20 best viewpoints in Lisbon – part 2

The city of the seven hills has a huge number of viewpoints as would be expected by this denomination. Some of these are free others are paid. Some are easier to get than others. You may prefer the views in some and in others not so much. Some are more touristy and crowded than others. This is why I’m listing some of these Lisbon viewpoints so that you can pick the ones that are more interesting to you when visiting Lisbon!

In the last post, I showed you some of the most beautiful viewpoints in Lisbon. In this blog post, I will show you some other viewpoints with amazing views! Below you can find the rest 10 of the 20 best viewpoints in Lisbon. Here you can see the other 10 viewpoints of the 20.

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São Pedro de Alcântara

The São Pedro de Alcântara viewpoint is located between Bairro Alto e Príncipe Real. This is one of the biggest view decks in the city, which means that it usually won’t feel too crowded. Sometimes you can also find here some artists selling their paintings, usually related to the city and its iconic monuments.

The view from this viewpoint is incredible because of the number of things that you can identify. You are right above Rossio square and will have an amazing view of Baixa, the river and Castle hill. Besides that, you can also follow the trees of Avenida da Liberdade, identify the Marquês de Pombal roundabout and Parque Eduardo Sétimo as well as all many well-known buildings around the city.

To get here, you can take a walk from Rossio, and climb the stairs of Calçada do Duque, near the beautiful Rossio Train Station. If you don’t feel like climbing stairs, you can also hop on the Elevador da Glória that will get you from Avenida da Liberdade, through the super steep Calçada da Glória with its open-air street art gallery and to the viewpoint.

Santa Catarina

You can get some nice views from here to the Ponte 25 de Abril, iconic in Lisbon.

This is the Adamastor sculpture that gives the nickname to the viewpoint.

This viewpoint, usually known as Adamastor because of a sculpture of the historic monster that you can find in the place, is located in Alto de Santa Catarina. It is more frequented during the sunset and usually by the younger population. Here you can usually find people enjoying the views, the music and the company of each other.

To get here, you can walk through Camões Square, Rua Horta Seca, cross Rua da Bica and maybe even see the iconic Elevador da Bica, and then walking further left, you will find the viewpoint. You can also hop on the Tram 28 in Chiado and go to Sta. Catarina stop.

Amoreiras

This viewpoint is probably one of the highest points if not the highest in the city. It is located on the top of the Amoreiras building and to get there you will need to pay 5€. You can find more information and buy your tickets here. From time to time, you can also go up for free, on special occasions such as the anniversary of the shopping (26 of September). However, on those occasions, you will probably need to wait in line and share the view with a bigger number of people. On the other hand, you can also enjoy unusual activities such as Rappel down the building.

Because of the high point where the viewpoint is located, you can experience a beautiful 360º view of the city. Baixa and the Castle hills are further away from this viewpoint than from the previous ones. However, you can see many other places. My favourites are the Aqueduto das Águas Livres and Monsanto Forest.

You can get here from Marquês de Pombal, walking up Avenida Engenheiro Duarte Pacheco, or taking several buses that depart from the roundabout (probably all of the ones that depart from
Mq. Pombal – R. Joaquim A. Aguiar stop). It is also not too far from Rato. From here you just need to follow Rua das Amoreiras or catch buses 774, 758 or the new Tram 24.

View from Amoreiras rooftop to the Tagus river.

View from Amoreiras rooftop to 25 de Abril bridge.

Monsanto

Monsanto is a bit further away from Lisbon than the rest of the viewpoints. However (and because of this) you can see the entire city from there. Besides that, you can also see the big Monsanto forest that will frame the city. This is also a good place if you are interested in watching the planes depart and land (and maybe count the time between them).

Besides the incredible view, this viewpoint is also a quite trendy place, it used to be a fancy restaurant that is now abandoned and full of cool street art and beautiful details such as the spiral staircase or the bright coloured windows.

View from Monsanto forest to the Águas Livres Aqueduct.

To get here the easiest way is probably by car since this is located around 5km from Marquês de Pombal (even less from the previous viewpoint). However, if you don’t have a car you can also get there by public transportation, even though it is a bit less convenient, since you will have to take a walk up there. From Marquês do Pombal, you can hop on the 702 bus which will get you to Serafina – R. Igreja (it is the last stop, so you won’t miss it). From there, however, you will need to walk around 2km to get to the viewpoint.

Park Eduardo VII

If you are not interested in taking almost 1 hour to get to a viewpoint, you can go to the top of Park Eduardo VII (or even to the Amália Rodrigues Garden, especially if there is a big Portuguese flag on the highest point of the park) and appreciate the view to the park itself, the Marquês de Pombal statue and the river.

This viewpoint is much more central and not too far from Amoreiras Shopping Centre and Gulbenkian Garden.

There are also several events occurring in the park depending on the time of the year. During the beginning of the summer, you can also buy some books in the garden with great discounts in the biggest book market in the country. In my opinion, this is a nice experience if you are there around this time and if you like to read, street food or just enjoy the experience itself and the crowds “fighting” for the best-priced books. During the Christmas season, you can also find here a Christmas market with an “ice” skating ring, food, crafts, and lights,…

Parque Eduardo VII view to Marquês de Pombal.

