We invite you to get to know Lisbon in November, when the smell of roasted chestnuts can already be felt in the city , and we know the best places to eat them.
Lisbon in November also brings us the inevitable Christmas season, so it won’t be surprising if you start reading here about where the best Christmas markets and fairs are taking place in the city, while you enjoy the Christmas lights, which have yet to be inaugurated in the city.
It’s true that the hottest months are over and November brings cooler days, but it also brings new plans for what to do and visit in Lisbon. These are our favorites:
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Theater, Cinema, Comedy and Shows
Enjoy an evening of aerial acrobatics and cocktails
The AirOtic Soirée show returns to Lisbon to warm up the winter evenings. This isn’t just any circus; it’s a “burlesque circus” that mixes world-class acrobatics with seductive choreography. The AirOtic Soirée is an experience for all the senses, including cocktails before the show and an exclusive after-party with the artists. Get ready for an experience that blends world-class circus art with provocative and seductive choreography.
Discover underground Lisbon at Galeria do Loreto
If you’re curious about what lies beneath the streets of Lisbon, this is a must. The guided tour of the Galeria do Loreto takes you on a 1.5km journey underground, starting near Rato and ending at the Patriarcal Reservoir in Príncipe Real. After all, it’s not every day that you get the chance to discover the tunnels and galleries that criss-cross underground Lisbon. This experience, organized by the Water Museum, ends with an intimate fado session.
📍 LOCATION: Start at Rua das Amoreiras (Rato) and end at the Patriarcal Reservoir (Príncipe Real)
🗓️ DATES: Fridays and Saturdays
🎟️ PRICE: from 16€
TIME: 18h45
At Teatro Tivoli BBVA
Every month there are new shows at one of Lisbon’s most iconic venues, Teatro Tivoli BBVA. Let’s get to know this month’s program:
- Tasting Fado (Experience): every Friday and Saturday
- Baião D’Oxigénio (Theater): November 19 to 23
- The Reinvention of Schubert (Music): November 24th
- Devendra Banhart (Music): November 25th
- Peçanha: Security Protocol, by António Tabet (Stand-Up Comedy): November 26
- Eterno Ballet-Flamengo, Homage to Picasso (Dance): November 28 to 30
📍 LOCATION: Avenida da Liberdade 182A
🎟️ TICKETS: on the website
Exhibitions, Art and Fashion
Enjoy a triple immersive art experience in Lisbon
Immerse yourself in three different universes with the Immersivus Gallery’s Single Triple Ticket. This is your chance to take an unforgettable journey that will take you from Michelangelo and Da Vinci to the splendor of ancient Egypt, ending with the impressionist beauty of Monet and Klimt. More art, more adventure and more magic, all with just one ticket. Each show combines art, history and technology in a celebration of creativity and human emotion.
Bilhete Único Triplo da Immersivus Gallery Lisboa - 4.11 · 55 reviews
Enter the world of fantasy at the 3D Fun Art Museum
Eager to enter the world of fantasy and imagination? The 3D Fun Art Museum offers a different concept that combines the science of visual perception with the magic of illusion. You can go on safari, have a dinosaur as a pet or see your head served on a dining table. Make sure your cell phone is charged and get ready to take lots of pictures. This is a fun experience for all the family where nothing is as it seems.
Museu 3D Fun Art: uma divertida experiência para toda a família - 4.71 · 636 reviews
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, and also at the Modern Art Center. Let’s take a look at this month’s program.
At the Gulbenkian Museum:
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NOTE: The Gulbenkian Museum is temporarily closed.
