Belém Tower
Guide
Photo: Rehman Abubakr · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$18SightAllow 40–75 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A small white limestone fort standing in the water's edge of the Tagus, carved with ropes, shields and a stone rhinoceros, with narrow spiral stairs up to a rooftop terrace.
A brief history
Built in the early 1500s to guard the river mouth, it was the last of Lisbon that sailors saw as they left on the long voyages to Africa, India and Brazil.
Tips
- Best time
- First thing in the morning, or just look from outside at sunset
- Cost
- About €10 inside (check); the outside is free
- Allow
- 40–75 min
- Free days
- Free on Sundays and holidays only for residents of Portugal (check)
- Hours
- Usually 10:00–17:30, until 18:30 in summer, closed Mondays (check)
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