Lisbon Park of Nations how to get there. Park of Nations (Parque das Nações)
A modern modern railroad station"Orient". The building also houses a metro station and a bus station. This is the exit from the Orient train station.
Oriental Train Station- a project by the famous Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, connecting Lisbon with the rest of Europe.
The Parc des Nations is a dynamic, lively place that is one of the main attractions of modern Lisbon. Residents of the city come here to relax, have fun, stroll, play sports and shop. This is the transition from the station to the big one shopping mall"Vasco da Gama"
Hotel "Tivoli Oriente" - "Tivoli Oriente"
A very beautiful shopping center. Water flows from above on the glass roof.
We go out to the park area and the Tagus River.
This is the entrance to the shopping center from the river.
You can ride around the territory on such a train
Funny sculpture
From the aquarium you can take the funicular to the Vasco da Gama Tower. Line length 1 km.
We head along the alley to the Oceanarium.
I have posted a separate gallery about the Lisbon Aquarium, the largest in Europe. Take a look, it's a very nice aquarium.
Lawns around the aquarium.
Now the pictures are taken through the glass of the cable car cabin, so the quality depends on the cleanliness of the glass :) This is the oceanarium from above.
Round building - Atlantic pavilion
Exhibition pavilions
View of the tower and Vasco da Gama bridge. The bridge is a grandiose structure, striking in its scale and shape, the pride of Lisbon.
On this moment this is the longest bridge in Europe, its total length is 17.185 km. The bridge was opened to traffic on March 29, 1998, 18 months after construction began. The bridge consists of five objects: the Northern viaduct, the Expo viaduct, the main bridge, the central viaduct and the southern viaduct. Each of these objects was built using special technologies. The main bridge is a cable-stayed bridge with a length of 829 meters, the height of the pylons reaches 150 m.
Built as a continuation of the main bridge, the central viaduct, with a length of 6631 m, is the longest of all objects. Seventy-five 80m spans forming its bridge deck were manufactured directly at the construction site. Poured on benches, the precast blocks were combined in groups of eight to form a prestressed beam 78 meters long and weighing 2,000 tonnes. Such a complex was installed on a barge, which performed the dual function of transportation and lifting. This method made it possible to manufacture and install one span every two days.
There are six lanes marked on the bridge; more than 50 thousand cars cross it every day. The author of the project was Michel Verloger, his main task was to build a bridge that could withstand all earthquakes, which are not uncommon in Portugal.
The Vasco da Gama Tower is 140m high with a panoramic restaurant, which is said to offer stunning views of the Parc des Nations, Lisbon and the Tagus River. It was not possible to get in, as a luxury hotel with the same name is being built onto the tower.
The length of the central span of the bridge, hanging on metal ropes, is 420 meters. Records were also broken in terms of the pace of construction - the bridge was built in only 18 months. Its construction took 730 thousand cubic meters of concrete, and its safety margin is such that it can withstand an earthquake four times stronger than the one that happened in Lisbon in 1755.
Along the Tagus embankment there is something like a botanical garden, the trees have signs.
Not far from historical center Lisbon has two interesting places with views of the sea and the most beautiful Lisbon bridges. One of them is the Park of Nations with the Vasco da Gama Bridge, the other is the ancient Belem and the 25th of April Bridge. Parque des Nations is easily accessible by metro, and Belém is either a few stops away by train, bus or tram number 15. The places are completely different in spirit and appearance, but at the same time equally interesting and worth visiting.
1. Park of Nations - huge architectural complex on the shores of Lisbon Bay, opened for the world exhibition "Expo 98" and the anniversary of the return of Vasco da Gama from his first expedition to India. Usually people come here for the whole day - there are many cafes, restaurants, entertainment complexes, there is an aquarium, and there is an embankment cable car. I came for a couple of hours - and the main goal was to see famous bridge"Vasco da Gama", one of two suspension bridges within Lisbon through Mar da Paglia Bay and the mouth of the Tagus River.
2. Park of Nations is a paradise for lovers of high-tech and modern architecture.
The Vasco da Gama cable-stayed bridge crosses the bay northeast of the city center. It was opened in 1998 for Expo 98 and the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India. This is one of the most long bridges Europe - 17 kilometers with approaches. At the same time, the length of the channel part is 830 meters and the central cable-stayed span is 420 meters. This is the second bridge over the Tagus River in Lisbon. The opening of this six-lane bridge has significantly relieved congestion. old bridge"April 25" and improve transport situation in the 3 million Lisbon metropolitan area.
