Location: Chiado & Carmo
Top Things to do in Chiado & Carmo
What to do and see in Chiado & Carmo, Central Portugal: The Best Sights & Landmarks
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. Hommage a Pessoa
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
2. Estacao Metro Baixa-Chiado
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
3. Casa Do Ferreira Das Tabuletas
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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Rossio is the old central station in Lisbon, though it's now superseded.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!
7. 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.
8. Convento Do Carmo
9. Elevador da Gloria
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4.0 based on 1,198 reviews
Funicular railway that leadss to the São Pedro de Alcântara Miradouro overlook above Lisbon.
Reviewed By permia
It captures the essence of Lisbon - hilly perspectives, funiculars, urban art. We hopped on at Barrio Alto and given its frequency didn't have long to wait for the grand descent. Passing by the colourful street art creations and meeting ascending multi-decorated versions was lovely. Arriving at Baixa we alighted, waited a few minutes then hopped back on and returned back up the hill.
10. Escultura de Fernando Pessoa
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4.0 based on 354 reviews
Reviewed By Margo7850p
The statue of Fernando Pessoa is situated right in front of the Cafe A Brasileira, on Rua Garrett. Its author is the sculptor from Lisbon Antonio Augusto Lagoa Henriques. We see an eminent writer sitting at a table in Brasileir's cafe, in his second home, where he usually wrote.Rua Garrett was once the intellectual landmark of the city, now concentrating many shops, old bookstores and important cafes. Fernando Pessoa is without a doubt one of the greatest Portuguese names. Here you can take pictures with the statue as well as enjoy a coffee in one of the symbols of Lisbon.
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