Ajuda National Palace

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This is a collection of decorative arts including furniture, tapestries and statues in an unfinished palace.
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Largo da Ajuda, Lisbon 1300-018, Portugal
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Reviewed yesterday

This Palace was the residence of the Royal family and where the King received Foreign dignitaries. Although the palace is still in works to recover from a fire, the rooms that are available are well worth a visit. Some display great examples of tapestry and...More

Date of experience: March 2019
Thank afr1966
Reviewed 2 days ago via mobile

On my latest visit to Lisboa I decided to visit 2 palaces that are not really on the main tourist maps, this one being one of them. Very well preserved royal palace with almost no people inside. If you would like to see beautiful place...More

Date of experience: March 2019
Thank RostG
Reviewed 2 weeks ago

This palace is now a museum with important collections from the 15th to the 20th century, mainly of decorative arts. It is high up on the hill above Belem. You walk through the beautiful rooms, richly filled with furniture, tapestries, sculptures and extravagant decorative arts,...More

Date of experience: March 2019
Thank Bubbles73uk
Reviewed January 28, 2019

Many wonderful rooms, many. Superlative workmanship. And interesting. The cherry on top was a great exhibition on Portugal's extensive history with Japan. And influence, too. I was blown away by the fact that the Japanese word for "Thank you" arigato comes from the Portuguese obrigado....More

Date of experience: December 2018
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Reviewed January 8, 2019

this is one of those palaces that is a must and because it a little bit away from the city its not that well visited which is great as you have the place to yourself and once Inside its totally amazing around every corner theres...More

Date of experience: December 2018
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Reviewed January 6, 2019

Seen one, seen all. If you liked palaces like the Royal Palace in Spain or Windsor, you'll like this one. Beautiful furniture and a couple special rooms

Date of experience: March 2018
Thank Ferlocke
Reviewed December 12, 2018

Not many tourists make their way up the hill from the Belem monastery to see the Ajuda National Palace which makes a peaceful respite from the chaos down below. The palace took over 100 years to build because of national strife, political unrest, and the...More

Date of experience: December 2018
2  Thank savedade
Reviewed December 6, 2018

i love these palaces when they are fully furnished and walls and ceilings normally original. worth it if you enjoy versaille. gives you a feel for how the others were trying to follow france

Date of experience: November 2018
Thank MargaretC721
Reviewed December 3, 2018 via mobile

We here 30 women it's just amazing must be seen we all loved amazing palace its ideal for all age best place to visit in Portugal

Date of experience: December 2018
Thank 388sunau
Reviewed December 2, 2018 via mobile

We visited the palace and firstable visited the temporary exhibit on the influence of Portugal on Japan; very interesting!! I encourage you not to miss it. Afterwards we went the regular palace visit and it is wonderful.

Date of experience: December 2018
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deepalidas2015
January 11, 2018|
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Response from Helder S | Reviewed this property |
Hello Deepalidas! There are several options for your question. We consider palaces and castles in a separated way, and we consider the region of Lisbon as a whole wich might joint several places where you could see those... More
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