Lisbon is located on the right bank of the Tagus River (one of the main rivers of Spain and Portugal) at its mouth - the wide Mar da Paglia Bay, which extends far inland. So it’s not quite a river anymore, but it’s not quite a sea either. :) The Vasco da Gama Bridge is located above the center of Lisbon along the river and further from the ocean - here the water in the bay is not yet salty, and the color of the water is not ocean blue, but river brown-brown. The depths are also shallow; in the bay, the fairway of the river bed on the right bank and shallow water spaces extending for many kilometers to the left bank are clearly visible.
3. The tides in Lisbon Bay are very strong - I found myself on the shore at low tide: the water went down several tens of meters, exposing the brown bottom. But some time passed, and it began to arrive literally before our eyes.
4. The central part of the Vasco da Gama bridge on the right bank of the Tagus estuary.
5. The trestle part extends for many kilometers along the shallow waters of the bay.
7. It’s already quite far from the ocean here - this part of the bay is quite shallow. The navigable fairway is marked with navigational signs.
8. In the Park of Nations, convenient bridges are laid along the coast.
9. A large hotel and a 145-meter Vasco da Gama tower were built right there on the shore in 1998. observation deck upstairs. Unfortunately, this observation room has not been working for several years.
Now, from the relatively new Park of Nations, which opened 20 years ago, let’s move to ancient Belém. This is an old district of Lisbon, located on the shore of a bay, close to the ocean. It survived the 1755 earthquake and is home to a number of key must-see attractions in the Portuguese capital. Belem (or Belem, as it is also called) is associated with the sea and the Age of Discovery, the golden time when Portugal was the mistress of the seas.
10. From Lisbon Cais do Sodre station to Belem - just 8 minutes by high-speed train. Moreover, trains run every 20 minutes. The photo shows the square in front of the Belem Palace, the official residence of the President of Portugal.
11. Next is the perfectly preserved Jeronimos Monastery, a living witness of the Age of the Greats geographical discoveries. Its construction began as early as 1501, shortly after the return of Vasco da Gama from his first expedition to India, and was financed mainly by income received from the trade in Indian spices. The monastery, as often happened in those days, took more than a hundred years to build and was completed by the beginning of the 17th century.
14. Multi-colored houses and the pylon of the “25 April” suspension bridge - which opened in 1966 and connected the northern and southern coast Tagus Bay, near where it flows into the open ocean.
15. On the shore of the bay there is the famous Monument to the Discoverers. From here, centuries ago, brave travelers went to sea - in search of new lands, new adventures, new trade routes with new territories. They were heading towards the unknown... These were dangerous journeys; not all of these brave people were able to return to their home harbor of Lisbon.
17. At the top of the monument there is an observation deck, which offers a magnificent view of Belem, the bay and the bridge.
19. The 25th of April Bridge crosses the shores of the bay closer to the ocean than the Vasco da Gama Bridge. It’s already very deep here, there are no shallow waters and the water is no longer river brown, but real turquoise, sea water. Due to the great depths and the difficulty of constructing supports, the bay had to be covered with a large span of a suspension system (a classic solution for bridges across large sea straits). Based on the length of the central span (1017 meters), this bridge is one of the 20 largest in the world. The bridge structures are painted red and are very similar (the central span is a little more than 1280 meters).
20. Unlike the second Lisbon bridge “Vasco da Gama”, the “25 April Bridge” is combined: at the upper level there is a highway, and at the bottom there is a busy railway line connecting Lisbon with the south of Portugal.
21. A cruise ship passes under the span of the bridge, and the statue of Christ is on the high bank.
(Parque das Nações is another popular place in Lisbon. The once former industrial area with abandoned buildings acquired a new look at the opening of the World Expo in 1998 and became one of the prestigious areas of Lisbon with modern architecture and a wide range of commercial, entertainment, educational and sports facilities for residents and visitors of the Portuguese capital.
I will list the most interesting places in the Park of Nations:
Estação do Oriente - Oriente station. A large transport hub - a modern railway station - from where you can get to almost anywhere in the country. This is not just a “station as a station”, but a work of architectural art in the Art Nouveau style.
Commercial center Centro Comercial Vasco da Gama. Large shopping center next to Oriente train station. You can go through it to the Nations, which many do.
Torre Vasco da Gama - Vasco da Gama with a modern design and a viewing platform at the top.
Ponte Vasco da Gama - Vasco da Gama Bridge- the fourth longest in the world and the first in Europe.
Telecabine is a funicular or cable car that runs along the Tagus River.
Its duration is 1.23 kilometers. One way trip duration is 8 minutes. Ferris funicular - this is the correct definition, because from the height of the cable car you can also see the Tagus.
Address: Passeio das Tagides - Estação Norte, 1990-280 LISBOA
A one-way trip costs 4 euros and 6 euros round trip.
Pavilhão Atlântico - The Atlantic Pavilion is a large concert venue for famous touring performers.
