{"id":59229,"date":"2026-10-14T00:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T00:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&#038;p=59229"},"modified":"2026-10-14T00:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T00:08:15","slug":"jardim-botanico-tropical","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/pt\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/lisbon-surroundings\/jardim-botanico-tropical\/","title":{"rendered":"Jardim Bot\u00e2nico Tropical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steps from the Mosteiro dos Jer\u00f3nimos, behind the queue for the famous pastries, a gate opens onto seven hectares of tropical forest in the middle of Bel\u00e9m. The Jardim Bot\u00e2nico Tropical is one of Lisbon&#8217;s least crowded and most surprising gardens: palm avenues, giant ferns, dragon trees and the woody scent of plants collected across five continents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From colonial garden to tropical ark<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The garden was created in 1906 by King Carlos I as the Colonial Garden, and moved to its present site in Bel\u00e9m in 1914, laid out by the French landscape gardener Henry Navel. For a century it belonged to the tropical-research institutes, and since 2015 it has been managed by the University of Lisbon alongside the National Museum of Natural History and the Lisbon Botanical Garden. Classified as a National Monument in 2007, it reopened after extensive restoration works, with the long-closed cactus garden brought back to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to see<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The palm and dragon-tree avenues near the entrance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The cactus garden, reopened after decades closed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collections of plants linked to Portuguese exploration \u2014 pepper, cacao, coffee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Pal\u00e1cio dos Condes da Calheta, inside the grounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peacocks, turtles and a silence rare in Bel\u00e9m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practical information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The garden is at Largo de Bel\u00e9m, a short walk from the Jer\u00f3nimos monastery and the Bel\u00e9m Cultural Centre. It opens from morning to late afternoon and closes on Mondays; tickets are modest and there are occasional free-admission days. 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