Church of São Francisco
Guide
Photo: João Carvalho · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$18ChurchAllow 30–60 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A plain Gothic church outside whose inside is almost entirely covered in gilded carved wood, with bone-filled catacombs beneath.
A brief history
Most of the gilded carving was added in the late 1600s and 1700s, much of the gold from Brazil; it's no longer used for services and is run as a museum.
Tips
- Best time
- Any time; no photos inside the church usually
- Cost
- About €10 (check)
- Allow
- 30–60 min
- Hours
- Usually daily 9:00–19:00, until 17:30 in winter (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Ribeira and the Sé: The old town falling steeply from the cathedral to the river: the postcard views, and the most tourists.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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