Things to Do in Lisbon on Sunday: What Is Open

The best things to do in Lisbon on Sunday are the big sights that stay open, with only a few doors shut. This list goes by what is open and when, with the price and the Sunday rule for each.

Hours and prices below come from each sight's own website, read on 19 and 21 October 2026. Check them for your travel date.

1. São Jorge Castle: open every day

The castle is open every day. The schedule page says 9:00 to 21:00 until 31 October and 9:00 to 18:00 from 1 November, with the last admission 30 minutes before closing. It closes on 1 January, 1 May and 24, 25 and 31 December. The ticket page lists adults at €17 and children up to 12 free.

For the hill around it, see our guide to things to do in Alfama.

Go at 9:00 when it opens, and last entry is 30 minutes before closing.

2. Jerónimos Monastery: go after 14:00 for the church

The operator lists the monastery at €18. The cloister is open Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 to 17:30, with the last admission at 17:00. On Sundays and religious holidays the church is open to visitors only from 14:00 to 17:00, and on Tuesday to Saturday from 10:30. The monastery is closed on Mondays.

Plan the cloister for the morning and the church for the afternoon. The operator advises buying online ahead, because tickets often sell out and cannot be bought on the day itself.

3. Belém tower, monument and pastry shop: Sunday in Belém

The operator prints one set of hours for the Belém Tower and the monastery, and the tower is closed on Mondays. The Monument to the Discoveries and Pastéis de Belém are open every day. Our guide to things to do in Belém gives the prices, the order and how to get there.

The monument is open daily, 10:00 to 18:00 from 1 October to 28 February. The bakery is open every day from 8:00 to 21:00 until 30 June and from 8:00 to 22:00 from 1 July.

Go early to the bakery, and keep the tower for the monastery's morning hours.

4. Gulbenkian Museum: free from 14:00 on Sundays

The Gulbenkian Museum is a large art museum with a garden. Its opening hours page lists 10:00 to 18:00 on Monday and Wednesday to Friday, 10:00 to 21:00 on Saturday and a closing day on Tuesday. It does not list Sunday separately. The adult museum ticket costs €16. The ticket page lists free entry on Sundays from 14:00, and under-18s free at any time. It states no restriction for the Sunday offer, such as residency. The garden is open every day from sunrise to sunset, and entry is free.

Arrive after 14:00 to use the free entry.

A Sunday plan works best when it has one fixed point and two flexible ones.

5. LX Factory market: the Sunday market

The Feira da Ladra, Lisbon's flea market, is not on Sundays. Turismo de Lisboa lists it on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 9:00 to 18:00. On Sundays, the Lx Market at LX Factory is open from 11:00 to 18:00, according to its Turismo de Lisboa page. It sells handmade and vintage goods at Rua Rodrigues Faria 103, and the page lists it as closed Monday to Saturday. No flea market runs on Monday according to the Turismo de Lisboa pages we opened, so a Monday has no market.

Pair it with the afternoon, after the Belém sights.

6. Oceanário: open every day

The Oceanário is open daily, 10:00 to 20:00, with the last entry at 19:00. Ages 13 to 64 pay €29.90, €27.70 or €25.50 depending on the time slot, as the ticket page shows. Children up to 2 go in free. It is a good rain plan, and our guide to things to do in Lisbon with teens covers the age prices.

7. A Sunday evening: fado or a sunset cruise

The fado show with wine is from €15 per person and lasts 50 minutes. Travellers rate it 4.8 across 7,377 reviews, as shown on GetYourGuide on 21 October 2026, and free cancellation applies up to 24 hours before.

• Runs on Sundays: the page does not say, so pick Sunday in the calendar to see times.
• Included: a live fado performance, a glass of Portuguese wine or another drink, and an explanation of each song.
• Not included: the page lists no exclusions. It is not suitable for children under 6.

For something livelier, the sunset boat party cruise is from €25 and lasts 2 to 4 hours. Travellers rate it 4.5 across 14,262 reviews, as shown on GetYourGuide on 21 October 2026.

• Runs on Sundays: the page does not say, so pick Sunday in the calendar to see times.
• Included: a DJ, an open bar with white wine, beer, sangria and soft drinks, a bathroom and a life jacket.
• Not included: hotel pickup and drop-off. It is not suitable for under-18s, pregnant women or wheelchair users.

What is closed on Sundays and Mondays

The cathedral is the main sight closed on Sundays. The cathedral's hours page says Sundays and holy days are closed to visitors. Its mass page lists the Sunday mass at 11:30. The cathedral is open Monday to Saturday.

