After the “small” month of February comes March and its 31 days, perfect for enjoying the city like never before. If you still don’t know what to do in Lisbon during this period, take our tips.
Because this year, Carnival also started at the beginning of the month (March 4 was Shrovetide Day). We hope you had fun.
For these and many other reasons, welcome to our list of suggestions of what to do in Lisbon during the month of March!
Experiences, Attractions and Games
Living Van Gogh” immersive exhibition
Van Gogh‘s fantastic world arrived in Lisbon at the end of October 2024, with 360º paintings, virtual reality and interactive installations, after its success in Porto, where it welcomed thousands of visitors.
In “Living Van Gogh” you will have the opportunity to travel through the fantastic world of one of the greatest painters of all time. However, if you don’t want to wait until then, you can book your place here.
Have fun in this 3D museum
Lisbon has its own 3D Fun Art Museum, a three-dimensional museum that will make your head spin.
This is a space that promises to leave everyone with their heads spinning and, at the same time, a lot of fun. Book your ticket now at Fever and don’t forget to take your cell phone with you to capture lots of photos.
Address: Avenida Miguel Bombarda 91A (Saldanha/São Sebastião)
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Tickets: at Fever
Diving in the Lisbon Oceanarium
The Lisbon Oceanarium is one of those places the kids will love to go this month.
And if you don’t believe our 10 reasons to go there, then you really must see for yourself the more than 8,000 animals and plants, from over 500 species.
Oh, and don’t miss the permanent exhibitions “Submerged Forests by Takashi Amano” and “ONE, The Sea as you’ve never felt it”.
Address: Esplanada D. Carlos I (Parque das Nações)
Opening hours: every day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tickets: at Fever
Do you play minigolf in Lisbon?
Are you ready for a different evening with friends or a fun afternoon with the family?
Here you can play minigolf indoors, as well as other other psychedelic surprises.
Shall we play a few strokes? Book your ticket to Fever!
Address: Calçada Ferragial 8 (Chiado/Corpo Santo)
Opening hours: every day from 12h to 23h (last entry at 22h40)
Tickets: at Fever
Visit to the Amália Rodrigues House-Museum
Amália Rodrigues lived in this house, and on this visit to her House-Museum, you’ll learn a little more about what happened there… and who our Fado diva was.
Having her house open to the public was one of her greatest wishes, a goal that came true on July 23, 2001, when it was transformed into a House-Museum for visitors, where her fans and the curious can get to know her more personal and intimate side.
Address: Rua de São Bento 193
Schedule: various sessions
Tickets: at Fever
See the dinosaurs in Lourinhã
Have you been to Lourinhã’s Dino Park? It’s the largest themed open-air exhibition in Europe and there you can see almost 200 full-scale models of dinosaur species.
Do you know what to do this month? Lourinhã’s Dino Park is always a great idea and you can book your tickets now.
Address: Rua Vale dos Dinossauros (Lourinhã)
Opening hours: every day from 10am to 7pm
Tickets: free up to 4 years old; from 4 to 12 years old €10; adults €14
The history of pharmacy is in this museum
Just up the road from the Miradouro de Santa Catarina (Adamastor) is a museum that preserves the history of our health.
Don’t miss out on your ticket to visit this iconic museum!
Address: Rua Marechal Saldanha 1
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Tickets: at Fever
“Climbing the 25 de Abril Bridge
Now that we’ve taken you to the top of the bridge, how about a trip underneath? Escala 25 is one of Lisbon’s newest entertainment and sports venues, where you can climb a 12-meter-high wall.
Whether you’re practicing alone, with friends or as a family, Escala 25 has other climbing walls and climbing areas for all levels of difficulty, always accompanied by professionals.
Address: Avenida da Índia, Pilar 7 da Ponte 25 de Abril (Alcântara)
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tickets: at Fever
Theater, Cinema, Comedy and Shows
Immersive play unique in the country
“The Death of the Raven” is one of the plays everyone is talking about! It’s an immersive experience that will take you “traveling” through the crazy and hallucinated minds of Edgar Allan Poe and Fernando Pessoa, touring more than 28 theaters in a show unlike anything you’ve ever seen or been to.
In this intense thriller you’ll be able to (per)follow nine characters, each with their own characteristics, in a story that is told without any speech, only with body expression and choreographic movements.
Mystery, sensuality and lots of action await you in these sessions, which take place from Wednesday to Sunday, always at 9pm.
Address: Rua Santo António à Estrela 29A (Former Estrela Military Hospital)
Schedule: Wednesday to Sunday at 9pm
Tickets: at Fever
Improvisation nights in Lisbon
There’s an improvisation group in Lisbon that’s already putting on shows wherever it goes. Attending one of IMPROMIX’s sessions in the city is always a unique and unrepeatable moment.
In these Impro Nights, you never know how it’s going to start and even less how it’s going to end, in sessions that are 100% full of creativity and laughter.
