Between November 15 and December 22, Rossio and Baixa-Chiado will once again host one of the city’s biggest Christmas markets, the Rossio Christmas Market.
During these days, the Magic of Christmas will pass through Rossio and Praça da Figueira, in a Christmas festival full of activities and surprises that extends throughout downtown Pombalina.
Market, shop windows and Christmas train
The Rossio Christmas Market is organized by the Associação Dinamização da Baixa Pombalina (ADBP), which seeks to boost the entire downtown area, and the Christmas season is one of the highest points for promoting all the commerce that exists in this area of Lisbon.
So, at this Christmas market in Rossio you’ll find:
- around 70 traditional craft stalls, where you can buy different Christmas presents. It includes stalls selling sweets, drinks and products typical of this time of year: from November 15 to December 22
- Christmas window display organized by Hospital das Bonecas: until December 22
- and, of course, the free Christmas Train, which is once again running through the downtown area to the delight of the little ones: from November 15 to December 22, between 3pm and 10pm.
Christmas Train
One of the great attractions of the Rossio Christmas market is the Electric Christmas Train, which this year will run through the streets of downtown until December 22.
This ADBP event was planned with families in mind, especially the little ones, who always get a kick out of this kind of entertainment.
It’s also a way of presenting something different from all the other markets that pop up at this time of year, both in the city and in the surrounding area.
Traveling on the Christmas Train is free, and you can take advantage of one of the trips from Rossio between 3pm and 10pm.
Festive Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
Also as part of the festive program, every Friday and Saturday, from 3pm to 11pm, and Sundays until 10pm, you can count on various moments of entertainment, with live performances by musical groups, from university tunas, folkloric ranches, philharmonic bands, as well as the presence of various entertainers on the Rossio Christmas Market grounds, as well as children’s theater shows and Santa Claus, with whom the little ones can take photos.
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, from 3pm to 10pm
- Santa Claus
- Entertainer with Christmas songs
November 16th
- Performance by the “Christmas Carols” Duo with Christmas carols
November 17th
- Performance by “TUCA” – Tuna Universitária Corsários dos Açores
November 23rd
- Performance by the Castro D’Aire Concertina Group
November 24th
- Time for the Little Ones – Children’s Puppet Theater “Christmas”
November 30th
- Christmas Fashion – Fashion show with downtown brands
December 1st
- Performance by Rancho Folclórico da Casa de Arganil
December 7th
- Performance by the Samora Correia Philharmonic Band
December 8th
- Performance by Rancho Folclórico Casa do Concelho de Ponte de Lima
December 14th
- Performance by the “Christmas Carols” Duo with Christmas carols
December 15th
- Time for the Little Ones – Children’s Theater “Santa Claus Forever”
December 21st
- Performance by Rancho Folclórico da Malveira
Address: Praça D. Pedro IV
Opening hours: from November 15 to December 22, Sunday to Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; holidays, Fridays and Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Tickets: free