At the Modern Art Center (CAM):
- H BOX (Video): permanent
- Visitable Reserves: until September 20, 2027
- The Listening Biennial (Exhibition): until January 6, 2026
- Francisco Trêpa | Baile dos Bugalhos (Exhibition): until January 13, 2026
- Zineb Sedira | Standing Here Wondering… (Exhibition): until January 19, 2026
- Green Spaces | Drawings in the Collection (Exhibition): until March 2, 2026
- Linha de Maré (CAM Collection): until May 11, 2026
- Xerazade | CAM’s Endless Collection (Exhibition): until September 20, 2026
📍 LOCATION: Rua Marquês de Fronteira 2
🎟️ TICKETS: on the website
At the Museum of Contemporary Art
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
- An Atlantic drift. The arts of the 20th century from the Berardo Collection (Exhibition): permanent
- Early Childhood (Schools): until September 2026
- Avenida 211 (Exhibition): until April 5, 2026
- Lighter (Exhibition): until January 4, 2026
📍 LOCATION: Praça do Império (Belém)
🎟️ TICKETS: on the website
At MAAT
Lisbon’s most modern museum has new exhibitions almost every month, and we’ll be sharing the highlights:
- The Electricity Factory (Exhibition): permanent
- Fluxes – 7th Lisbon Architecture Triennale (Exhibition): until January 19, 2026
- Cerith Wyn Evans – Forms in Space… through Light (in Time)(Exhibition): until February 16, 2026
- Pencils for painting gray days | Works from the EDP Foundation Art Collection (Exhibition): until January 19, 2026
- Isabelle Ferreira | Notre Feu (Exhibition): until March 2, 2026
- Pedro Casqueiro | Detour (Exhibition): until April 6, 2026
📍 LOCATION: Avenida Brasília (Belém)
🎟️ TICKETS: on the website
At MACAM
MACAM – Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins is one of Lisbon’s newest museums and every month it presents a new cultural program, which we’re going to share with you:
- A collection for two times (Exhibition): permanent
- MURMUR Project (Exhibition): new shows by emerging artists every 4 months (free admission)
- Maria Ana Bobone (Music & Performing Arts): November 6th
- Mazgani (Music & Performing Arts): November 7th
- Play Cart (Laboratory): November 9th
- Maria João Vieira Leite TRio (Music & Performing Arts): November 13
- The Castle (Music & Performing Arts): November 21
- The self as multiple (Exhibition): November 22 to May 4, 2026
- Between Word and Silence (Exhibition): November 22 to June 1, 2026
- Wind Ensemble, by Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa (Music & Performing Arts): November 27
- Monday (Music & Performing Arts): November 29th
- Guided tours (Visits): see website
- Family Visit-Workshop (Workshop): see website
📍 LOCATION: Rua da Junqueira 66
🎟️ TICKETS: on the website
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 (Exhibition): permanent
- Chinese export porcelain | Former Cunha Alves Collection: permanent
- Goa ivories (Exhibition): permanent
- Japan: Festivals and Rituals (Temporary exhibition): until December 31st
📍 LOCATION: Avenida Brasília (Doca de Alcantara, North)
🎟️ TICKETS: on the website
Puppet Museum: the art of storytelling
In the Madragoa neighborhood you’ll find a place that lets you travel the world through the history of puppets. A museum that deserves to be visited, whatever your age.
📍 LOCATION: Rua da Esperança 146, Convento das Bernardas (Santos)
🎟️ 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 (Exhibition): no end date
- 12 Signs of the Zodiac (Exhibition): no end date
- The Queen’s Tournament: solidarity of the Portuguese people (Exhibition): from December 19th
📍 LOCATION: Avenida da Índia 136 (Belém)
🎟️ 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:
- Submarine cables (Exhibition): until 2050
- D. Manuel I (Exhibition): until December 31, 2025
- Destino Camões: epic, lyrical, universal (Exhibition): until July 27, 2026
📍 LOCATION: Rua do Instituto Industrial 16 (Santos)
🎟️ TICKETS: on the website
Experiences, Attractions and Games
Dive to the bottom of the sea at the Lisbon Oceanarium
Take a breathtaking journey to the bottom of the sea at the Lisbon Oceanarium! Come face to face with more than 8,000 marine creatures and discover curious facts about the ocean in a gigantic 5000m³ aquarium. Learn about the importance of ocean conservation and marvel at some of the exotic beauties hidden in the depths, on an incredible journey that will surprise you until the very last minute.
Oceanário de Lisboa - 4.78 · 131 reviews
Dare to climb under the 25 de Abril Bridge
Visit Lisbon’s newest outdoor climbing gym and take on the challenge of scaling a 12-meter-high wall. Whether you’re a beginner or a more or less experienced climber, dare to climb one of the capital’s most iconic structures, the 25 de Abril Bridge! The space offers world-class facilities for learning and training, with areas for all levels, always accompanied by professionals.