Oceanário de Lisboa - Lisbon Oceanarium is one of the largest in Europe
Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Pavilion of Knowledge - interesting place for children. In this museum you can touch everything with your hands, climb, ride, jump, try, explore how it all works...
Casino de Lisboa - Casino of Lisbon
Marina Parque das Nações - Harbor of the Park of Nations - a modern harbor for large pleasure boats and yachts. The curious architecture of the buildings is reminiscent of huge cruise ships.
And in conclusion to what has been said - here, in the Park of Nations, as well as in other areas of Lisbon, the night life.
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Parque das Nações(Park Sales Nasoes) or Park of Nations c – this is one of the most popular places not just because of the sights. The entire area of the Parc des Nations is characterized by modern architecture, here you will find wide choose entertainment, educational, sports, commercial and eating places for tourists and residents of the capital. I would compare the Park of Nations with Montjuic in Barcelona and VDNKh in Moscow. This comparison may not be entirely accurate in terms of external characteristics, but in meaning it will be correct.
Sights of Lisbon:
ParquedasNações– Park of Nations
The Parc des Nations is located in the northeast, near Lisbon Portela Airport. This is an area with distinct modern architecture. Now this area includes several museums, residential buildings, an exhibition center, a multifunctional pavilion, a cable car, commercial center and just an interesting place to have a good time. If you walk towards the Vasco da Gama Bridge, there will be Tagus Park ( Parque do Tejo). In general, it is very pleasant to walk along the Tagus River at any time.
There are so many different eating establishments in the Park of Nations. Here you can eat not only Portuguese, but also Italian, Brazilian, Argentine and many other cuisines.
Walking here you will find a wide variety of modern sculptures. Some are quite curious.
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The history of the Park of Nations is very short. Back in the late 80s of the 20th century, this was a completely uninteresting industrial zone with partially abandoned and destroyed houses. The new look of this area was brought about by a grandiose reconstruction project for the World EXPO, which took place in 1998. In anticipation of this exhibition, the half-abandoned area was rebuilt and transformed into one of the prestigious areas of the Portuguese capital.
Estação do Oriente (EstasauduOrient)or Gare do Oriente (GareduOrient) —
Orient Station
A modern railway station, and simply a large transport hub, from where you can get to almost anywhere in the country. The only thing is that it is impossible to take the train to Cascais there. But you can survive this :) Intercity trains stop here or depart from here, commuter trains, incl. to Sintra. Intercity and international buses, as well as many urban and commuter buses. There is also a metro station of the same name.
CentroCommercialVascodaGama (Centru Commercial Vasco da Gama) -
Vasco da Gama Commercial Center
A large commercial center next to the Oriente train station, you can actually go through it to the Parque des Nations. Many people do this. Several floors with shops, a food court where you can eat inexpensively and tasty. On the ground floor there is a Continente supermarket where you can buy some traditional items such as painted plates inexpensively, as well as wine, cheeses, olive oil, etc. I wrote about what is worth bringing from Portugal in.
TorresSãoGabriel/ Rafael (Torres Sau Gabriel / Rafael) -
Towers of St. Gabriel and Raphael
Two modern buildings resembling sails are the very heads of St. Gabriel and Raphael. At night, the top of the towers is illuminated.
These buildings contain both commercial space and residential premises. Of course, everyone understands that apartments here cost exorbitant amounts of money.
FeiraInternationaldeLisboa (Feira International de Lisboa) -
International Exhibition of Lisbon
A large pavilion, which is used mainly for holding all kinds of exhibitions and fairs.
Torre Vasco da Gama (Torre Vasco da Gama) - Tower of Vasco da Gama
This tower modern design with a large observation deck at the top. Now it is closed to visitors, because... A luxury hotel is still being built right next to it.
PonteVascodaGama (Ponte Vasco da Gama) -
Vasco da Gama Bridge
The Vasco da Gama Bridge, one of the attractions of Lisbon, was opened for travel in April 1998 and was named after the great Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama (in Russian literature - Vasco da Gama). This year marked the 500th anniversary of his arrival from his voyage to India. This bridge is the longest in Europe and the 4th longest in the world. Its length is 17.2 km, of which 10 km is over water. This bridge was designed to withstand an earthquake 4 times stronger than the famous Lisbon earthquake in 1755.
Telecabine(Telecabin) -
Funicular or Cable Car
In the Parc des Nations there is a cable car along the Tagus River. Its duration is 1.23 kilometers. One way trip duration is 8 minutes. From here you can enjoy both views of the river and Lisbon.
