Things to Do in Lisbon With Teens: 6 Picks by Age

Teenagers like things they can do, not just look at. This list picks six stops in Lisbon with a mix of the active and the historic, and gives the hours, prices and age rules for each.

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

1. Oceanário de Lisboa: the big aquarium

The Oceanário is in Parque das Nações, at Doca dos Olivais. The ticket page prices three time slots. Ages 13 to 64 pay €29.90 for 10:00 to 11:30, €27.70 for 12:00 to 15:30 and €25.50 for 16:00 to 18:30. Ages 3 to 12 pay €17.70, €16.60 or €15.50, and children up to 2 go in free. Buying online gives 10% off with the code the page shows.

The Oceanário is open daily from 10:00 to 20:00, with the last entry at 19:00. It opens at 11:00 on 25 December and 1 January. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. A Flexiticket at €41 per adult has no fixed date, and you use it once within 7 days.

To get there, take the Metro's Red line to Oriente station, as the Oceanário's directions say. Buses 705, 708, 725, 728, 744, 750, 759, 782 and 794. It gives no walking time.

At the Oceanário ages 13 to 64 pay one price, so a teenager costs the same as a parent. Go in the afternoon slot to save about €4.

2. Dolphin-watching boat trip: the active pick

The dolphin-watching ocean safari with a marine biologist is from €65 per person and lasts 3 hours. You get a speedboat, a marine biologist guide, life jackets and insurance. The price leaves out a hotel transfer, food, water and tips. You meet at SeaEO Tours on Avenida Brasília. Travellers rate it 4.9 across 2,228 reviews, and the listing offers free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

No minimum age appears on the listing, and we could not open the operator's own site to check. A fast boat on open water is a different thing for a 6-year-old than for a 14-year-old, so ask the operator before you book if anyone is under 12.

Book it early in the trip. Free cancellation applies up to 24 hours before, so you can move it if the weather turns.

3. Benfica stadium and museum: for football fans

The Benfica stadium is the Estádio da Luz. The club's ticket page lists a stadium and museum ticket at €24, a stadium-only ticket at €19 and a museum-only ticket at €12. That page gives no child prices. The club's page for foreign visitors' guided tours lists €25 for ages 14 to 64, €12 for ages 3 to 13 and free entry under 3. It gives the visit as about 2 hours.

The museum page says it is open daily, closed on 25 December and 1 January, and closed on match days. It says children under 10 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Two closing times appear, 18:00 and 19:00, so check before you go.

The Luz stadium tour with the Benfica museum is from €27 and lasts 2.5 hours. The price covers the museum entrance, the stadium tour and a souvenir scarf, and leaves out hotel pickup, food and drinks. The meeting point is on Avenida Machado Santos. Travellers rate it 4.7 across 4,785 reviews.

The Metro's Colégio Militar/Luz station is on the Blue line. Its station page does not mention the stadium, so check the walk on a map.

4. São Jorge Castle: ramparts for all ages

The castle is the hilltop fortress above Alfama. Its ticket page lists adults at €17, ages 13 to 25 at €8.50 and seniors at €14. Children up to 12 go in free. Online sales go through the BOL platform only.

The schedule 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 is closed on 1 January, 1 May and 24, 25 and 31 December.

Carris bus 737 runs from Praça da Figueira to the castle, according to the line page. That saves the climb with younger children.

Let teens walk the walls at the end of the day, when the heat has gone out of the stones.

5. Jerónimos Monastery and Belém Tower: half price for teens

The operator of both monuments lists the monastery at €18 and the tower at €15. Ages 13 to 24 pay half, and children up to 12 go in free. The monastery's cloister is open Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 to 17:30, and it is closed on Mondays. The operator advises buying online ahead, because tickets often sell out and cannot be bought on the day itself.

The CP train from Cais do Sodré reaches Belém in 8 minutes on the timetable in effect from 5 July 2026, with a train about every 20 minutes by day.

A guide is not needed here. Give teens a job, such as finding Vasco da Gama's tomb in the church, and the visit goes faster.

A day with teenagers goes better when they choose one of the stops.

6. Pastel de nata baking class: eat what you bake

The pastel de nata baking class is from €55 per person and lasts 2 hours. You get the ingredients, the utensils, an instructor and drinks, with port wine and ginjinha tastings. Tips and hotel pickup are extra. The listing says it is likely to sell out. The meeting point is Rua Aliança Operária 54. Travellers rate it 4.9 across 3,290 reviews.

