Machado de Castro National Museum
Guide
Photo: Natalia Postawa from Poznań, Poland · CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$11MuseumAllow 1–1.5 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Sculpture and religious art in the old bishop's palace, with a rooftop view over the town; underneath, a maze of vaulted Roman galleries that once held up the forum.
A brief history
The Roman town of Aeminium stood on this hilltop, and the galleries below the museum are the best-kept part of it.
Tips
- Best time
- A rainy morning
- Cost
- About €6 (check)
- Allow
- 1–1.5 h
- Free days
- Free on Sundays and holidays only for residents of Portugal (check)
- Hours
- Usually 10:00–18:00, closed Mondays (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Alta, the university hill: The old town climbing to the university, with the cathedral, student bars, gardens and Praça da República on the far side.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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