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3-Day Lisbon Itinerary: Best Things to Do

Lisbon, Portugal's sun-drenched capital, tumbles across seven hills above the shimmering Tagus estuary, where centuries of maritime history meet a thriving contemporary arts scene. From the soulful fado echoing through cobblestoned Alfama to the Manueline splendour of Belém and the boutique cool of Chiado, the city rewards every curiosity with world-class museums, legendary pastries, and some of Europe's most dazzling viewpoints.

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1Alfama, Mouraria & the Historic Hilltop
  1. 🍽️
    Dear Breakfast – Alfama 🍴 Food
    8:30 AM – 9:20 AM
    📍 Alfama, Lisbon
    50m
    A beloved all-day breakfast café on Largo de Santo António da Sé serving eggs, avocado toast, and freshly brewed coffee with terrace seating beside the cathedral.
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  2. 🚶
    9:25 AM – 9:30 AM· Walk to next stop ·0.1 mi ·5m
  3. 📍
    Sé de Lisboa (Lisbon Cathedral) ⛪ Religious site
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
    📍 Alfama, Lisbon
    1h
    Lisbon's oldest church, a fortress-like Romanesque cathedral founded in 1147, with a stunning Gothic cloister and Roman ruins beneath its nave.
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  4. 🚶
    10:35 AM – 10:40 AM· Walk to next stop ·0.2 mi ·5m
  5. 📍
    Castelo de São Jorge 🏛️ Landmark
    10:40 AM – 12:10 PM
    📍 Castelo, Lisbon
    1h 30m
    The Moorish hilltop castle dominating Lisbon's skyline offers rampart walks, archaeological excavations, and panoramic 360° views over the city and the Tagus.
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  6. 🚶
    12:15 PM – 12:20 PM· Walk to next stop ·0.2 mi ·5m
  7. 🍽️
    Cruzes Credo Café 🍴 Food
    12:20 PM – 1:30 PM
    📍 Alfama, Lisbon
    1h 10m
    A laid-back local favourite right beside the cathedral on Rua Cruzes da Sé, serving tostas, burgers, salads, and good wine with street-side tables; open continuously from noon.
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  8. 🚶
    1:34 PM – 1:40 PM· Walk to next stop ·0.3 mi ·6m
  9. 📍
    Museu do Fado 🖼️ Museum
    1:40 PM – 2:55 PM
    📍 Alfama, Lisbon
    1h 15m
    An immersive museum tracing the entire history of fado through instruments, costumes, recordings, and audio-visual displays, set in a converted 19th-century pumping station.
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  10. 🚶
    2:56 PM – 3:05 PM· Walk to next stop ·0.4 mi ·9m
  11. 📍
    Miradouro da Graça 🌄 Viewpoint
    3:05 PM – 3:50 PM
    📍 Graça, Lisbon
    45m
    One of Lisbon's highest and most atmospheric viewpoints, with a wide 160° panorama taking in the castle, Mouraria, and the glittering Tagus estuary in the distance.
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  12. 🚶
    3:48 PM – 3:55 PM· Walk to next stop ·0.3 mi ·7m
  13. 📍
    Mouraria Quarter Walk 🏛️ Landmark
    3:55 PM – 4:55 PM
    📍 Mouraria, Lisbon
    1h
    Wander through Lisbon's oldest and most multicultural neighbourhood, where Moorish lanes, street art, spice shops, and fado birthplace history converge.
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  14. 🚗
    4:59 PM – 5:05 PM· Travel to next stop ·1.3 mi ·6m
  15. 📍
    Museu Nacional do Azulejo 🖼️ Museum
    5:05 PM – 6:35 PM
    📍 Beato, Lisbon
    1h 30m
    Inside a breathtaking 16th-century convent, this unique museum traces five centuries of Portuguese decorative tile art, including a rare 23-metre panorama of pre-earthquake Lisbon.
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  16. 🚗
    7:21 PM – 7:30 PM· Travel to next stop ·1.8 mi ·9m
  17. 🍽️
    A Tasca do Chico 🍴 Food
    7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    📍 Bairro Alto, Lisbon
    2h
    An intimate Bairro Alto tavern open nightly from 19:00, beloved for its petiscos and spontaneous fado vadio sessions where amateur and professional singers take turns at the microphone.