The Jerónimos Monastery, the Belém Tower, the National Pantheon and the Fado Museum close on Mondays, and the MAAT museum and the Gulbenkian Museum close on Tuesdays. The table sets out the week.

Things to Do in Lisbon's check of the opening pages of eleven sights in October 2026 found that four close on Mondays, two close on Tuesdays and one, the cathedral, closes on Sundays.

Key Takeaway Four of eleven sights close on Mondays, and only one, the cathedral, closes on Sundays, so Sunday is the easier day for sightseeing.

Who gets free entry on a Sunday

The free Sundays depend on who you are, as the table shows.

The Gulbenkian Museum's page lists free entry from 14:00 on Sundays without naming a group. At the Monument to the Discoveries, Lisbon residents are exempt on Sundays and public holidays until 14:00, which does not help a visitor. For the national monuments, including the Jerónimos Monastery, the ticket page lists no free Sunday. Its free-entry scheme is for residents with a Citizen Card, on 52 days a year, and for children up to 12. Ages 13 to 24 and 65 and over pay half.

Pro Tip Do the Gulbenkian Museum at 14:00 on Sunday for free entry, and book the monastery online for the morning, because it has no free Sunday for visitors.

Shops, supermarkets, restaurants and cafés on Sunday

Lisbon's opening-hours regulation sets limits, not exact hours. The city council's regulation of 28 October 2016 splits the city into Zone A and Zone B. In Zone B the hours are free, under article 1(1) of the national decree-law the regulation cites, which we could not open. In Zone A the limits depend on the group.

"Every day of the week" includes Sundays, so the regulation does not close ordinary shops on Sunday. It does not name supermarkets. Our reading is that they fall in the group for shops outside the other groups. The regulation was amended later, and we could not open the 2024 amendment, so treat the table as the 2016 limits. Each shop sets its own hours inside those limits, many close earlier or on Sunday, and no official list of Sunday-open shops exists. Check the shop's own hours before you go.

The chains print their own hours. The Continente Bom Dia Chiado store at Travessa do Carmo 1 lists 08:00 to 21:00 on every day of the week, Sunday and Monday included. The Continente Bom Dia Martim Moniz store at Praça Martim Moniz 1 lists 08:30 to 21:00 every day. Pingo Doce's weekend page says its stores are open every day and sends you to the store finder for each store's hours, and the Ferreira Borges store page we opened printed no times. Hours vary by store, so check the one you plan to use.

The short answer for restaurants and cafés is that many are open on both days, and some close on one of them. No official list of restaurants open on Sunday and Monday exists. Turismo de Lisboa prints opening days for its members, and the table shows eight.

Chafarica prints no hours at all. The Time Out Market page lists no hours, so use the stall's own.

Book or phone ahead for dinner on a Sunday or Monday, because a closing day is printed only for some places.

Getting around on a Sunday

Turismo de Lisboa lists the Metro running every day from 06:30 to 01:00, and Carris buses every day from 05:30 to 00:30, with a night service after that. The Metro's timetable page says Sundays use the weekends and holidays timetable. The Blue line runs every 8 minutes 10 seconds from 6:30 to noon at weekends, against about 4 to 7 minutes on weekdays.

Tram 28 has its own Sunday timetable, which our tram 28 guide sets out. The Carris line pages we opened show only the weekday winter timetable, so check Sunday times before you plan a bus.

How to choose things to do in Lisbon on Sunday

Pick by what your Sunday needs: a fixed anchor, a rain plan or a day away. Should you book a tour or go alone? Go alone for the castle, Belém and the Gulbenkian Museum, because tickets cost less than a tour and the opening hours are clear. Book a tour if you want to leave the city. The table shows where each pick starts and who runs it. The Sintra, Pena, Regaleira, Cabo da Roca and Cascais day tour is from €24 per person and lasts 9 hours. You meet in front of Rossio station at 8:00, and a private group is available. Entry tickets to Pena and Regaleira are included only if you pick that option, and food, drinks and tips are not. Travellers rate it 4.8 across 12,223 reviews, as shown on GetYourGuide on 21 October 2026, and free cancellation applies up to 24 hours before.

• Runs on Sundays: the page does not say, so pick Sunday in the calendar to see times.
• Included: pickup and drop-off from Lisbon, and visits to Sintra, Pena Palace and Quinta da Regaleira. Entry tickets are included only if you pick that option.
• Not included: food and drinks, and tips. It is not suitable for people with mobility impairments or wheelchair users.

A tour is the wrong choice if you want a slow day, because 9 hours is a long time to be on the move. Parques de Sintra's page lists the Pena Palace hours but no closing days, so check both before you book.

For entry tickets to the sights above, see our entry tickets for Lisbon's castle, monastery and other sights.