São Domingos de Benfica
São Domingos de Benfica is a freguesia and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.
São Domingos de Benfica is a freguesia and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, São Domingos de Benfica is east of Benfica, south of Carnide, west of Alvalade, and north of Campolide. The population in 2011 was 33,043,
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Worth seeing in and around São Domingos de Benfica
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.
- 01Estádio da Luz
The Estádio da Luz, officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is owned by association football club Sport Lisboa e Benfica, and hosts the club's home matches.
1.4 km · football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia - 02University 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.
1.7 km · public research university in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia - 03Estádio 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.
2.3 km · football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia - 04National Library of Portugal
The National Library of Portugal is the Portuguese national library.
2.1 km · Portuguese national library, fulfilling the function of legal deposit and copyright · Wikipedia - 05Calouste 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.
1.9 km · art museum in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia - 06NOVA 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.
1.6 km · university in Portugal · Wikipedia - 07São Bento Palace
The São Bento Palace is the seat of the Assembly of the Republic, the parliament of Portugal. It is located in the Estrela district of Lisbon.
3.8 km · building in Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal · Wikipedia - 08Águas Livres Aqueduct
The Águas Livres Aqueduct is a historic aqueduct system in Lisbon, Portugal. It is considered one of the most remarkable examples of 18th-century Portuguese engineering and one of Lisbon's best-known landmarks.
1.9 km · historic aqueduct in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia - 09Lisbon Central Mosque
The Central Mosque of Lisbon is a mosque in Campolide, Lisbon, Portugal, serving the capital city's main mosque. The mosque is the largest mosque in Portugal.
1.6 km · building in Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal · Wikipedia - 10Estrela Basilica
The Estrela Basilica or the Royal Basilica and Convent of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, is a minor basilica and ancient carmelite convent in Lisbon, Portugal. Ordered built by Queen Maria I of Portugal as the fulfilment of a vow, the Basilica is not only a product of the Queen's particularly fervent devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, but remains the most important architectural endeavour of her reign.
3.5 km · church building in Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal · Wikipedia
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Getting to São Domingos de Benfica
- Airports
- Lisbon Humberto Delgado (LIS), 5 km · Faro - Gago Coutinho (FAO), 219 km · Francisco de Sá Carneiro (OPO), 282 km
- Stations
- Marquês de Pombal station, 2.9 km · Jardim Zoológico station, 500 m · Alameda station, 3.6 km · Avenida station, 3.5 km · Alfornelos station, 3.3 km
- Faro → São Domingos de Benfica221 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · €28–39
- Porto → São Domingos de Benfica271 km · quickest by air, 4h 7m · €90–140
- Seville → São Domingos de Benfica317 km · quickest by air, 6h 45m · €120–190
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for São Domingos de Benfica
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 São Domingos de Benfica. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are two airports within the Lisbon Region: Lisbon Portela Airport, which handles scheduled and charter passenger flights, and Aeródromo Municipal de Cascais, which is a small airport for general aviation (private planes) in Cascais.
- Get aroundAt its backbone are the local railways, supported by the light rail systems and the ferries across the Tagus, complemented by bus connections, all of which have several operators.
- Get aroundThe line starts in Barreiros on the south bank of the Tagus, where you can get by a ferry from the very heart of Lisbon.
- Get aroundTo close the gap the Tagus poses, a company called Transtejo operates a number of regular ferry connections between various quays in Lisbon and municipalities on the southern side of the river.
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Next door to São Domingos de Benfica
São Domingos de Benfica is 3 km from Lisbon, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.