Discover the world of dinosaurs in Lourinhã
Embark on a journey through time at Dino Parque Lourinhã, the largest open-air museum in Portugal dedicated to this fantastic world. Along a three-kilometer route, you’ll find one hundred and eighty scientifically proven full-scale dinosaur models. It’s a mind-blowing journey through more than 420 million years of history that promises to be a unique experience for the whole family and will delight all visitors.
Dino Parque Lourinhã - 4.76 · 29 reviews
Concerts, Parties and Festivals
The best music, in the most incredible places in the city… and its surroundings
Over the next few months there will be several Candlelight classical music concerts, as well as other shows in various venues in Lisbon.
All of them will take place in fantastic venues in the city, providing very intimate and exciting moments for all the participants.
Candlelight Concerts:
- Candlelight: The Best of the 80s
- Candlelight: Queen vs. The Beatles
- Candlelight: The best of Hans Zimmer
- Candlelight: Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons
- Candlelight: Rock Classics
- Candlelight: The best of Hans Zimmer
- Candlelight: The best of Joe Hisaishi
- Candlelight: Timeless composers such as Mozart, Bach and others
- Candlelight: Rings, Thrones and Dragons
- Candlelight: The best of ABBA
- Candlelight: The best of Queen
Other concerts in the city:
This month, you’ll also be able to attend a series of concerts and music festivals at various venues and venues in Lisbon:
- Amistat: November 22, at LAV – Lisboa Ao VivoMonobloco: November 23, at LAV – Lisboa Ao Vivo
- Mumford & Sons: November 25, at Sagres Campo Pequeno
- Rui Veloso & Banda Sinfónica da GNR: November 28, at Sagres Campo Pequeno
- Tommy Cash: November 29, at LAV – Lisboa Ao Vivo
- Marilyn Manson: November 30th, at Sagres Campo Pequeno
Gastronomy, Travel and Leisure
Discover Lisbon’s most luxurious gastronomic guide
“Tasting in Avenida”, the gastronomic guide to Avenida da Liberdade, returns for its fourth edition with 29 restaurants offering gourmet menus and exclusive experiences at more affordable prices. For one week, the capital’s most luxurious gastronomic itinerary will offer a special program that includes, in addition to themed proposals and discounts, unique culinaryworkshops, live cooking sessions and special menus, in spaces ranging from traditional cuisine to the most modern rooftops and even Michelin-starred restaurants.
📍 LOCATION: various restaurants on Avenida da Liberdade (from Parque Eduardo VII to Restauradores)
🗓️ HOURS: between November 17th and 23rd
Visit the Magokoro Ramen restaurants in Lisbon
Magokoro Ramen is on our list of the best ramen restaurants in Lisbon, and its slow-cooked broth is the secret to its authentic taste. With three spaces, in Santa Apolónia, Amoreiras and Parque das Nações, each offers a unique experience, from a trip to classic Japan in the first house, to spaces that celebrate Japanese pop culture with arcade machines, making them ideal for families. The menu goes beyond ramen, including specialties such as Abura Soba de Unagi and traditional gyozas and Takoyakis.
📍 LOCATION: Rua Caminhos de Ferro 136 (next to Santa Apolónia station); Rua Professor Sousa da Câmara 138A (Amoreiras); Alameda dos Oceanos 79A (Parque das Nações)
🗓️ HOURS: every day, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
Find the best Cozido à Portuguesa in Lisbon
As the cold weather arrives, the search for the most famous dish of the winter intensifies. We’re talking, of course, about Cozido à Portuguesa. To help you find the best, this definitive guide to Cozido brings together 18 unmissable restaurants in the capital, from traditional taverns to more sophisticated places. The experts say that Lisbon is home to the best Cozido à Portuguesa, and many places, such as Belmiro or Super Mário, serve it on specific days of the week.
📍 LOCATION: Various places in Lisbon (18 restaurants)
🗓️ DATES: Various days of the week (depends on the restaurant)
🎟️ PRICE: Various (depends on the restaurant)
TIME: Usually at lunchtime
Tasting the Intemporal tasting menu
In Paço de Arcos, Chef Miguel Laffan is determined to win back a Michelin star at his restaurant Intemporal. The space is elegant and minimalist, but the real highlight is the panoramic “window” with incredible views of the Tagus. The proposal is a new fall tasting menu with 12 poetic moments. It’s an authentic reflection on time, transformation and memory, combining Asian influences with Portuguese tradition.
