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Lufthansa: If you visit Lisbon you have to take a ride on the “Carreira 28”. The more than 100 years old streetcar takes you through small streets of the old town of the capitol. Quite bumpy but an experience!
Scenic Lookout · Centro Histórico · 92 tips and reviews
João Santos: Nice viewing point with a beer garden, ideal for a drink with a wonderful view over Lisbon. Must see for tourists, mandatory occasional visit for locals. Free, except for drinks at the beer garden.
Otel.com: This 10-acre lush garden in Principe Real is a great place to walk around beautiful and exotic plant species. This is also a famous place for plant and other scientific research.
Otel.com: The beautiful Saint George Castle is where you'll get a glimpse of Lisbon's history as well as get amazing views of the city and the Tagus River. Pay close attention to the amazing Ogival House.
Shaun Wilson: Come on Sunday before 2PM to get in for free. Make sure you make it to the roof for an awesome view and view the pipe organ from the third floor choir loft.
Scenic Lookout · Centro Histórico · 240 tips and reviews
Otel.com: The Santa Justa Lift (or Carmo Lift) is another urban lift attraction in Lisbon. Made of cat iron, this connects Baixa and Bairro Alto. You can get amazing views of the Tagus River from here.
Museum · Nossa Senhora de Fátima · 72 tips and reviews
Otel.com: This museum is home to both ancient and modern paintings manuscripts, and jewels. Works by Degas, Durand, Manet, Monet, and Pigalle are included in its impressive collections.
R. das Janelas Verdes (R. Presidente Arriaga), Lisboa, Lisboa
Art Museum · Centro Histórico · 52 tips and reviews
Otel.com: The National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon is where you'll be able to learn about the development and evolution of Portuguese art starting as early as the Middle Ages to the the 19th centur
Esplanada D. Carlos I (Parque das Nações), Lisboa, Lisboa
Aquarium · Parque das Nações · 403 tips and reviews
Melanie Machan: Just wow! This place is amazing - the otters are great fun to watch, the sea dragons beautiful and the sunfish quite possibly the ugliest fish you'll ever see!
Otel.com: Also known as the 25th of April Bridge, this historical structure was renamed as such (its former name was Salazar Bridge) to commemorate the bloodless Carnation Revolution of 1974.
History Museum · Santa Maria de Belém · 43 tips and reviews
Otel.com: This is where you'll find well-preserved historical carriages of Portugese nobility. Don't miss the coach used by King Philip II of Portugal (the one he used to get to Lisbon from Madrid).
Monastery · Santa Maria de Belém · 256 tips and reviews
Your-Lisbon-Guide: Beautiful late 16th century monastery, if you can't get in cloisters have a free look inside church with tall palm like supporting columns. Roof has armillary spheres & cross bosses. Look up!