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2Baixa, Chiado & Bairro Alto
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    Café A Brasileira 🍴 Food
    8:30 AM – 9:20 AM
    📍 Chiado, Lisbon
    50m
    Lisbon's most iconic café, open since 1905 in Chiado, serves a classic galão or bica alongside pastries beneath gilded Belle Époque interiors, with the bronze Pessoa statue outside.
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  2. 🚶
    9:25 AM – 9:30 AM· Walk to next stop ·0.2 mi ·5m
  3. 📍
    Igreja de São Roque ⛪ Religious site
    9:30 AM – 10:20 AM
    📍 Bairro Alto, Lisbon
    50m
    One of Europe's earliest Jesuit churches, open daily from 09:30, its plain façade concealing a dazzling Baroque interior crowned by the gilded Chapel of St. John the Baptist, built in Rome and shipped to Lisbon.
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  4. 🚶
    10:17 AM – 10:25 AM· Walk to next stop ·0.4 mi ·8m
  5. 📍
    Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado (MNAC) 🖼️ Museum
    10:25 AM – 11:55 AM
    📍 Chiado, Lisbon
    1h 30m
    Portugal's premier contemporary art museum in Chiado houses a superb collection of 19th- and 20th-century Portuguese painting and sculpture in a beautifully converted 13th-century convent.
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    12:00 PM – 12:05 PM· Walk to next stop ·0.2 mi ·5m
  7. 🍽️
    Taberna da Rua das Flores 🍴 Food
    12:05 PM – 1:20 PM
    📍 Chiado, Lisbon
    1h 15m
    A celebrated no-reservations petiscos bar open from noon Monday–Saturday, with a daily blackboard menu of seasonal Portuguese small plates, marble tables, and excellent wine.
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  8. 🚶
    1:19 PM – 1:25 PM· Walk to next stop ·0.3 mi ·6m
  9. 📍
    Miradouro de Santa Catarina (Adamastor) 🌄 Viewpoint
    1:25 PM – 2:05 PM
    📍 Bica, Lisbon
    40m
    A lively clifftop terrace above the river, open daily from early morning, anchored by the mythical Adamastor statue and beloved for its sweeping sunset views over the 25 de Abril Bridge.
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    1:52 PM – 2:10 PM· Walk to next stop ·0.8 mi ·18m
  11. 📍
    Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (MNAA) 🖼️ Museum
    2:10 PM – 3:40 PM
    📍 Santos, Lisbon
    1h 30m
    Portugal's largest art museum, open Tuesday–Sunday from 10:00, holds the country's finest collection including Hieronymus Bosch's The Temptation of St. Anthony and Nuno Gonçalves's St. Vincent Panels.
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    3:55 PM – 4:00 PM· Travel to next stop ·1.0 mi ·5m
  13. 📍
    Príncipe Real Antiques Market 🛍️ Shopping
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    📍 Príncipe Real, Lisbon
    1h
    The Saturday antiques and design market in leafy Praça do Príncipe Real draws collectors and browsers hunting ceramics, jewellery, books, and vintage Portuguese curiosities.
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    4:53 PM – 5:05 PM· Walk to next stop ·0.6 mi ·12m
  15. 📍
    Elevador de Santa Justa 🏛️ Landmark
    5:05 PM – 5:50 PM
    📍 Baixa, Lisbon
    45m
    This ornate 19th-century iron lift whisks visitors 45 metres from Baixa up to Largo do Carmo, open daily into the evening, offering bird's-eye views of the terracotta rooftops and castle beyond.
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    7:21 PM – 7:30 PM· Walk to next stop ·0.4 mi ·9m
  17. 🍽️
    Solar dos Presuntos – Dinner 🍴 Food
    7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    📍 Restauradores, Lisbon
    2h
    Monday–Saturday dinner service from 18:30 at this beloved three-floor Portuguese restaurant on Rua das Portas de Santo Antão, renowned for bacalhau, slow-braised meats, and wine from the Minho and Douro regions.
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3Belém, LX Factory & the Waterfront
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    Pastéis de Belém 🍴 Food
    8:00 AM – 8:45 AM
    📍 Belém, Lisbon
    45m
    The original 1837 home of the pastel de nata, open daily from 08:00, where the secret-recipe custard tarts fresh from the wood-burning oven are dusted with cinnamon and icing sugar.
