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Walks in Alcântara.
2 editor-picked walks through Alcântara. Each one has been walked — stops, distances, and a paragraph on what to notice.
Walks in Alcântara
Alcântara to Belém: the river's edge
The Tejo-side promenade west, under the bridge, past the docks, to the MAAT's white wave.
Alcântara: under the bridge, through the printworks
A printworks turned bookshop and studios, right under the great red bridge, with a marina to end on.
Nearby
Other walks close to Alcântara.
Sorted by distance from the start of alcântara to belém: the river's edge. Good for stitching together a longer day.
Campo de Ourique: the plateau village and the cypress cemetery
Where tram 28 ends, a quiet grid, a food hall, and Europe's largest mausoleum.
Madragoa & Santos: the quiet quarters
Fishermen's lanes, laundry strung overhead, a puppet museum in a convent, then the river.
Ajuda: the unfinished palace and the oldest garden
A royal palace that was never finished, Portugal's oldest botanical garden, and the quiet way down to Belém.
Estrela: the great dome and the garden below it
A basilica dome you can climb, a garden with a bandstand, and a poet's grave behind the cypresses.