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Passeio das Tagides - Estação Norte, 1990-280 LISBOA |
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(+351) 218 956 143 |
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Fax machine: |
(+351) 218 952 815 |
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[email protected] |
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http://www.telecabinelisboa.pt/ |
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Work schedule: |
October 26 to March 19 11:00 - 18:00, March 19 to May 31 11:00 - 19:00, June 1 to September 15 10:30 - 20:00, September 15 to October 25 11:00 - 19: 00 |
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Ticket prices: |
One way children 0-6 years old – free, 7-14 years old – 2 euros, 15-64 years old – 3.95 euros, 65 and older – 2 euros |
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round trip children 0-6 years old – free 7-14 years old – 3.35 euros, 15-64 years old – 5.90 euros, 65 and older – 3.35 euros |
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groups from 25 people |
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Free entry |
children up to 6 years old inclusive |
PavilhãoAtlântico (Pavilhao Atlantic) -
Atlantic Pavilion
The Atlantic Pavilion is a fairly multifunctional pavilion, which is used mainly as a large concert venue. This is where famous stars perform when they come on tour to Lisbon.
Pavilhão de Portugal (Pavilhao de Portugal) -
Portugal Pavilion
This Portugal Pavilion was designed as a representative pavilion for Portugal for International exhibition in 1998. At the moment, temporary exhibitions are held there, but its “useful” use has not yet been identified.
Oceanario de Lisboa -
Photos taken from the Oceanarium website http://www.oceanario.pt/cms/61
The Lisbon Aquarium is also located in the Parc des Nations. This is a large building that includes a huge variety of fish and other ocean inhabitants, but not only that. There is one huge aquarium that can be viewed from different levels. There are sunfish, sharks, rays and others interesting inhabitants. There are also somewhat smaller aquariums there, but also very interesting.
The aquarium has several rooms where living conditions in different parts of our planet have been restored, for example there is a section tropical forest, there is a mountain with real ice and a pond for penguins, there is a pond for waterfowl, beavers, probably... look at the photos, they rest there. Overall, I highly recommend visiting. Wonderful place For family vacation, and not only.
Here are the opening hours, ticket prices, etc.
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Esplanada D. Carlos I, 1990-005 Lisboa |
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+351 218 917 002 / 03 or 06 |
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+351 218 955 762 |
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[email protected] |
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http://www.oceanario.pt |
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In summer 10:00-20:00, last admission at 19:00 In winter 10:00-19:00, last admission at 18:00 December 25 open from 13:00-18:00 January 1 open from 12:00-18 :00 |
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Ticket prices |
10% discount when purchasing tickets Online |
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Permanent exhibition |
0-3 years old - free, 4-12 years old - 9 euros, 13-64 years old - 13 euros, 65 and older - 9 euros Family - 36 euros (2 adults + 2 children under 12 years old, additional child+ 5.5 euros))))) Family tickets can only be purchased at the Oceanarium ticket offices |
At the Oceanarium you can rent an audio guide for 2.5 euros. Audio guide in the following languages: Portuguese, French, Spanish, English, Italian and German.
Pavilhão do Conhecimento (Pavilhao do Cunecimento) -
Pavilion of Knowledge
The Knowledge Pavilion is a museum where you can touch almost everything with your hands. This is a very interesting place for children. There is permanent exhibition, where you can try everything, jump, climb, touch, ride and see how it all works. The temporary exhibition also changes several times a year. What I saw was an exhibition telling about the processes occurring in the human body. There you could even smell the various odors that the human body generates. Then there was an exhibition telling about all sorts of optical things, tricks and illusions. Overall, I highly recommend it. If I remember correctly, there is also a translation into English language all this technical stuff. Although I didn’t find the English version on the official website, so maybe I’m wrong. In any case, much is clear there as it is. I still recommend going, especially with children, and the tickets are not very expensive.
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Free entry
Teatro Camões (Camoes Theater) -
Theater named after Camoes
The Camões Theater is currently under the management and organization of the repertoire of the National Dance Company (Companhia Nacional de Bailado). As you might guess, the basis of the repertoire is ballet with the invitation of various famous performers.
Theater website: http://www.cnb.pt. The site is only in Portuguese.
Casino de Lisboa (Casino de Lizboa) -
Lisbon casino
The Lisbon casino is not only a casino. There are rooms that are used for a variety of performances, concerts and performances. And artists perform here, both their own, Portuguese, and international groups. For example, performances of Slava Polunin’s Snow Show have now begun. They will last until May 20.
Casino website: http://www.casino-lisboa.pt/. You can select English on the website.
MarinaParquedasNações (Marina Park sales Nasoes) —
Nations Park Harbor
A modern marina for yachts, which also has a marina for larger pleasure boats. The curious architecture of the buildings is reminiscent of huge cruise ships.
Nightlife is also vibrant in the Park of Nations. There are several discos here, including where you can dance salsa. If anyone is interested, write in the comments and I will tell you where exactly this can be done.