Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, Lisbon: Hours, Address, Mosteiro dos Jeronimos Reviews: 4.5/5
Mosteiro dos Jeronimos
Mosteiro dos Jeronimos
4.5
Historic Sites • Architectural Buildings • Religious Sites
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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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No expense was spared when they built this masterpiece of Manueline and Gothic architecture in 1502, which was inspired by Vasco da Gama who is buried here with other great navigators of the past.
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Neighborhood: Belém
Belém is the "capital of the Portuguese Discoveries" and a photographer's paradise. You can spend an entire day exploring this neighborhood: monuments (Jerónimos Monastery, Belém Tower, Monument to the Discoveries), museums (Coach Museum, Centro Cultural de Belém) and breathtaking views of the Tagus river will make your visit worth your time. Belém also offers a variety of restaurants and cafes, namely the famous - and delicious - "Pastéis de Belém" (typical Portuguese custard tarts; make sure you buy an extra box of those!). Easily accessible from Lisbon's historic center, Belém is a must-do, especially if you're spending more than one day visiting the Portuguese capital.
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1,099 within 3 miles

Pastéis de Belém
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Pão Pão Queijo Queijo
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Feitoria Restaurant & Wine Bar
741
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Honorato Belém
590
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Adega de Belem
585
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Cafetaria do Museu de Marinha
248
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Maritima Do Restelo
301
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Belem 2 a 8
901
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Attractions
725 within 6 miles

Museu de Marinha
1,213
407 ftMilitary Museums • History Museums

Planetário de Marinha
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Museu Nacional de Arqueologia
248
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Estatua de Pina Manique
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Jardim Botanico Tropical
329
0.1 miGardens

Museu Centro Cultural Casapiano
3
0.1 miSpeciality Museums • History Museums

Santa Maria de Belem Church
639
0.2 miChurches & Cathedrals

Museu Coleção Berardo
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Padrao Memoria do Chao Salgado
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1,115 contributions
Apr 2022 • Solo
Stunning beyond words. Go at 10:00 as it is so busy later. They open at 10:00. I got there just before 10:00 and the line was long but not too bad and it moved quick. I was in within twenty minutes. When I came out after I had finished, lord have mercy! There was almost triple the number of people and so many tour groups. Chaos. Please buy your ticket online as you will otherwise need to get this separately on the day and wait in two long lines! Fast track does not mean you go in quicker. Just be careful as there are some dodgy websites. The ticket price at time of writing April 2022, for a basic adult ticket is €10.00. The architecture and detail is just breathtaking. You can also appreciate it better by going early when it is less crowded. My main negative is that there is limited information and I was kicking myself that I forgot my guide book! You will end up doing what me and most people were doing and that was looking, admiring and taking photographs but missing the important detail. After you have finished, go to Pastéis de Belém which is a two minute walk away and then the Belém Tower which is less than twenty minutes by foot. The Belém Tower is less busier and does not need as much time.
Written April 15, 2022
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LydiaOko
12 contributions
Apr 2022
It was so so beautiful and I don't regret going but the ticket signage isn't very clear (go to the Museum BEFORE you join the queue). I ended up queuing twice haha so didn't do everything I wanted to do on the day but it was very nice inside. It's 10 euros per adult, 12 euros if you add the museum
Written April 5, 2022
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Mairwen1
United Kingdom6,324 contributions
Mar 2020
This was the highlight of our trip to Belem. Entry to the church is free but you will pay €10 for the cloisters. Unless you're on a very tight budget, don't skip the cloisters. It is just so beautiful and the gloomy, dark church does not prepare you at all for the magnificence of the cloisters and monastery grounds.
Commissioned by King Manuel I in 1501, the monastery is lavishly decorated with ornate stonework that incorporates all sorts of maritime motifs and animal figures with regal and Christian symbols. This is where the great Portugese seafarers, explorers and navigators like Vasco de Gama came for confession and spiritual guidance immediately before launching off on long and treacherous voyages to chart new lands.
TICKETS & LINES:
* Avoid Mondays – it's not open
* The combo Monastery/Belem Tower ticket no longer exists. Our guide book still showed it as available even though we had the latest edition.
