Belém

A busy busy day for us. We had an early start and made our way to Belém to see the sights on the other side of Lisbon. We started with a quick stop at Pasteis de Belém to try their natas. Sadly, despite the hype, they were nowhere near as good as the ones we had the day before.
We then got in the line for Jeronimos Monastery. After 30 minutes we got in and got to see the gorgeous architecture.
Once we finished touring the monastery we ventured across the street to Padrão dos Descobrimentos. We went up the elevator and could see all of Belém - including the very long line for the monastery we thankfully missed.
After Padrão we visited Belém Tower. We then had a quick (but delicious) lunch, visited the National Coach museum, and then hopped on a bus to the Tile Museum.
The Tile Museum was beautiful and we learned about the tile history of Portugal.
To finish off the day we bussed back to the Rossio Square area, got a 6 pack of the best natas, a bifana (another Portugese delicacy) and finally to the Airbnb for an early night before Sintra the next day.Leggi altro