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Lisbon

A photograph of Lisbon
Photograph · Lacobrigo · CC BY-SA 4.0

Lisbon sits on the northern shore of the Tagus, and it is old enough that most of Europe's capitals are younger: a Roman municipium named Felicitas Julia, then Visigothic, then Moorish, taken by Afonso Henriques in 1147 and made the Portuguese capital in 1255. About 658,236 people live inside the administrative limits as of 2025, with some 3,353,000 in the metropolitan area — near enough 28% of Portugal. West of the city that metro area reaches Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of continental Europe.

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Planning a visit

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Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  1. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
    01 2 hours

    Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

    The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum on Avenida de Berna holds one man's collection, kept together as he assembled it.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  2. National Museum of Ancient Art
    02 4 hours

    National Museum of Ancient Art

    The Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga is Portugal's national collection of art made before the twentieth century, and the first thing a visitor planning a trip to Lisbon needs to know about it is that it is shut.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  3. National Azulejo Museum
    03 2 hours

    National Azulejo Museum

    The National Tile Museum is Portugal's museum of the azulejo, the glazed tile that covers the country's churches, palaces, station halls and ordinary stairwells, and it is installed in a building that is itself part of the exhibit: the former…

    • Must see
    • Museum

How the city is laid out

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Set your days, your pace and the hours you actually want to be out. The planner works around closing days and travel time, and leaves room to eat.

Plan Lisbon