Pantheon

This viewpoint is also paid for, but you don’t pay only for the viewpoint itself but also to visit the National Pantheon, an incredible building where extremely influential personalities of Portuguese History remain. The building itself is quite pretty, having beautiful pastel pink marble on the walls and floor with some darker details. You can however climb to the terrace of the building from where you can have a cool view of the river, and the surrounding area. This view is even cooler when there is a flea market on the bottom, the famous Feira da Ladra, as a result, I would advise you to go on a Tuesday or Saturday so that you can both experience the market, the viewpoint and the market from the viewpoint, 3 in 1.

You can buy your tickets there and they will cost you 4€ (as of 2022, you can check the latest prices here). To get to this place you can use the metro blue line to get to Santa Apolónia and from there you just need to walk for a little, through Calçada do Forte and Calçada da Cascão.

Panthon building. You can’t climb to the top but only until you reach the bigger balcony below the arches bellow the cupula.

Vie from the bottow of the Panthon to the surrounding area.

view from the topof the Pantheon to Feira da Ladra (the famous Lisbon flea market)

Lx Factory

Lx Factory is a quite trendy place located in Alcantara, quite close to Ponte 25 de Abril. There you can explore cute restaurants, art shops, enjoy some street art and climb to the top of one of the buildings and have an amazing view of the Tagus river and Ponte 25 de Abril.

The Lx Factory’s viewpoint is located on the restaurant/bar Rio Marvila, on the last floor of the biggest building of the complex. To get there you should enter through the last door of the building (nearest to the colourful human sculpture on the top of the building, to where you want to get), then you should take the lift (if it is working…) or the stairs to the last floor. There you will find the restaurant and, after climbing a few more steps to the rooftop, you will get to the viewpoint and will be able to explore the beautiful view.

View from LX Factory to the 25 de Abril bridge and Tagus river (you can also see village underground bellow)

To get to Lx Factory, from Cais do Sodré you can either take a tram (a modern one though, not the post card ones), to reach Calvário, from there you walk Rua 1º de Maio and turn in Rua Rodrigues de Faria. You can also take the train until Alcântara Mar and walk Rua de Cascais, Rua Fradesso da Silveira, on the left, and then also turn to Rua Rodrigues de Faria.

You can spend quite a bit of time exploring everything the Lx Factory has to offer but if you want also to visit another cool place near it you can visit Village Underground in Avenida da India. This is a group of repurposed shipping containers that were turned into a very cool co-working space.

~~View from LC factory to the bar rooftop.~~ Unfortunately this rooftop is as of 2024, closed.

Chiado

One of the most well-known places to visit (and tourist traps I would say) in Lisbon is Elevador de Santa Justa. This elevator was built between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. This is located in Baixa-Chiado and is a prominent structure when you are exploring the streets of Baixa-Chiado. The thing is… you only need to pay if you really really want to go to the top and in my opinion, it is not really needed… I’m saying this because when you get to the beautiful Largo do Chiado, if you keep walking on the right side of the Convento do Carmo you will find some stairs that will get you to a restaurant… These stairs also get you to the lower platform of Elevador de Santa Justa and have a similar view to the one you can get on the top of it, for free.

To get to Largo do Carmo you can take the metro to Baixa-Chiado and leave for Largo Camões, from there you just need to walk a little bit through Rua Nova da Trindade, Travessa da Trindade e Travessa do Carmo.

Near this viewpoint, you can visit the incredible ruins of Convento do Carmo which was the main gothic church of the city before being destroyed in the 1755 earthquake. In Portuguese, there is also an expression about this event “Cai [fall] o Carmo e a Trindade” because Carmo e Trindade were two of the main convents in the city and both were destroyed in the earthquake. In the past, this expression meant panic and horror but now it evolved to surprise or confusion.

Pretty and colourful houses in Rossio seen from Chiado.

Seagul in front of the landscape in Chiado

Rossio square seen from Chiado viewpoint.

Arco da Rua Augusta

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One of the most iconic places in the city is the Arco da Rua Augusta, this is a symbol of the city that was built after the 1755 earthquake that destroyed the surrounding of this location. It represents the strength and the conquests of the Portuguese people. The statues on the top, near which you can walk if you climb up, represent important figures of the time such as Marquês de Pombal who instructed the reconstruction of the city after the earthquake, Vasco da Gama and Pedro Álvares Cabral who are important figures of the Portuguese discoveries (the first one found the way to India from Portugal by sea and the second “found” Brazil).

To get up you need to pay 3€ for your ticket (unless you have bought a LISBOA Card, which can be done here). When you are up there you have a privileged view of Rua Augusta and its busy atmosphere as well as Praça do Comércio and the river Tagus.

Rua Augusta seen from the top of Rua Augusta Arch.

Sunset of the Ponte 25 de Abril seen from the top of Rua Augusta Arch.

Since this viewpoint is located in one of the most famous streets in Lisbon you have plenty of things to do near it, exploring Baixa-Chiado, Rossio and Alfama, walking near the river until Cais do Sodré… This is also one of the busiest streets in the city and you can, if you wish go shopping or maybe try some Pastéis de Nata (even though the next viewpoint is located quite near the original Pastéis de Belém shop).

Padrão dos Descobrimentos

Lastly, we head to the beautiful Belém to climb to Padrão dos Descobrimentos. This is a monument to the Portuguese discoveries and is located one garden away from Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, another 500 years-old amazing landmarks of the city with its beautiful Manueline architecture (also known as Portuguese late Gothic architecture).

Padrão dos Descobrimentos was built in the 20th-century and reconstructed by the 500th anniversary of Infante D. Henrique (one of the most important figures of the discoveries, particularly of their beginning). This figure can be seen in one of the sculptures on the monument