of filigree jewellery making in the heart of Lisbon. They take you through the history and from time to time have live demonstrations as well.
2. Chiado
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4.5 based on 7,954 reviews
This is the fashionable shopping district in Lisbon.
Reviewed By thenugents - Upton St Leonards, United Kingdom
We were visiting Lisbon for 5 days and rented a beautiful apartment here just round the corner from Rua Garrett. Chiado is a great shopping area as it has many quality shops and lots of lovely restaurants.
3. Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos
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4.5 based on 80 reviews
The major venue where opera productions are staged during the September to June season, as well as classical concerts year round.
Reviewed By LuizDutraNeto - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
On June 30th, 1793, Queen Maria I herself inaugurated this magnificent Opera House, as the previous one had been totally destroyed by the terrible earthquake of 1755. "Teatro Nacional de São Carlos" has been, since then, one of the most important and active Opera Houses in the whole world. Located at the heart of Lisbon's historical "Chiado" quarter, the theater can accommodate around 1,200 spectators in its luxuriously decorated interior. It is really extremely beautiful and has awesome painted ceilings. While in Lisbon, check its busy programme of operas and concerts. Mybe Verdi's "La Forza del Destino" or Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda" are being performed at this prestigious Opera House. Enjoy!
4. Igreja de Sao Roque
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4.5 based on 2,078 reviews
Reviewed By eddg2019
Taken together, the Church and Museum of Saint Roque are among Lisbon’s most important artistic, cultural, and historic repositories. In addition to the main altar, the church is noteworthy for its side chapels, particularly that of St. John the Baptist with its central mosaic panel that looks like a painting on canvas, the gilt wood Chapel of Our Lady of Doctrine, and the tile work of the Chapel of São Roque. The painted ceiling is the only one extent from the Mannerist period. The adjoining museum houses one of the most important collections of sacred art, which includes paintings, sculpture, metalwork, reliquaries, altar frontals, and the treasure of the Chapel of Saint John the Baptist.
5. Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporanea
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
6. Lisbon Tram & Funicular Network
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4.5 based on 2,620 reviews
Reviewed By Mairwen1
We used the trams a couple of times, once to go to Belem and also to do the famous #28 route that winds its way through the narrow streets of Lisbon up through the Alfama area. The best thing we did was to buy the 24 hour pass for €6.40 (+€0.50 for the card). It worked very well for us because we bought the pass for our trip to Belem one day, then the next morning, because we were still within the 24 hour period, we used it for the #28 tram trip too. Couldn't have been easier. The pass can be used on the metro, buses, trams and the funiculars. We were surprised when we realised that it also includes the Santa Justa elevator. You could easily not realise this and the elevator on its own is €5. The only inconvenient thing about the pass is that you need to be buy it at a metro station and you can’t buy it at the trams.
7. Carmo Archaeological Museum
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4.5 based on 2,806 reviews
The Carmo Archaeological Museum is situated in the ruins of the old Church of Santa Maria do Carmo, founded in 1389 by D. Nuno Alvares Pereira. This church was known as one of the most beautiful Gothic temples in Lisbon until the earthquake of 1755, which caused serious damage to the building and destroyed almost all of its religious-artistic contents. Its re-construction began in an experimental Gothic style in 1756 and stopped in 1834, when the religious orders were abolished in Portugal. In 1863, royal architect, Joaquim Possidonio da Silva, founded the Portuguese Civil Architects Association. About one year later, in 1864, the Carmo Archaeological Museum was installed there for the storage and display of important sculptures from old ruined buildings. Curing the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. the museum houses a collection which dates from Pre-History to the present day and shows the way people have thought and felt in different areas of culture throughout the ages.
Reviewed By 958LauraH - El Dorado Hills, United States
This ancient gothic church is roofless, and open to the sky. It is however, quite beautiful. We visited on a sunny day which was perfect for photos. There is also a small but interesting museum attached to it.
8. Rossio Train Station
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4.5 based on 2,020 reviews
Reviewed By macedonboy - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Rossio is the old central station in Lisbon, though it's now superseded. The station is right on Rossio Square in central Lisbon and main station used for getting to Sintra. The main attraction of this station is the pretty Neo-Manueline and Romantic façade that faces the the northwest side of the square. Apart from the usual intricate, organic carvings with marine motifs typical of Manueline, the entrance has an interesting double entrance of two intertwined horseshoe almost Neo-Mudejar like. Pretty to look at and worth stopping for a look before entering the station. The station has regular trains to Sintra, although at busy times, the trains are standing room only. There are a a few trains per day and the tickets let you take any one anyway!
9. Largo do Carmo
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4.5 based on 322 reviews
Reviewed By RGSOUNDF - Mercerville, United States
Largo do Carmo is a very interesting place, mostly by its various nearby attractions, such as one of the must-to stops on your Lisbon itinerary, the Convento do Carmo, an imposing building that partially survived the 1775 earthquake, also housing Carmo Archaeological Museum, or the Elevador de Santa Justa, right around the corner, via the small passageway of Travessa Dom Pedro de Menezes, the best way to beat the crowds (of its downtown entrance), or the headquarters of the National Guard (GNR General Command), an iconic landmark in Portugal's Carnation Revolution, where on April 25, 1974 the last Portugal's dictator Caetano officially ceded power to the rebels. A National Guard Museum (Museu da Guarda Nacional Republicana) is located in the same building. The square itself, formed by a convergence of about 4 or 5 streets, with its calming greenery, an XVIIIth century fountain (Chafariz do Carmo), and a Quiosque Lisboa, a round-shaped kiosk offering hot beverages, wine, snacks and light meals, with sitting-down area complete with chairs, tables, and umbrellas against the elements, makes the location one of the coziest in the city.
10. Museum of National Republican Guard
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4.5 based on 99 reviews
Reviewed By Matthew303 - Geneva, Switzerland
The National Republican Guard (GNR) is effectively Portugal's rural police, with some additional specialist functions. This museum at the GNR headquarters gives an insight into the work and history of the GNR as well as the events of modern Portuguese history, such as the "Carnation Revolution" of 25 April 1974 - when the leaders of the pre-1974 dictatorship became trapped within this building and eventually surrendered. Explanatory notices are in both English and Portuguese. Fascinating for anyone interested in policing and/or in modern Portuguese history. Once inside, some stairs need to be climbed to reach the museum but a lift is available on request for wheelchair users.
