Alcântara

Worth seeing in and around Alcântara

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Belém Tower

   Fortified tower located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal

   4 km · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Jerónimos Monastery

   Building in Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon District, Portugal

   3 km · Wikipedia
3. 03
   25 de Abril Bridge

   Suspension bridge in Portugal

   1 km · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Padrão dos Descobrimentos

   Memorial in Lisbon, Portugal

   3.1 km · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Praça do Comércio

   Square in Lisbon, Portugal

   3.1 km · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Lisbon Cathedral

   Roman Catholic Cathedral located in Lisbon, Portugal

   3.5 km · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Castle of Saint George

   Moorish castle in Lisbon, Portugal

   3.6 km · Wikipedia
8. 08
   National Museum of Ancient Art

   Museum in Lisboa, Portugal

   1.1 km · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Santa Justa Lift

   Cultural heritage monument in Lisboa, Portugal

   3.1 km · Wikipedia
10. 10
    NOVA University Lisbon

    University in Portugal

    3.8 km · Wikipedia

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Getting to Alcântara

Airports

Lisbon Humberto Delgado (LIS), 9 km · Faro - Gago Coutinho (FAO), 215 km · Francisco de Sá Carneiro (OPO), 286 km

Stations

Rossio railway station, 3 km · Marquês de Pombal station, 3.2 km · Cais do Sodré railway station, 2.4 km · Baixa-Chiado station, 2.9 km · Parque, 3.7 km

• Faro → Alcântara

  217 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · €28–39
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• Porto → Alcântara

  276 km · quickest by air, 4h 18m · €100–150
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• Seville → Alcântara

  314 km · quickest by road, 6h 13m · €46–65
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No local-transport research exists yet for Alcântara

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Alcântara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Alcântara – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.