📍 LOCATION: Rua Vista Alegre (Paço de Arcos)
🎟️ PRICE : Tasting Menu: €120 per person
HOURS: Tuesday to Saturday, from 12.30pm to 3pm and from 7.30pm to 11pm
Try Mama Shelter’s new lunch menus
It’s possible to have lunch in one of Lisbon’s most beautiful restaurants for less than €10. Mama Shelter has broken with routine and offers new affordable daily menus, with prices starting at €9.50 (Dish of the Day). There is a different (and affordable) dish of the day from Monday to Friday, such as Pork Cheeks or Duck Rice, for those who want a quick and tasty meal in an energetic atmosphere. There are also the options of Menu of the Day (€12.50) and Pizza of the Day (€15.50).
📍 LOCATION: Rua do Vale do Pereiro 19
🎟️ PRICE: From €9.50
HOURS: Monday to Friday, from 12 noon to 2.30 p.m.
Discover the Royal Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
Away from the tourist crowds, the Royal Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon (ROAL), in Tapada da Ajuda, is a real time capsule. Built by King Pedro V, this 19th century monument allows you to see 150-year-old scientific instruments, such as the imposing “Great Equatorial”. For decades, this was where Portugal’s “Official Time” came from. Although it’s an incredible journey into the country’s scientific past, the visit also reveals a dilapidated building with poor access and in need of urgent maintenance.
📍 LOCATION: Tapada da Ajuda (entrance via Calçada da Tapada)
🗓️ DATES: Guided tours on the last Wednesday of the month
🎟️ PRICE: free
TIME: 3pm to 4pm
Watch the creation of live murals in Marvila
The Marvila neighborhood is getting a new outdoor urban art gallery. The “Walls That Matter – 8 Take Over” project is transforming 8 Marvila, and the best thing is that it can be visited by everyone. During the month of November, visitors can see the creation of the murals live. It’s a gallery that’s constantly being updated, with renowned artists such as Mário Belém, RAM or Gonçalo MAR, among others.
📍 LOCATION: Praça David Leandro da Silva 8 (Marvila)
🗓️ DATES: During the months of October and November
🎟️ PRICE: free
TIME: Thu 12h-00h; Fri and Sat 12h-02h; Sun 12h-22h
Mark your calendar: inauguration of the Christmas lights in Lisbon at Terreiro do Paço
The inauguration of the Christmas lights in Lisbon will have its high point in Terreiro do Paço, promising a celebration full of pomp on November 22, with a live concert by fado singer Sara Correia, a fireworks display and the lighting of a 30-meter-high pine tree. The city will be decorated with around 182 kilometers of 100% low-energy LED lights, spread over 46 locations, including special installations in streets such as Rua Augusta and Praça de Luís de Camões.
📍 LOCATION: Terreiro do Paço
🗓️ DATES: November 22
Must-see Rossio Christmas Market 2025
Christmas arrives in downtown Lisbon with the return of the Rossio Christmas Market to Praça D. Pedro IV, between November 14 and December 21. The market features dozens of wooden houses with typical handicrafts and sweets, and is a vibrant meeting point for Christmas shopping. Visitors can enjoy free rides on the electric Christmas Train that runs through the streets of Baixa Pombalina and watch the daily Christmas parades that herald the arrival of Santa Claus.
📍 LOCATION: Praça D. Pedro IV (Rossio)
🗓️ DATES: November 14 to December 21
🎟️ PRICE: free
HOURS: Sunday to Thursday, from 10am to 10pm; national holiday, Fridays and Saturdays, from 10am to 11pm
Enjoy a Christmas Market with Nordic flavors and decorations near Lisbon
The Christmas Market at Freeport Lisboa Fashion Outlet in Alcochete is back, offering a Nordic-style festive experience inspired by the charming markets of Northern Europe. This small but showy Christmas market features the typical wooden houses, where you can find traditional Christmas food and drinks, such as hot chocolate, churros, raclette and soups, as well as original gift proposals, such as liqueurs and games. Another attraction is the special, personalized wrapping service, which is completely free for Fashion Club members.
📍 LOCATION: Av. Euro 2004 (Alcochete)
🗓️ DATES: until December 24th
🎟️ PRICE: free
TIME: every day from 10am to 10pm
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