Address: Fábrica Braço de Prata; Com Calma – Espaço Cultural; Debru
Tickets: at Fever
There’s a new comedy at the Pharmacy Museum
What did we hear when we were first dating? And after a few years? What about dates?
All this and much more in the new comedy “What they say about them” by Marco Pedrosa, on stage at the Pharmacy Museum Auditorium.
Address: Rua Marechal Saldanha 1
Time: March 14th at 10pm
Tickets: at Fever
Comedy “Love and Social Networks”
The comedy play, which satirizes and dissects the new dynamics of love relationships, has announced a new season at the Auditorium of the Pharmacy Museum, right next to the Santa Catarina viewpoint, with sessions starting on September 17 at 9pm.
Take the opportunity to see this hilarious comedy. Book your ticket now !
Address: Rua Marechal Saldanha 1
Times: 1, 15 and 29, at 21h30
Tickets: at Fever
At the Tivoli BBVA Theater
Every month there are new shows at one of Lisbon’s most iconic venues, the Teatro Tivoli BBVA. Let’s take a look at this month’s program:
- Tasting Fado (experience): Fridays and Saturdays
- The planet is our home (theater): until March 1
- Menopause (theater): until March 2
- Crente | Luana do Bem (stand up comedy): March 4 and 5
- Tutu | Chicos Mambo (dance): March 7 to 9
- The Choir of Man (music): March 12-16
- Capicua | Um gelado antes do fim do mundo (music): March 20
- Sagração | Cia Deborah Colker (dance): March 26 to 30
Address: Avenida da Liberdade 182A
Opening times: various
Tickets: on the website
Culture, Art and Fashion
Exhibition by Brazilian artist extended until March 30
Brazilian artist Letícia Larín’s first solo exhibition in Lisbon, entitled “Fuuu… (Sopro) Tááá: Marãny”, has been extended until March 30.
The show, presented at the National Museum of Natural History and Science, in the Blue Room, explores the artist’s relationship with the Kaiowá and Guarani indigenous worldviews, the fruit of her doctoral research in Fine Arts at FBAUL.
Curated by Sofia Marçal, the exhibition brings together works that move between painting, sculpture, video, photography and performance, combining natural and inorganic materials. Some of the pieces have the collaboration of the shaman Chipe, her friend Kunhã Ysapy and her son Ariel Kowé, residents of the Dourados Indigenous Reserve in Brazil.
Address: Rua da Escola Politécnica 56 (Blue Room of the National Museum of Natural History and Science)
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5.20 p.m.
Tickets: free on Sundays from 10am to 1pm
New exhibition by Tamara Alves
“And Your Flesh Becomes a Poem” is the name of Tamara Alves’ new exhibition at the Underdogs Gallery, which will reveal 27 new works by the Portuguese artist to all followers of her work.
This model of Lisbon took 26 years to build
For 26 years, firefighter Luís Caetano Pereira de Carvalho built our beloved city of Lisbon in detail. And this is the final result!
Address: Campo Grande 245 (Palácio Pimenta)
Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last entry at 5:30 p.m.), until September 3, 2023
Tickets: on the website
At the Gulbenkian Museum + Modern Art Center (CAM)
Every month there are new exhibitions and projects at one of Lisbon’s best-known museums, the Gulbenkian Museum (before it goes into renovation), and also at the Modern Art Center. Let’s take a look at this month’s program.
At the Gulbenkian Museum:
- Contemplations (Exhibition): until March 18, 2025
- The Power of the Word VI (Exhibition): until March 18, 2025
- Nevarte Essayan (Exhibition): until March 18, 2025
Address: Avenida de Berna 45A
Opening times: various
Tickets: on the website
At the Modern Art Center (CAM):
- Linha de Maré (CAM Collection): until May 11, 2026
- Estate of Fernando Lemos (Exhibition): until March 17, 2025
- Visitable Reserves: until May 11, 2026
- H BOX (Video): permanent
Address: Rua Marquês de Fronteira
Opening times: various
Tickets: on the website
At MAAT
Lisbon’s most modern museum has new exhibitions almost every month, and we’ll share the highlights with you:
- The Electricity Factory (Permanent Exhibition)
- Black Ancient Futures (Temporary Exhibition): until March 17, 2025
- Inverted On Us, by Catarina Dias (Temporary Exhibition): until March 17, 2025
Address: Avenida Brasília (Belém)
Opening times: various
Tickets: on the website
At the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC-CCB)
MAC-CCB is the new abbreviation for Museum of Contemporary Art Centro Cultural de Belém, which in 2023 began occupying the space of the former Berardo Museum. It opened at the end of October.