* In hindsight, I wish we had bought the Lisboa 1 day Card for our trip to Belem. At €20, it would have given us free entry to the tower, monastery and coach museum and also free travel, saving us at least €10pp.
* There are 2 lines, the longer line on the right is for free entry to the church and the left hand line is for the cloisters. Frustratingly, the cloisters ticket, doesn't give you any advantage in getting into the church. You have to exit the monastery grounds and line up again. The church line gets very long. If you're there early, I'd recommend visiting the church first when the line is likely to be shortest.
* the ticket office is not immediately obvious. We joined the monastery queue, thinking this was for tickets and wasted some time before we realised our mistake. The ticket office is over to the left of the queue, by the museum entry.
Commissioned by King Manuel I in 1501, the monastery is lavishly decorated with ornate stonework that incorporates all sorts of maritime motifs and animal figures with regal and Christian symbols. This is where the great Portugese seafarers, explorers and navigators like Vasco de Gama came for confession and spiritual guidance immediately before launching off on long and treacherous voyages to chart new lands.
TICKETS & LINES:
* Avoid Mondays – it's not open
* The combo Monastery/Belem Tower ticket no longer exists. Our guide book still showed it as available even though we had the latest edition.
* In hindsight, I wish we had bought the Lisboa 1 day Card for our trip to Belem. At €20, it would have given us free entry to the tower, monastery and coach museum and also free travel, saving us at least €10pp.
* There are 2 lines, the longer line on the right is for free entry to the church and the left hand line is for the cloisters. Frustratingly, the cloisters ticket, doesn't give you any advantage in getting into the church. You have to exit the monastery grounds and line up again. The church line gets very long. If you're there early, I'd recommend visiting the church first when the line is likely to be shortest.
* the ticket office is not immediately obvious. We joined the monastery queue, thinking this was for tickets and wasted some time before we realised our mistake. The ticket office is over to the left of the queue, by the museum entry.
Written February 13, 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
Lydia V
Wolverhampton, UK379 contributions
Sep 2021 • Friends
Its a beautiful piece of portuguese history and architecture. Its stunning detail is breathtaking. However, its €10 each to go inside and explore and very sparse, masks are required throughout even when outside, no sitting allowed. Overall I was dissappointed in the lack of information and barely anything to look at.
Would recommend to visit Lisbon as its full of historical buildings, but would not recommend to attend this.
Would recommend to visit Lisbon as its full of historical buildings, but would not recommend to attend this.
Written September 23, 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
ginsengNewYork
new york1,168 contributions
Apr 2022
Highly touristic : make sure you get your ticket online, or you'll have to queue up for a long time at the other end of the building in full sun (they have 3 machines for ticketing but usually 2 are out of work so an employee has to help visitors figure out how to use the last one which takes an inordinate amount of time).
This monastery is one of the best examples of Portuguese Late Gothic Manueline architecture, and was paid for with « spice money » (tax on spice commerce in the 16th century). Surprisingly, it withstood the catastrophic 18th century earthquake with little damage. The church and cloisters are lavishly decorated.
This monastery is one of the best examples of Portuguese Late Gothic Manueline architecture, and was paid for with « spice money » (tax on spice commerce in the 16th century). Surprisingly, it withstood the catastrophic 18th century earthquake with little damage. The church and cloisters are lavishly decorated.
Written April 12, 2022
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maserk
Colorado Springs, CO1,392 contributions
Sep 2021
The architecture and beautiful details in nearly every part of the monastery are exquisite. We paid extra to visit the archaeological museum portion on the left side, but honestly, I could have skipped that part and not felt like I had missed too much. I was stunned by the beauty in the building itself. It is fairly massive and quite impressive. The chapel portion can be visited for free. So that is worth a visit even if you decide not to pay the 10 euro entrance fee.
Important: There is a large, very busy street between the Padrao dos Descobrimentos and the Monastery, and we were worried that we would have to walk way down to a bridge we had seen in order to cross. But there is a tunnel under the street. So look for that to avoid a lot of extra walking!
Important: There is a large, very busy street between the Padrao dos Descobrimentos and the Monastery, and we were worried that we would have to walk way down to a bridge we had seen in order to cross. But there is a tunnel under the street. So look for that to avoid a lot of extra walking!
