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family temporarily set up
camp in tents in the palace
grounds, while the interior
Did You Know? was used as a hospital. Today
the elegant pink building is STAY
Most of Belém’s the official residence of the
museums and historic President of Portugal. Jerónimos 8
buildings were built for The Museu da Presidência This sleek, modern
the 1940 Lisbon Expo. da República holds personal location in historic Belém
hotel is at odds with its
EXPERIENCE Belém 4 "' presidents, as well as the close to the monastery.
items and state gifts of former
official portrait gallery.
 C9 ⌂ Rua dos
Jerónimos 8
∑ jeronimos8.com
Palácio de Belém
¡¡¡
 C9 ⌂ Praça Afonso de
Jardim Botânico
Albuquerque @ 714, 727, 5 " Altis Belém
Tropical
728, 729, 751 v 15 £ Belém Beside the Tagus river,
# 10:30am–4:30pm Sat;  C9 ⌂ Largo do Jerónimos this ultra-modern hotel
Museu da Presidencia da § 213 921 851 @ 714, 727, has a Michelin-starred
República: 10am–6pm Tue– 728, 729, 751 v 15 £ Belém restaurant and rooftop
Sun ¢ Easter, 1 May, 25 Dec # 9am–8pm daily (to 5pm pool with city views.
∑ museu.presidencia.pt Oct–Mar) ¢ 1 Jan, Easter,  B10 ⌂ Doca
Built by the Conde de Aveiras 25 Dec do Bom Sucesso
in 1559, before the Tagus had Also known as the Jardim do ∑ altishotels.com
receded, this palace once had Ultramar, this peaceful park ¡¡¡
gardens bordering the river. with ponds, waterfowl and
In the 1700s it was bought by peacocks attracts surprisingly Pestana Palace
João V, who made it suitably few visitors. Designed at the
lavish for his amorous liaisons. beginning of the 20th century The sumptuous interiors
of this ornate palace are
When the 1755 earthquake as the research centre of the matched by lovely
struck, the king, José I, and his Institute for Tropical Sciences, gardens with a pool and
family were staying here and it is more of an arbo retum Chinese pavilion.
thus survived the devastation than a flower garden. The
of central Lisbon. Fearing emphasis is on rare and  E8 ⌂ Rua Jau 54
∑ pestanapalace
another tremor, the royal endangered tropical and lisbon.com
subtropical trees and plants.
Among the most striking are ¡¡¡
Manicured gardens dragon trees, native to the
of the Palácio Canary Islands and Madeira,
de Belém monkey puzzle trees from

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