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Official sources checked Oct 5, 2026

A Saturday on the eastern hills and down to the Baixa, mostly downhill once you are up. It works on a Tuesday too if you swap the Money Museum, closed that day, for more time at the river. The only money you need is for transit and food.

The route, stop by stop

9 am
Miradouro da Senhora do Monte
Ride tram 28E to Graça while it is still empty and walk 7 minutes up. The morning light is behind you here. Graça's terrace is 5 minutes downhill along Rua da Graça.
Always free30–45 min
Details
Free when
Always · open terrace, any hour, every day
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
30–45 min
How to get there
Tram 28E to Graça, then 7 minutes uphill on Rua da Senhora do Monte. Bus 734 stops closer
Worth it? Yes.The best free view in the city, and the one to pick if you only climb one hill. Go before 9:30 or in the last hour of light. At midday you shoot straight into the sun and the tuk-tuks queue along the wall.
Source: Turismo de Lisboa · checked Oct 5, 2026Open in Maps
9:45 am
Miradouro da Graça
Sit on the wall with the castle at eye level. Then walk 10 minutes east and downhill past Voz do Operário to Campo de Santa Clara.
Always free30 min
Details
Free when
Always · open terrace, any hour, every day
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
30 min
How to get there
Tram 28E to Graça, then 3 minutes on foot along Largo da Graça
Worth it? Yes.Lower than Senhora do Monte and five minutes away, so do both. This is the better one late in the day, when the castle walls turn orange and the pines give shade.
Source: Turismo de Lisboa · checked Oct 5, 2026Open in Maps
10:15 am
Feira da Ladra flea market
Work down the slope from the church toward the Pantheon, where the blanket sellers are. Afterwards follow Rua de São Vicente and the tram tracks west for 10 minutes to Portas do Sol.
Always free1h–1h30
Details
Free when
Always · Tuesdays and Saturdays 9:00–18:00
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
1h–1h30
How to get there
Tram 28E to Voz do Operário, then 3 minutes on foot. Metro to Santa Apolónia and 10 minutes uphill
Worth it? Yes.Saturday is bigger, Tuesday is calmer and has more real second-hand sellers. Be there by 10:00, many blanket sellers pack up after lunch. Watch your pockets in the narrow middle lane.
Source: Turismo de Lisboa · checked Oct 5, 2026Open in Maps
11:45 am
Miradouro de Santa Luzia
See the tile panels and the roofs, then take the steps down beside Portas do Sol into Alfama.
Always free20–30 min
Details
Free when
Always · open terrace, any hour, every day
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
20–30 min
How to get there
Tram 28E or 12E to Miradouro de Santa Luzia. On foot it is 10 minutes uphill from the cathedral
Worth it? Yes.Pretty and very crowded from 10:00 to 18:00. Come before 9:00 and you get the pergola to yourself. Walk 50 metres north to Largo das Portas do Sol for a wider view of the same roofs.
Source: Turismo de Lisboa · checked Oct 5, 2026Open in Maps
12:15 pm
Alfama on foot
Zigzag down by Largo de São Miguel and Rua de São João da Praça. Eat a picnic on the steps at Cais das Colunas, 10 minutes west along the river. The Money Museum is two blocks inland from the square.
Always free1h30–2h
Details
Free when
Always · public streets, any hour, every day
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
1h30–2h
How to get there
Tram 28E or 12E to Miradouro de Santa Luzia and walk downhill. From the river, Metro to Santa Apolónia or Terreiro do Paço
Worth it? Yes.Start at the top and walk down, your knees will thank you. Take Beco do Quebra-Costas and Rua de São Miguel rather than the main tram street. People live here, so keep your voice down in the alleys.
Source: Turismo de Lisboa · checked Oct 5, 2026Open in Maps
2:30 pm
Museu do Dinheiro
Allow an hour and do not miss the wall in the basement. Then walk up Rua Garrett through Chiado and Rua da Misericórdia to São Roque, about 12 minutes uphill.
Always free1h–1h30
Details
Free when
Always · Wednesday to Sunday 10:00–18:00. Closed Monday and Tuesday
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
1h–1h30
How to get there
Metro to Baixa-Chiado or Terreiro do Paço, 5 minutes on foot to Largo de São Julião
Worth it? Yes.The best always-free museum in Lisbon and a proper rainy-day answer. You pass a security check with a bag scan at the door. Children get more out of it than out of most paid museums nearby.
Source: Banco de Portugal · checked Oct 5, 2026Open in Maps
4:15 pm
Igreja de São Roque
Go straight to the fourth chapel on the left. The viewpoint is 3 minutes further up the same street.
Always free30 min
Details
Free when
Always · church Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–18:00, Monday 13:00–18:00 (to 19:00 April to September). Visits pause during Mass, Tuesday to Sunday at 12:30
Free for whom
Everyone for the church. The museum next door costs €8, free on Sunday mornings only for residents of Portugal
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
30 min
How to get there
Metro to Baixa-Chiado, then 6 minutes uphill to Largo Trindade Coelho
Worth it? Yes.Ten minutes inside beats many paid sights. The famous chapel is the fourth on the left. Its 'paintings' are mosaics, so step close. Skip the museum unless sacred art is your thing.
Source: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa · checked Oct 5, 2026Open in Maps
5 pm
Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara
Watch the castle and the hills you walked this morning catch the last light. Restauradores metro is 10 minutes down Calçada da Glória.
Always free30 min
Details
Free when
Always · open garden, any hour, every day
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
30 min
How to get there
Metro to Restauradores, then 10 steep minutes up Calçada da Glória. Or Metro Baixa-Chiado and 8 minutes along Rua da Misericórdia
Worth it? Yes.The place to see the castle lit up after dark, since you face it head on. The lower terrace with the busts and clipped hedges is quieter than the upper one.
Source: Turismo de Lisboa · checked Oct 5, 2026Open in Maps

PAID · ONE PER CITY

If you spend on one thing in Lisbon, make it this.

Jerónimos Monastery cloister

The two-storey cloister is the finest Manueline stonework anywhere, every arch carved with ropes, coral and sea creatures, and nothing free in Lisbon comes close. At €18 it is the dearest ticket in Belém, so go at 9:30 opening when the stone is in soft light and the tour groups have not arrived.

Everything above is free. This is the only paid pick on the page, chosen because no free option replaces it.

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