Every month there are new activities and exhibitions in the renovated cultural space on the banks of the Tagus. Let’s take a look at this month’s program:
- Berardo Collection (Exhibition): permanent
- Object, Body and Space (Exhibition): permanent
- Revisiting the work of Hestnes Ferreira (Activities): until March 2025
- Homo Urbanus (Temporary Exhibition): until April 2025
- Intimacies on the Run. Around nan Goldin (Temporary Exhibition): until August 2025
Location: Praça do Império (Belém)
Opening times: various
Tickets: on the website
At the National Coach Museum
Every month there are exciting exhibitions at the National Coach Museum. Let’s take a look at this month’s program:
- The Exchange of Princesses – 1729 (temporary exhibition): no end date
- The Queen’s Tournament: solidarity of the Portuguese people (temporary exhibition): from December 19th
- 12 Signs of the Zodiac (temporary exhibition): no end date
Address: Avenida da Índia 136 (Belém)
Opening hours: various
Tickets: on site
At the Orient Museum
Every month there are new exhibitions, courses, conferences and shows at the Museu do Oriente. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights of this month’s program:
- Portuguese Presence in Asia (Permanent Exhibition)
- Chinese fans (Permanent Exhibition)
- Chinese Export Porcelain, Former Cunha Alves Collection (Permanent Exhibition)
- Japan: Festivals and Rituals (Temporary Exhibition): until December 31, 2025
Address: Avenida Brasília (Doca de Alcantara, North)
Opening times: various
Tickets: on the website
At the Museum of Communications
Every month there are staged visits, exhibitions and many other events for the whole family at the Museum of Communications . Let’s take a look at some of the highlights of this month’s program:
- From Cape Zero to Freedom (Exhibition): until April 1, 2025
- Destino Camões: epic, lyrical, universal (Exhibition): until June 30, 2025
- Submarine cables (Exhibition): until December 31, 2050
- Overcoming Distance (Exhibition): until December 31, 2050
- Mala-Posta (Exhibition): until December 31, 2050
Address: Rua do Instituto Industrial 16 (Santos)
Opening times: various
Tickets: on the website
Concerts, Parties and Festivals
The best music, in the most incredible places in the city… and its surroundings
This month there will be several Candlelight concerts of classical music by candlelight, and we already know when and where they will take place, in fantastic locations in the city, offering very intimate and exciting moments for all those who take part.
Candlelight Concerts:
- Candlelight: The Best of Zeca Afonso
- Candlelight: Timeless Composers
- Candlelight: The best of Vivaldi
- Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer
- Candlelight: Queen & The Beatles
- Candlelight: The Best of Bridgerton
- Candlelight: The Best of ABBA
- Candlelight: The Best of Metallica
- Candlelight: The Best of Coldplay
Other concerts in the city:
This month, you’ll also be able to attend a series of concerts and music festivals in various venues and venues in Lisbon:
- Skunk Anansie: March 1, at Sagres Campo Pequeno
- Vitorino: March 4 and 5, at Teatro Variedades (Parque Mayer)
- Kiss of Life: March 13, at Sagres Campo Pequeno
- Lon3r Johny: March 14, at Coliseu dos Recreios
- The Script: March 14, at MEO Arena
- Nininho Vaz Maia: March 15 and 16, at MEO Arena
- Feid: March 20, at the Coliseu dos Recreios
- Porridge Radio: March 21, at LAV – Lisboa Ao Vivo
- Dillaz: March 21, at Sagres Campo Pequeno
- Arab Strap: March 22, at LAV – Lisboa Ao Vivo
- Eliades Ochoa: March 24, at Teatro Tivoli BBVA
- Kamasi Washington: March 26, at Coliseu dos Recreios
- Iñigo Quintero: March 27, at Lisbon’s Coliseu dos Recreios
- Tycho: March 28, at LAV – Lisboa Ao Vivo
- Miguel Gameiro & Pólo Norte: March 29, at Sagres Campo Pequeno
- Bispo: March 29, at Coliseu dos Recreios
Gastronomy, Travel and Leisure
One of the best cafés in the world is in Lisbon
If you’re also a lover of this energetic drink, then you’ll definitely want to visit the café in Lisbon that made it into the top 100 cafés in the world… and there are six addresses to discover in the city.
New Manteigaria in Lisbon
A pastel de nata, of course! And there’s a new location to visit for one of Lisbon’s best-known factories, one of our favorites.
Do you know what Lisbon’s most typical dishes are?
In this list you’ll find 10, but we believe there are many more. Pataniscas de Bacalhau and the delicious Pastéis de Nata are among our favorites. How about you?
Laser Tag in Lisbon
Remember those episodes of “How I Met Your Mother” where Barney is playing laser tag? When this comedy was on TV, there were few places in Lisbon to play this fun team game, but today you have plenty to choose from.
Have you heard about the Portuguese Navy’s plans?
As you can probably imagine, the Portuguese Navy has an incredible history and heritage.
What you might not be aware of is the vast cultural and entertainment offer this organization has to offer, but we’ll tell you all about it.
