Lisbon's named miradouros

Lisbon builds its viewpoints into the gaps between hills, and the named ones are civic infrastructure: tiled terraces, kiosk cafés, benches, a funicular at the top of one and a tram stop at another. This set covers what each one actually looks at, how you arrive without the climb where that is possible, and which of them have level ground and a phone number at the city hall behind them.

Places in this collection

  • Miradouro do Recolhimento — Roughly ten minutes uphill from Santa Luzia, inside the castle walls, this asphalt square looks out over the same Alfama roofs and stretch…
  • Miradouro de Santo Amaro — A small hexagonal chapel dated 1549 at its doorway anchors this terrace, ringed by an enclosed veranda of old tile murals depicting the wor…
  • Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara — The garden terrace stands at the top station of the Elevador da Glória, the 1885 funicular from Restauradores, so the 60-odd metres of hill…
  • Miradouro das Portas do Sol — Fifty metres around the corner from Santa Luzia and slightly higher, this terrace gives much the same panorama with nothing overhead to fra…
  • Miradouro de Santa Luzia — The terrace sits beside the Church of Santa Luzia, enclosed by a wall of azulejo panels and shaded by a vine-covered pergola that crops the…

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