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    8:45 AM – 8:50 AM· Walk to next stop ·0.2 mi ·5m
  3. 📍
    Mosteiro dos Jerónimos ⛪ Religious site
    8:50 AM – 10:20 AM
    📍 Belém, Lisbon
    1h 30m
    A UNESCO World Heritage Manueline masterpiece from 1502 celebrating Portugal's Age of Discovery, with an extraordinary two-storey double cloister open Tuesday–Sunday from 10:00.
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    10:25 AM – 10:30 AM· Walk to next stop ·0.1 mi ·5m
  5. 📍
    Jardim Botânico Tropical 🌳 Park
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    📍 Belém, Lisbon
    1h
    A serene 7-hectare botanical garden beside the monastery, open daily from 10:00, home to towering palms, dragon trees, peacocks, and an ornamental Macau-style garden dating to 1906.
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  6. 🚶
    11:22 AM – 11:40 AM· Walk to next stop ·0.8 mi ·18m
  7. 📍
    Torre de Belém 🏛️ Landmark
    11:40 AM – 12:55 PM
    📍 Belém, Lisbon
    1h 15m
    This iconic early-16th-century Manueline tower rising from the Tagus is open Tuesday–Sunday from 10:00 and offers rooftop views back toward the city and across the river.
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    12:45 PM – 12:55 PM· Travel to next stop ·2.0 mi ·10m
  9. 🍽️
    Solar dos Nunes 🍴 Food
    12:55 PM – 2:25 PM
    📍 Alcântara, Lisbon
    1h 30m
    A warmly decorated family-run restaurant on Rua dos Lusíadas in adjacent Alcântara, open Monday–Saturday from noon, celebrated for generous portions of traditional Alentejo and Minho cooking and a deep wine cellar.
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    2:16 PM – 2:35 PM· Walk to next stop ·0.9 mi ·19m
  11. 📍
    MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology 🖼️ Museum
    2:35 PM – 4:05 PM
    📍 Belém, Lisbon
    1h 30m
    A striking riverside museum in a wave-shaped tiled building, open Monday and Wednesday–Sunday from 11:00, with contemporary art, architecture, and technology exhibitions alongside a rooftop walk.
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    4:07 PM – 4:20 PM· Walk to next stop ·0.6 mi ·13m
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    Padrão dos Descobrimentos 🏛️ Landmark
    4:20 PM – 5:20 PM
    📍 Belém, Lisbon
    1h
    The soaring 52-metre Monument to the Discoveries on the Tagus waterfront, open daily from 10:00, commemorates Portugal's navigators with an observatory deck and a 50-square-metre compass rose.
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  14. 🚗
    5:23 PM – 5:30 PM· Travel to next stop ·1.4 mi ·7m
  15. 📍
    LX Factory 🛍️ Shopping
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    📍 Alcântara, Lisbon
    1h 30m
    A converted 19th-century industrial complex in Alcântara open daily into the evening, packed with independent designers, bookshops, studios, and restaurants beneath iron-framed ceilings.
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    7:25 PM – 7:30 PM· Travel to next stop ·1.0 mi ·5m
  17. 🍽️
    Restaurante O Frade 🍴 Food
    7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    📍 Belém, Lisbon
    2h
    A Michelin Bib Gourmand counter-style restaurant on Calçada da Ajuda, open nightly from 19:00, specialising in Alentejo tavern cooking — think razor clams in garlic and wine, and duck rice.
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🏨 Where to stay

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Cais do Sodré
Design-led budget hostel with private rooms and lively social spaces steps from the ferry terminals and Time Out Market.
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Internacional Design Hotel★★★★
Rossio
Boutique 4-star on Rossio Square where bold, themed room concepts and a rooftop terrace sit at the heart of Baixa.
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Memmo Alfama Design Hotels★★★★
Alfama
Stylish adults-only hideaway terraced into the Alfama hillside with a pool and sweeping rooftop views over the city and river.
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Bairro Alto Hotel★★★★★
Chiado
Lisbon's benchmark luxury boutique hotel in an 18th-century palace on Praça Luís de Camões, with Michelin-starred dining and impeccable service.
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