Belem's New Carriage Museum

The new building houses around 40 royal vehicles from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. There were coaches, berlins, sedan chairs, children’s coaches and carriages – all of which are decorated in a rich and over the top style. Pretty jaw dropping. The time and work that went into making these vehicles!

There was also a display of miniatures of the carriages. Hi I that it would have been a cool project to make one of these.

Upstairs, we saw the fun tongue in cheek art exhibit showing modern interpretations of all the Kings and Queens of Portugal. The artist also included their nicknames and how they were related. Very clever. We wish that we could remember his name as we loved his artworks. (Gomes? Torres?)

Anyways, as mentioned, we were blown away by the splendour and workmanship of the coaches and were happy that we made the effort to visit this amazing museum.Read more