This lovely one-screen cinema specializes in art house, foreign, and documentary films. Within one…read moreweek I saw The Little Prince, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Heart of a Dog, and the Portuguese film Montanha here. The staff are very friendly and helpful, the seats are comfortable, pastries and drinks are available as is a wide variety of magazines and journals in the lobby. I can't recommend it more highly.

A small cinema inside Monumental shopping mall. Showcasing independent and commercial films at 5.50…read more€ for students. A regular venue for film festivals, accompained by a coffee bar and restaurant and a movie-oriented fnac. Showings from mid day to midgnight. Some of the salas are small and have little leg room, and sometimes audio fails. Medeias is not a brand that cares about big screens and popcorn, instead they focus on showing indies for a longer commercial run.

Really enjoyed my visit here. My daughter and I found it strange that They don't put butter in…read moretheir popcorn but it was good nonetheless.

Seats don't recline, soda cups are reusable with plastic lids that don't stay on, theater had no…read moreAC...screen and sound quality was mediocre. I must have too high expectations coming from the US but this wasn't the best experience.

If you plan to spend a full day in Belem like Jamie W and I did, then I suggest visiting this…read morecontemporary museum but only if you have time after the essential stops like the Jerónimos Monastery. I just don't view the collection here as indispensable for modern art lovers. You can tell by the one-off nature of the exhibits that it started as a private collection, this one from a self-made billionaire businessman named José "Joe" Berardo. In fact, the museum was named after him when it first opened in 2007, but now it's officially called Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC/CCB). The museum is housed inside a massive concrete complex called Centro Cultural de Belém. On the upper floor, there are singular pieces from the likes of Warhol, Picasso, Dalí, Miró, and Lichtenstein. Less interesting to us were the lower floors where they dive deep into highly abstract, conceptual, and minimalist art. The labyrinthine layout is confusing to navigate, but you can skip sections entirely if you're not engaged with the exhibits you see like Jeff Koons' "Poodle" (Photo 9). That happened a lot with us. Admission is 15€, and there's a combo bookstore and cafeteria where we sat a spell and had the 2,5€ Iced Lattes (Photo 8). Frankly, a half-hour is enough for a visit, and it was pretty easy to pick up an Uber from the front of the complex to get back to central Lisbon. RELATED - Exploring Lisbon? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://yelp.to/6RJs_afSDR

Even if you're not a fan of cubism, surrealism, etc., a visit is worthwhile for the beauty of the…read morebuilding itself and the views, which you can enjoy from either the second floor restaurant or the comfy outdoor chairs provided so you can sit and relax. Bonus: was not crowded on a beautiful Sunday in late May when downtown Lisbon was jammed with tourists.

The Decorative Arts Museum houses the The Ricardo Espirito Santo Foundation collection and is…read moresituated in a 17th century Azurara Palace. This brilliant museum not only house a great museum of period pieces, but gives a picture of aristocratic life in the 18th and 19th centuries. There is also a school associated with the museum that teaches and fosters artisinal skills necessary to create, restore, and reproduce dying ancient art and techniques. The building was bought by Ricardo Espirito Santo,specifically to store his priceless collection of silver and Chinese porcelain, and several Flemish tapestries from the 16th and 18th centuries. My favorite room was perhaps the room of chairs, displayed as they evolved through time. I also enjoyed visiting he workshops where the artisans were busy wood carving, inlaying, metal-working, and bookbinding. This is well worth a visit.

Was walking in Alfama and stumbled across this FREE museum. On entry, you do need to go through a…read moremetal detector and bags and all items through X-ray like at the airport because I think this is a working bank? Not really sure why, but makes you feel safe. Go to get a ticket because the displays with change based on language. This museum really focuses on 1974 and the change in banking in Portugal due to the revolution. There are some interact displays for kids and why you need a ticket because you put the ticket in the machine to get it to interact in your language. This museum gets 5 stars because it is FREE, super clean, has great working very cold AC, clean bathrooms, WIFI, free drinking water machine near the bathrooms with super cold water, comfortable seats at entry to sit and relax and refresh, and great views of Alfama from 2nd floor. Bathroom: super clean

It took me three years to go to the Museu do Dinheiro because, while it's free and right downtown,…read moreI've been to a lot of similar museums that were super boring. Lots of coins and bills in glass cases. I finally went because I had someone visiting and it was raining. I figured we'd go here and to the other free archaeology site downtown and still have time to get a coffee. Nope. The space is big: three levels of exhibits about money, plus the basement archeological finds. All of the exhibits are in English and Portuguese. If you're a history nerd and actually interact with the exhibits, you can easily spend three plus hours there like we did. If you're not a nerd, you can touch a gold bar, get a (picture of a) coin with your face on it, and use the bathrooms for free before going to drink at the quiosque outside. The interactive exhibits were kind of confusing, but trying to figure them out was part of the fun. My friend and I are both trying to learn Portuguese history, so it was particularly cool to see artifacts and piece things together. While there are coins and bills in glass cases, they worked really hard to explain why each item is interesting and present it in an engaging way.

We really loved this stop. It is worth your time and money. Great and affordable (7€) walk thru…read morewith audio guide to learn the history of Lisboa. Really well done. As you learn about the trading port they actually pump in smells of cinnamon and others spices. Short movie as well to help picture the devastation of the earthquakes, tsunami and fires and then the planning and rebuilding. Located right in Commerce Square

A small museum experience to quickly learn Portugal's history. It is included with the Lisboa card…read morepurchase. A recorded guided experience.