If you only have one day to spend in Lisbon, go to Belém. It has so much to see. We spent a whole day there, and barely scratched the surface.
From Praça da Figueira (Square of the Fig Tree), Belém is an easy tram (#15) ride.
1. Jerónimos Monastery. It is so beautiful!!!
2. Jerónimos Monastery.
3. Jerónimos Monastery.
4. Kids learning history in front of navigator Vasco da Gama's tomb inside Jerónimos Monastery.
5. One of the doors to the old confession boxes in Jerónimos Monastery.
6. Two-story cloisters at Jerónimos Monastery.
7. Jerónimos Monastery.
8. Cavaquinho (a small Portuguese string instrument with four wires) Show at Jerónimos Monastery.
9. Cavaquinho Show at Jerónimos Monastery.
10. Cavaquinho Show at Jerónimos Monastery.
11. Built in the early 16th century, Belém Tower was part of a defense system at the mouth of the Tagus River and a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.
12. Belém Tower.
13. Monument to the Discoveries and 25th of April Bridge (the day the Carnation Revolution occurred in 1974) from Belém Tower.
14. Monument to the Discoveries. Built between 1958 and 1960, the monument is not that impressive, but the view up there was amazing.
15. The compass rose and mappa mundi (medieval European map of the world) seen from the top of the Monument to the Discoveries.
16. Jerónimos Monastery seen from the top of the Monument to the Discoveries.
17. View from the top of the Monument to the Discoveries.
18. Two blocks east of Jerónimos Monastery is the National Coach Museum.
19. Lots of fancy coaches inside National Coach Museum.
20. Lots of fancy coaches inside National Coach Museum.
21. Lots of fancy coaches inside National Coach Museum.
(To be continued)