Homecooking Lisbon runs a pastel de nata class in Belém too. Its own site lists that class at €50 and says workshops take 2 to 8 participants. It states no minimum age. The GetYourGuide page lists port wine and ginjinha tastings, so ask what is served to under-18s and what the age rule is before you book.

The class is a poor fit for a teen who dislikes cooking. For them, the stadium or the boat is the better choice.

Active things for teens: surf, bikes and Sintra

Teens who want to move have three more options. Each has an age rule worth knowing.

For surf, the Costa da Caparica schools sell beginner lessons. The listings for the Portugal Surf School (2 hours) and for SurfChamp (3 hours) both say they are not suitable for children under 12. Our guide to surf lessons in Lisbon covers the schools, prices and what to bring.

For bikes, the city's bike share is GIRA. Its FAQ says anyone aged 16 or over can use it, and that you register in the app, pick a pass and take a bike from a station. A helmet is not mandatory. The pricing page lists a day pass at €2, which you can only buy with a card or MB Way. A trip over 45 minutes adds €2. Younger teens can take the City Highlights and Viewpoints e-bike tour instead. It is from €29, lasts 3 hours and includes the electric bike, a helmet, water and a rain poncho. Travellers rate it 4.9 across 2,276 reviews. The listing states no minimum age, so ask before you book for a young teen.

For Sintra, the palaces and gardens suit a full day. Our guide to train tickets from Lisbon to Sintra covers the trains. Parques de Sintra's price list shows the Pena Palace essential visit at €20 for adults and €18 for ages 6 to 17, with children under 6 free. The Moorish Castle is €12 for adults and €10 for ages 6 to 17. The Quinta da Regaleira charges €20 for adults and €15 for ages 6 to 17, and children up to 5 go in free but still need a ticket. Regaleira tickets are for a booked date and time.

Getting around Lisbon with teens

Carris says that children up to and including age 3 travel free. From age 4, Carris asks for a navegante 4_18 card or an occasional ticket. The Metro's FAQ says children from 4 to 18 ride free with a personalised navegante card that has a child or under-18 profile. None of the pages says how a visitor gets that personalised card, so ask at a Metro or Carris desk.

Most visitors use the occasional card, which costs €0.50. On it, the 24-hour Carris and Metro ticket costs €7.25, and a tram ticket bought on board costs €3.30. The Carris page lists no youth fares. The Lisboa Card shop page offers a child option for ages 4 to 15, but the shop's text gives no separate child price, so check the price at checkout. It also says visitors aged 13 to 15 need a ticket to enter São Jorge Castle.

Where teens can eat

No official list of teen-friendly restaurants exists, and neither Turismo de Lisboa nor the city council ranks places to eat. What Turismo de Lisboa does describe is the Mercado da Ribeira as one of the city's main food courts, with everything from traditional meals to trendy treats and bakeries. Its page for Time Out Market Lisboa puts the food hall at the Mercado da Ribeira on Avenida 24 de Julho and lists no opening hours. The city council's market pages did not open for us, so we do not describe other markets. For cheaper bites, the pastry stop in Belém and the baking class above cover the sweet side.

Getting there

The table lists the transport that the sights and operators publish.

How to choose things to do in Lisbon with teens

Pick by age first. Things to Do in Lisbon's check of six official ticket pages in October 2026 found that free entry ends at age 2 at the Oceanário, at 3 on the Benfica guided tour, at 6 at the cathedral and at 12 at the castle, Jerónimos Monastery, Belém Tower and Fado Museum.

Key Takeaway A 13-year-old pays the youth price at the castle, half price at the Jerónimos Monastery and the Belém Tower, but the full adult price at the Oceanário.

Should you book a tour or go alone? The three tour pages show one from-price per person and no child rate, so they suit older children and teens best. The castle and the monastery cost less on your own, and a family with several children saves with the youth prices above. The tour is the wrong choice if your teen would rather wander. The aquarium needs no guide either.

Pro Tip Book the Oceanário's 16:00 slot. Ages 13 to 64 pay €25.50 then, against €29.90 at 10:00, which saves about €4 per teen.

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