Areeiro

Worth seeing in and around Areeiro

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
   University of Lisbon

   The University of Lisbon is a public research university in Lisbon, and Portugal's largest university. After its initial foundation as a studium generale in 1290 moved to Coimbra in the 16th century, its first modern iteration was founded in 1911.

   2.5 km · public research university in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Estádio José Alvalade

   The Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, and is the home of Sporting CP. It was built adjacent to the site of the older stadium. The stadium is named after José Alvalade, the founder and first club member of Sporting CP in the early 20th century.

   3.2 km · football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Lisbon Cathedral

   The Cathedral of Saint Mary Major, often called Lisbon Cathedral or simply the Sé, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is the oldest church in the city, built in 1147.

   3.6 km · Roman Catholic Cathedral located in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Praça do Comércio

   The Praça do Comércio, more commonly known in Portuguese as Terreiro do Paço, is a large, harbour-facing plaza in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, and is one of the largest in Portugal, with an area of 175 by 175 m, that is, 30,600 m2. Facing the Tagus river to the south, the square hosted Ribeira Palace, the King of Portugal's residence, until the latter was destroyed by the great 1755 Lisbon earthquake.

   3.8 km · square in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Castle of Saint George

   São Jorge Castle, sometimes known in English as Saint George's Castle, is a historic castle in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, located in the freguesia of Santa Maria Maior. Human occupation of the castle hill dates to at least the 8th century BC while the oldest fortifications on the site date from the 2nd century BC. The hill on which Saint George's Castle stands has played an important part in the history of Lisbon, having served as the location of fortifications occupied successively by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, and Moors, before its conquest by the Portuguese in the 1147 Siege of Lisbon.

   3.1 km · Moorish castle in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia
6. 06
   National Library of Portugal

   The National Library of Portugal is the Portuguese national library.

   1.9 km · Portuguese national library, fulfilling the function of legal deposit and copyright · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Santa Justa Lift

   The Santa Justa Lift, also called Carmo Lift, is an elevator, or lift, in the civil parish of Santa Maria Maior, in the historic center of Lisbon, Portugal. Situated at the end of Rua de Santa Justa, it connects the lower streets of the Baixa with the higher Largo do Carmo.

   3.4 km · cultural heritage monument in Lisboa, Portugal · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

   Lisbon's Calouste Gulbenkian Museum houses one of the world's most important private art collections. It includes works from Ancient Egypt to the early 20th century, spanning the arts of the Islamic World, China and Japan, as well as French decorative arts.

   1.8 km · art museum in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia
9. 09
   NOVA University Lisbon

   NOVA University of Lisbon, or just NOVA, is a Portuguese public university whose rectorate is located in Campolide, Lisbon. Founded in 1973, it is the newest of the public universities in the Portuguese capital city, earning its name as the "New" University of Lisbon.

   2.5 km · university in Portugal · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of Santa Engrácia

    The Church of Santa Engrácia is a 17th-century monument in Lisbon, Portugal. Originally a church, it was converted into the National Pantheon, in which important Portuguese personalities are buried.

    3.1 km · church in Lisbon · Wikipedia

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Getting to Areeiro

Airports

Lisbon Humberto Delgado (LIS), 4 km · Faro - Gago Coutinho (FAO), 217 km · Francisco de Sá Carneiro (OPO), 281 km

Stations

Humberto Delgado Airport, 3.6 km · Rossio railway station, 3.1 km · Santa Apolónia Station, 3.3 km · Baixa-Chiado station, 3.5 km · Marquês de Pombal station, 2.4 km

• Faro → Areeiro

  219 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · €28–39
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• Porto → Areeiro

  271 km · quickest by air, 4h 7m · €90–130
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• Seville → Areeiro

  314 km · quickest by air, 6h 45m · €120–180
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