Avenidas Novas: Art Nouveau houses, a 1922 pastelaria, the neo-Moorish bullring and the Gulbenkian

The flat grid of avenues north of Saldanha holds an Art Nouveau painter's house, a pastelaria from 1922, the neo-Moorish bullring of 1892, a modernist church of the 1930s and the Gulbenkian Foundation, whose concrete headquarters (a national monument since 2010) stand in a garden by Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles. Start: Metro Saldanha (Red and Yellow lines). End: Metro São Sebastião (Blue and Red lines) or Praça de Espanha (Blue line).

Best time: Any day except Tuesday (the Gulbenkian closes on Tuesdays) and Monday (state museums close); on Saturdays under-30s get into the Gulbenkian free from 18:00 to 21:00

The route, stop by stop

1. 1
   Anastácio Gonçalves House Museum

   Built 1904-1905 by Norte Júnior for the painter José Malhoa, an Art Nouveau house that won the Valmor architecture prize; a house-museum since 1980 (EUR 5, MMP 2026 price list). Lisbon Lux singles out its façade. 10 min outside, 45 min inside.

   An Art Nouveau house (Casa Malhoa) with a collector's Chinese porcelain and Portuguese paintings; one of the least-visited museums in the city.

2. 2
   Pastelaria Versailles

   Avenida da República 15A: opened on 25 November 1922 by Salvador Antunes, trained in French pâtisserie and a lover of Art Nouveau; the building is listed (Imóvel de Interesse Público, 1996). Stop for a coffee and cake. 30 min.

   A 1922 pastry house where you take afternoon tea or a late-night hot chocolate among chandeliers, carved wooden display cases and stained glass. The choice of cakes, meringues…

3. 3
   Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno

   Up Avenida da República: Lisbon's bullring, opened in 1892 to a neo-Moorish design by José Dias da Silva, with domes and horseshoe arches; today also a concert and event venue for about 9,000 people. 15 min.

4. 4
   Church of Our Lady of Fátima

   Avenida de Berna: Lisbon's landmark modernist church, designed by Pardal Monteiro (1934), with paintings by José de Almada Negreiros (1938) among the works of the leading artists of the day. 15 min.

   The first church built in Lisbon after the 1910 Republic, opened in 1938 and designed by modernist Porfírio Pardal Monteiro: stained glass by Almada Negreiros, the patroness by…

5. 5
   Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

   Calouste Gulbenkian's collection in the Foundation's concrete headquarters. Museum EUR 16 (includes the CAM collection), all-inclusive EUR 18; 10:00-18:00, Saturday to 21:00, closed Tuesday. 90 min.

   One of Europe's great private collections, from Egyptian pieces to Lalique jewellery, set in a modernist building inside a garden that Lisboetas use as a quiet park.

6. 6
   Gulbenkian Garden

   Officially Parque de Santa Gertrudes, designed by Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles: 'many locals had their first kiss on its lawns' (Lisbon Lux), and it is still one of the city's favourite oases. 30 min.

   The modernist garden by Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles and António Viana Barreto that became a symbol of the city: streams, ducks, bamboo and shaded lawns where Lisboetas come to stroll…

Walking directions

More walks in Lisbon

• Baixa to the castle through the old Sé quarter2.8 km · 3 h 30 min
• Belém riverside: monastery, tower and custard tarts3.5 km · 4 h
• Baixa-Chiado food grazing: bifanas, tins, pastries and the market3 km · 3 h
• Flea market, pantheon and the highest viewpoint2.6 km · 3 h 30 min
• Chiado to Príncipe Real at sunset2.4 km · 3 h
• Campo Grande museums and Alvalade tascas3 km · 3 h 30 min
• Estrela garden to Prazeres cemetery on the tram 28 line2.2 km · 2 h
• Mouraria to Intendente: the cradle of fado and Lisbon's most multicultural streets1.6 km · 2 h 30 min
• Príncipe Real to Amoreiras: gardens, cisterns and the end of the aqueduct1.6 km · 3 h
• Janelas Verdes, Madragoa and São Bento: the varinas' quarter between the river and Parliament2.3 km · 2 h 30 min
• Xabregas, Beato and Marvila: palaces, convents and factories of the eastern riverside3.5 km · 3 h 30 min