Written September 25, 2021
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babykong
London, UK419 contributions
May 2022 • Solo
The receptionist at my hotel said that this was the only tourist attraction in Lisbon that he would pay to get in to - and I totally agree! Such a beautiful building with lots of intricate details.
You can buy your tickets in advance online, or buy at the venue.
Be warned though, as there’s two queues for tickets (one for the monastery and one for the museum). Then there’s another queue further along for entrance into the monastery.
I saw a lot of people waiting in line at the entrance, only to be turned away at the door, as they’d mistakenly assumed they were in line for ticket purchases.
Once you exit the monastery, you can then visit the exquisite church adjacent to the monastery.
Definitely worth visiting both of these beautiful attractions.
You can buy your tickets in advance online, or buy at the venue.
Be warned though, as there’s two queues for tickets (one for the monastery and one for the museum). Then there’s another queue further along for entrance into the monastery.
I saw a lot of people waiting in line at the entrance, only to be turned away at the door, as they’d mistakenly assumed they were in line for ticket purchases.
Once you exit the monastery, you can then visit the exquisite church adjacent to the monastery.
Definitely worth visiting both of these beautiful attractions.
Written May 22, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
JohnP72
London, UK474 contributions
Aug 2021 • Solo
Easily reached by catching the 15E tram from Rossio square which takes about 20 mins. You can use the Viva Viagem card used for the metro.
I bought the combined ticket including the museum for €12 but I wouldn’t bother with the museum as it’s mostly in Portuguese and has very little English signage. However even at €10 for the monastery I thought it was expensive. Yes the central building is beautiful and has detailed unique engravings but there isn’t much else to see and can be done in 30 mins. The adjacent church is free to enter without a ticket and the outside facade of the building is also just as impressive. I guess it’s deemed one of the “musts” due to being a world heritage site. However, I’m glad I visited as you can also combine you visit with the Padrao dos Descobtimentos (monument to the discoveries) just across the road and also Belem tower which is a 15 min walk along the waterfront of the river Tagus. There are lots of other museums in the area too - museum of popular art, coach museum etc. So with all of these attractions they can easily fill a whole day.
You can also finish off with visiting the Pasteis de Belem famous for its custard tarts - “pasteis de nata” which is right next door, although this is very touristy.
So in summary it’s definitely worth visiting but more because there’s lots around although entrance is over priced.
I bought the combined ticket including the museum for €12 but I wouldn’t bother with the museum as it’s mostly in Portuguese and has very little English signage. However even at €10 for the monastery I thought it was expensive. Yes the central building is beautiful and has detailed unique engravings but there isn’t much else to see and can be done in 30 mins. The adjacent church is free to enter without a ticket and the outside facade of the building is also just as impressive. I guess it’s deemed one of the “musts” due to being a world heritage site. However, I’m glad I visited as you can also combine you visit with the Padrao dos Descobtimentos (monument to the discoveries) just across the road and also Belem tower which is a 15 min walk along the waterfront of the river Tagus. There are lots of other museums in the area too - museum of popular art, coach museum etc. So with all of these attractions they can easily fill a whole day.
You can also finish off with visiting the Pasteis de Belem famous for its custard tarts - “pasteis de nata” which is right next door, although this is very touristy.
So in summary it’s definitely worth visiting but more because there’s lots around although entrance is over priced.
Written September 3, 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
Kevin S
Pontypridd, UK5,251 contributions
Jul 2021
Taking 100 years to complete from 1501 it is large from the outside but it doesn’t seem so from the areas available for viewing internally. A small cloistered area, no cloister garden or features found in other monasteries, but it makes up for all that by being absolutely beautiful. Such ornate carvings everywhere, pillars, windows, ceilings, bright stonework, just stunning. Quite expensive at €10, but we could have a 50% discount for over 65’s, this also includes whatever exhibition is on at the time in the museum portion of the building. Part of the same impressive building is the church, Igreja De Santa Maria De Belem which is free to enter and just wonderful.
