Gulbenkian Foundation

Bring your favorite book or newspaper that you plan to read today and walk until you reach the lush garden of the Gulbenkian Foundation, a unique place with different atmospheres, there you can go back and forth until you find the ideal location to relax ...

If you do not want to visit the collections of the Gulbenkian Foundation Museum, you can prefer  a stroll in its large garden. The latter is all that we like ... With its appearance of the 1960s and 1970s, this beautiful green space is decorated with old buildings that goest together impeccably with a wonderful landscape of lakes, parks and bushes ... A real delight for the eyes and the spirit!

Occasionally, artistic concerts take place in the auditorium just next to the lush garden of the Gulbenkian Open Air Foundation. What makes this little Eden unique is the presence of modern sculptures in its decor ... A real dream of an architect!

You can take the whole family to take advantage of the benches that invite you to relax. Your children will be able to frolic on the lawns of the garden and to have fun in the center of a preserved nature ...

The amphitheater, located in the center of this tourist area, hosts, among other things, cultural and artistic services during the holidays. This large lush garden of the wavy Gulbenkian Foundation decorated with several lakes and stone carvings.

In addition, the site features exhibition halls, a Center for Modern Art, a Museum with a library and a restaurant / bar to relax. Of course, you can visit them all! The garden was designed in 1950 and pays homage to its founder Calouste Gulbenkian.

Above all, it forms a vast area of ​​leisure and culture with a rich exterior design characterized by small hanging parks and diverse vegetation. The major works of realization and design were entrusted to the landscape architects Gonçalo Ribeiro Teles and Antonio Viana Barreto. The latter worked in close collaboration with the engineers of the Foundation complex of buildings, including Alberto Pessoa, Pedro Cid and Ruy Athouguia.

Most visitors already know that Gulbenkian is a major cultural site in Lisbon. But we do not often refer to its beautiful lush garden ... When you visit the Gulbenkian Museum, do not hesitate to visit its natural areas covered with a beautiful lawn carefully maintained and its setting of lakes and streams to make the place a picturesque and charming place ...