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Lisbon · Portugal
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In the photo: Praia da Torre and exterior of Forte de São Julião da Barra, Oeiras
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Oeiras lies on the north bank of the Tagus estuary, between Lisbon and Cascais, about 15 km from the city center. The town’s name is associated with Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, who was made Count of Oeiras and later Marquis of Pombal; his palace and gardens are the main local monument. The municipality has a seaside promenade with beaches and forts, the Vasco da Gama Aquarium in Algés, and the former Barcarena Gunpowder Factory. The NOS Alive festival takes place in Algés.
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The local experience
18th‑century palace in Oeiras’s historic center, the country residence of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the Marquis of Pombal. The French‑influenced gardens include the Cascade of the Poets, the Casa da Pesca and tile‑clad terraces. Classified as a National Monument since 1940.
Seaside promenade between Praia da Torre and Paço de Arcos, called the paredão by locals. It passes the marina, the ocean pool, the beaches of Santo Amaro and da Laje and old forts, with Forte de São Julião da Barra at one end.
Aquarium and museum opened in 1898 in Dafundo, Algés — one of the oldest functioning aquariums in the world. It belongs to the Portuguese Navy and houses live aquatic fauna and King D. Carlos I’s oceanographic collection.
Former gunpowder factory in the valley of the Barcarena stream, active for more than four centuries and now the municipality’s cultural center. It has gardens, workshops and old warehouses and houses the Black Gunpowder Museum.
