Monument to the Discoveries
Time
November to January – Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 6pm (last entry 5:30pm)
February – every day from 10am to 6pm (last entry 5:30pm)
March to September – every day from 10am to 7pm (last entry 6:30pm)
October – every day from 10am to 6pm (last entry 5:30pm)
Prices:
Adults €6.00
Young people aged 13 to 25: €3.00
Over 65 years old: €5.00
Disabled person: €5.00
Lisboa Card card holders: €4.80
IMPORTANT TIPS
WHAT TO SEE
Up there you have a cool view of the Tagus River, Ponte 25 de Abril, Mosteiro dos Jerónimos!
VALE A PENA?
It depends. If I had to choose a place, I would only go up the Belém Tower. However, in the Belém Tower there are 5 floors of very narrow stairs, in the Padrão dos Descobrimentos part of the way up is an elevator and then just 2 floors of stairs.
HISTORY
Built in wood for the Portuguese world exhibition in 1940
In 1960 it was definitively rebuilt in honor of the 500th anniversary of the death of Infante D. Henriques.
On the bow is Infante D. Henriques and 32 other characters from the Portuguese Maritime expansion, such as other navigators, cartographers, chroniclers, etc.
It is 56m tall
The compass rose was a gift from South Africa in 1960