Written July 23, 2021
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Brock M
Denver, CO37 contributions
Apr 2022
Such a unique and beautiful building, and very important in Lisbon's history. For only €5 to enter, it is 100% worth a stop! Also, the attached church is free to enter. We went on a Sunday when it is extra busy (as it is free for Portuguese citizens then), and the long line moved quite quickly. Just make sure to buy a ticket on the website in advance to save time finding the ticket office and buying a ticket.
Written April 26, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
Mobile792050
Province of Palermo, Italy
posso fare delle foto nel monastero dos jeronimo a lisbona?
FrancescaM
Lido di Ostia, Italy1,982 contributions
Certamente, anzi in un posto così bello le foto si sprecano! L'unica accortezza, proprio mentre si scattano foto, è di non appoggiarsi al parapetto al piano superiore del chiostro (c'è anche un guardiano a vigilare). Buona visita
Stefania R
253 contributions
Quanto tempo richiede la visita del monastero?
sabrina
Albairate, Italy726 contributions
Potrebbero bastare 45 minuti.Non contando la chiesa. Ma la bellezza del monastero fa sì che tu non vorrai più uscirne. Per me è stato così. Quindi direi un tempo indefinito.
Aquilamattino
Trani, Italy88 contributions
Ciao dovendo visitare lisbona tra poco, vorrei sapere quanto costa la visita e quanto dista da lisbona
Grazie
sabrina
Albairate, Italy726 contributions
Mi sembra di ricordare 10 euro senza il museo. Però posso garantire che è la cosa più bella da visitare a Lisbona. Anzi è nella top dei miei monumenti preferiti.
janscat2018
Huntington Beach, CA1 contribution
We’ll be visiting Lisbon prior to a Douro River Cruise. Will Jeronimos Monastery be open Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020?
Alex David
London, UK218 contributions
Hi
The museum part of the Jeronimos monastery, holding the famous cloister, is closed on Easter Sunday. The adjoining Jeronimos church, however should be open for Easter services as it is an actual parish church, called Santa Maria de Belem. Looking at their website, they should be having services on Sunday morning and in the evening, and most likely open in between (google paroquia-smbelem.pt to see their page)
Do try to see if you can visit the church then. It is far more interesting than the cloister and museum, and always free to enter, though obviously be respectful if Mass is held.
Hope that helps
Alex David
manue62
Saint-Venant, France14 contributions
Bonjour qui pourrait me donner le lien du billet coupe file pour visiter le monastère des jeronimos sans acheter la lisboa card.
Merci beaucoup
fbara
Toulouse, France133 contributions
Vous n’avez pas besoin de la Lisboa Card
Nous avons simplement acheté les billets et il y avait une queue de 10 mn pour acheter les billets car beaucoup de machines en panne
Ensuite entrée sans attente et pourtant c’était fin Àout
Bonne visite
Bonjour,
Pouvez vous me dire si vous disposez d'une bagagerie (pour déposer nos valises)?
Merci,
Aventure
Meximieux, France33 contributions
Je n’y ai pas fait attention non plus : essayez de les joindre ils pourront peut-être vous répondre
Denise H
Maple Valley, WA
What is a Lisbon card?
Maria Manuel M
Amadora, Portugal30 contributions
It’s a card which allows you to go to different museums and attractions with special prices and no queues
palamedes61
Seattle, WA1 contribution
Regarding the combo ticket for Mosterio dos Jeronimos...where can one buy in online, if possible? If not, I have a Lisboa card pre-purchased. Is it worht it for me to buy the combo card, or should I just get there early (or late) enough to avoid the morning crowds?
Thanks,
Rich
werrymaenhout
5 contributions
Hi Rich, if you already have a Lisboa Card than you don't need a combi ticket at all. The entrance for the Mosterio dos Jeronimos is included in the Lisboa Card, and with the Lisboa Card, you can just go to the entrance without having to wait in line. Have a nice trip !
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- Hotels near Mosteiro dos Jeronimos:
- (0.10 mi) Jeronimos 8
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- (0.39 mi) Altis Belém Hotel & Spa
- (0.20 mi) Famous Crows Guest House
- Restaurants near Mosteiro dos Jeronimos:
- (0.14 mi) Pão Pão Queijo Queijo
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