Original Lisboa

Belém


As its name suggests, this is the place to find original gifts by young Portuguese designers. Playful ceramic jewellery in candy-bright colours, bags emblazoned with Lisbon trams, cork creations, azulejo coasters, paintings and fashion – it’s all at this one-stop shop.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Belém attractions

1. Jardim Botânico Tropical

0.07 MILES

Far from the madding crowd, these botanical gardens bristle with hundreds of species, from date palms to monkey-puzzle trees. Spread across 7 hectares, it…

2. Museu da Presidência da República

0.09 MILES

Portugal's small presidential museum is worth a look for its fascinating state gifts exhibit – note the outrageous 1957 offering from Brazil's Juscelino…

3. Palácio de Belém

0.13 MILES

The salmon-slabbed 16th-century Belém Palace is Portugal's official presidential residence and office (though the country's previous president, Cavaco…

4. Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

0.14 MILES

Belém’s undisputed heart-stealer is this Unesco-listed monastery. The mosteiro is the stuff of pure fantasy: a fusion of Diogo de Boitaca’s creative…

5. Museu Nacional de Arqueologia

0.2 MILES

Housed in the western wing of Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, the intriguing stash here contains mesolithic flint stones, Egyptian mummies inside elaborately…

6. Antigo Picadeiro Real

0.23 MILES

Lisbon's original coach museum is now home to just seven of these majestic 18th-century four-wheeled works of art, but it's worth also visiting the…

7. Museu Nacional dos Coches

0.23 MILES

Cinderella wannabes delight in Portugal's most visited museum, which dazzles with its world-class collection of 70 17th- to 19th-century coaches in an…

8. Museu de Marinha

0.28 MILES

The Museu de Marinha is a nautical flashback to the Age of Discoveries, with its armadas of model ships, cannonballs and shipwreck booty. Dig for buried…