Belem, Portugal Travel Blogs

Tower of Belem and more
Nov 5, 2007 (24 photos)

... so I´ll keep it short and try to have more phots than words. I was told I had to take a taxi to the Tower of Belem (Torre de Belem) because it was too far away. Well since I had time to burn I decided to walk. It never ceases to amaze me how ...

Portugal
Feb 26, 2008

not far from the city centre is smaller regions called alcantara and belem (bethleham). aside from ancient famous recipes for pastries, they also have great boardwalks, famous towers, presidential palaces, huge monasteries and just when the comparisons ...

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Archeology Museum
Jul 3, 2009 (8 photos)

Items from Egypt on display here.

Tower of Belem
Jul 3, 2009 (28 photos)

This tower used to be further out in the water, now it is real close to land. Guess the water level dropped quite a bit. All of the explorers used to stop here.

Fort - Museu de Combatente
Jul 3, 2009 (14 photos)

On of the other forts protecting the river.

Discovers' Monument
Jul 3, 2009 (21 photos)

Well, Portugal had a bunch of people who discovered a lot of land around the world. They built a monument to them all.

Belem
Mar 25, 2004

Belem...

Maritime Museum
Jul 3, 2009 (18 photos)

A lot of displays on the old explorer ships. They also have a bunch of the royal barges on display.

Mosteiro dos Jeronimos
Jul 3, 2009 (19 photos)

The Monastery of St Jerome. It has the tomb of one of the explorers - Vasco de Gama. It also has a well preserved cloister area (see next entry).

Cloister
Jul 3, 2009 (21 photos)

Pretty impressive two story cloister attached to the monastery.