Local’s guide to Belém, Lisbon: Best things to do with a half-day or more

The Discoveries Monument or Padrão de Descobrimentos in Belém, Lisbon

Belém is a must-visit riverfront neighborhood rich in monuments, museums, and manicured parklands. It was from these shores, where the Tagus River kisses the Atlantic Ocean, that many ships including explorer Vasco da Gama’s fleet in 1497, left to map the world during Portugal’s powerful Age of Discoveries.  History is just one reason why this […]

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